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Pakistani PM calls for national unity after terror attack in Peshawar
Islamabad: In the wake of the recent suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for national unity to fight the menace…
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Calcutta HC upholds life sentence to Pakistani terrorist held in Kolkata
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the life sentence of a Pakistani terrorist arrested in Kolkata with explosives in 2009. A division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Shabbar Rashidi…
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‘IMF giving us tough time’, Pakistan rupee plunges after Shehbaz’s comments
Karachi: The Pakistani rupee on Friday plunged to a historic low against the US dollar after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is giving Pakistan “a tough…
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Pakistan’s hybrid regime sinks towards authoritarianism
Islamabad: the state of democracy in Pakistan has deteriorated to a level where it sits just above countries described as authoritarian. This was claimed in the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Democracy Index…
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Shehbaz confesses terrorists roam around in Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has confessed that terrorists roam around in Pakistan but there is no safe haven for them,. He also ruled out that any terrorists were settled on…
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Pakistan’s forex reserves barely enough to provide import cover for 18.5 days
Islamabad: The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have plunged to precarious levels as the cash-strapped nation desperately seeks to revive the stalled bailout programme of the…
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Pakistani rupee plunges to historic low
Karachi: The Pakistani rupee resumed its downwards slide on Thursday after two modest sessions as the “optimism surrounding the government and IMF talks scaled back”, local media reported. The Pakistani rupee depreciated…
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January ‘deadliest’ month in Pakistan since July 2018
Islamabad: Since July 2019, January 2023 has been the deadliest month in Pakistan as 134 people lost their lives, a 139 percent spike, and 254 others were injured in at least 44…
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Pakistan releases 120 illegal Afghan nationals: Taliban
Sindh: Amid the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan deteriorating, the Islamabad government released thousands of undocumented detained Afghan nationals from Sindh province, reported Khaama Press. The Taliban-ruled Afghanistan embassy in Islamabad had…
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Pakistan’s ex-information minister Fawad Chaudhry released from jail
Islamabad: Former information minister and senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry was released from jail on Wednesday after a court granted him bail in a sedition case. Chaudhry, 52, a close…
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IMF expresses concern over possibility of Pak opposition creating hurdles in govt’s hard economic decisions
Islamabad: The IMF has expressed concern that Pakistan’s opposition parties might create hurdles in the way of implementing the tough economic decisions of the cash-strapped Shehbaz Sharif-led government, media reports said on…
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Pakistan: Nuclear power plant generation expansion hit snags
Islamabad: After Pakistan’s Finance Ministry refused to provide a sovereign guarantee, the fifth unit of the Chashma Nuclear Power Generating Station, C5, hit a snag, Dawn reported citing sources. The Chinese government…
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Attempt to attack police station foiled in Pakistan’s Punjab
Islamabad: The police in Pakistan’s east Punjab province foiled a terrorist attack in the Mianwali district on Tuesday night, officials said. The terrorists launched an attack on the police station with sophisticated…
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Pakistan’s fate at stake as rupee plunges: Report
Islamabad: Pakistani’s economy has reached rock bottom as the rupee plummeted to 250 against the US dollar and the value of currency depreciated, marking the worst economic crisis since the nation formed,…
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Death toll rises to 90 in Pakistan mosque suicide bombing
Peshawar: The death toll from a powerful suicide bombing at a crowded Peshawar mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 90 on Tuesday after rescue teams retrieved more bodies from the debris, police…
