Pakistan

The government has advised the PDM leaders to call off its long march decision and sit together with the electoral reforms committee to have their useful input accepted by the government. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad…
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LAHORE: The Punjab government has imposed a partial lockdown throughout the province to combat the rising cases of Coronavirus. "Positivity cases in some cities is constantly rising and the third wave is looming, which poses a serious…
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PTI-backed Sadiq Sanjrani clinched the crucial position for the Chairman Senate in a knife-edge competition against the eleven-party opposition alliance, with a six vote margin. Sadiq Sanjrani got 48 votes against 42 of Syed Yusuf Raza…
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Opposition leaders say that they have spotted cameras at polling booths on the day of the election of the Senate chairman and deputy chairman. PML-N Senator Dr Musadik Malik and PPP Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar shared photos of the tiny…
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The Senate is set to elect its new chairman and deputy chairman in what appears to be a razor’s edge competition because of a thin margin between the strength of Senators belonging to the government and its allies and the opposition…
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Pakistan's telecom regulator blocked popular video-sharing social networking website Tiktok in the aftermath of a court order. The development comes after the Peshawar High Court (PHC) ordered the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to…
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Feminist journalists and allies strongly condemned the false and malicious campaign against Aurat March organisers and participants; demand apology and retraction from those spreading disinformation "We strongly condemn the deliberate,…
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Geeta, the deaf and dumb girl, who was rescued by Edi Foundation in Pakistan after she mistakenly ended up in this country before being sent back to India in 2015, has finally been reunited with her real mother in Maharashtra, a media…
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Kolkata: Top Congress leader Mamata Banerjee was allegedly attacked in Nandigram hours after she filed her nomination papers on Wednesday. The Trinamool Congress supremo was rushed to Kolkata’s SSKM hospital where her nephew Abhishek…
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From the first cases in China to worldwide lockdowns and vaccination drives... Here are the 10 key moments since the Covid-19 pandemic was declared a year ago by the World Health Organization (WHO). - First deaths - On December 31,…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Pakistan would facilitate Uzbekistan to get access to its seaports of Gwadar and Karachi in a bid to enhance regional connectivity and trade. In a meeting with Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister…
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Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood on Wednesday announced the closure of schools in several districts of Punjab from March 15 due to the surge in cases of of Covid-19. Speaking to the media after a meeting at the National Command…
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REUTERS: Myanmar police officials are taking to India to escape after denying orders of shooting protesters on sight, say reports. “The next day, an officer called to ask me if I will shoot,” he said. The 27-year-old refused again, and…
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday told the ruling party to nominate its own members who were part of the Ali Haider Gillani video in the petition seeking former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gillani's…
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ISLAMABAD: The government will do whatever is required to win the Senate election, said Senator Shibli Faraz on Tuesday. The minister was addressing a press conference where he said that the government will employ all tactics to ensure…
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