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Pakistan Punishes 5 Cops Over Suicide Blast That Killed 5 Chinese Engineers

April 6, 2024 admin

Pakistani police have detained more than 12 people in connection with the bombing. (File) Islamabad: Pakistan’s prime minister has ordered at least five senior police officials be punished for negligence after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese engineers at a major dam site last month, the country’s information minister said Saturday. The attack in northwestern…

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About 10 million people at risk of slipping into poverty in Pakistan: World Bank

April 3, 2024 admin

Economic activity is subdued in Pakistan, the World Bank noted. Representational | Photo Credit: Reuters The World Bank has painted a grim economic picture of Pakistan in its biannual report, cautioning that over 10 million more people are at risk of descending into poverty in the cash-strapped country. The Washington-based lender’s apprehension comes from a…

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2 Injured After Bengal Tiger Breaks Cage In Pakistan

March 31, 2024 admin

Injured persons have been shifted to a hospital, say officials. (Representational) Lahore: A Bengal tiger on Sunday injured two persons after it broke open its cage while being transferred to a city in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said. Punjab Wildlife Department Director General Mudassar Riaz Malik told PTI that a resident of Multan, identified as…

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s Daughter Aseefa To Make Poll Debut

March 19, 2024 admin

Aseefa Bhutto Zardari is also poised to become the First Lady. (File) Islamabad: Aseefa Bhutto, the youngest daughter of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and late premier Benazir Bhutto, has taken a plunge into the country’s tumultuous politics by filing her candidacy for the bypoll at a National Assembly seat in Sindh Province vacated by…

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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s sons’ arrest warrants in Panama Papers scandal-linked cases cancelled

March 14, 2024 admin

Since the Sharif family and their party – the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) – are being patronage by the current military establishment, all the cases against them have either been closed or acquitted. | Photo Credit: PTI In a major relief to ex-Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, an anti-corruption court on March 14 cancelled…

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2 killed, 1 Injured In Suicide Blast In Pakistan’s Peshawar

March 10, 2024 admin

The dead bodies and those injured have been admitted to the Khyber Teaching Hospital. Islamabad: At least two persons were killed and one injured in a blast on Sunday in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The incident occurred in Board Bazar, Nasir Bagh Road Peshawar. The bomb was planted on a motorbike. The dead…

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Heavy winter rains in Pakistan kill at least 37 people, collapse buildings and trigger landslides

March 3, 2024 admin

Residents row a boat to cross a flooded street after heavy rains in Gwadar in Balochistan province on March 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP At least 37 people were killed in rain-related incidents across Pakistan in the past 48 hours, authorities said. The rains that have swept across Pakistan have led to the collapse…

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Taliban calls for more time for Afghans to leave Pakistan

November 1, 2023 admin

Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on October 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Afghanistan’s Taliban government has urged Pakistan to give undocumented Afghans in the country more time to leave as pressure mounts at border posts swarmed by thousands of returnees fleeing the threat of deportation. The Pakistani…

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Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif moves to restore appeals against convictions

October 22, 2023 admin

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif releases a dove as he arrives to address a welcoming rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed applications on his return to Pakistan to restore pending appeals against his convictions in the Avenfield Apartments and Al-Azizia corruption cases….

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Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif To Return Home Today After Four Years Of Self-Exile

October 21, 2023 admin

Nawaz Sharif’s return has been touted for months by PML-N (File) Islamabad: Three-time Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, primed to make a political comeback ahead of elections. The South Asian nation is facing overlapping security, economic and political crises ahead of polls already pushed back…

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