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Pakistan to suffer another oil price shock amid economic crisis, fuel prices to cross Rs 325/L
World | Sep 14, 2023, 03:24 PM ISTAccording to Pakistani English Daily, the prices of kerosene would also get costlier by about Rs10 per litre.
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Pakistan: PM Shehbaz to hand over power to caretaker setup ere completion of his tenure I KNOW WHY
World | Jul 16, 2023, 11:36 PM ISTUnder the Constitution, if the National Assembly completes its term, polls are to be held within 60 days. But if the assembly is dissolved prematurely, even if by a day, it would give the government 90 days to conduct elections
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Amid unabated inflation, Pakistan government announces to keep petrol-diesel prices unchanged
World | Jun 16, 2023, 10:02 AM ISTPakistan fuel prices: The debt-ridden country's finance minister Ishaq Dar said that the decision to keep the petroleum products prices unchanged is taken in view of international rates
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Pakistan: 'Disqualified' Nawaz Sharif likely to return as President approves THIS move I DETAILS
World | May 29, 2023, 11:24 PM ISTSharif was disqualified in 2017 by a five-member bench of the apex court but he couldn't file an appeal as there was no law to challenge the judgment of the top judiciary.
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Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif says govt mulling ban on Imran Khan's PTI
India | May 24, 2023, 04:56 PM ISTImran Khan's PTI row: The road ahead for Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) seems very rocky as the Sharif government is not in the mood to pacify the ongoing tussle.
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Amid soaring inflation, Pakistan approves rise in prices of general & essential medicines | DETAILS
World | Apr 29, 2023, 08:56 PM ISTPakistan: The Pakistani government's decision came after a protracted dispute with importers and manufacturers, whose associations had been asking for an overall 39% increase and threatening to shut down the sector if they didn't get their way.
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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif secures confidence vote in National Assembly with 180 lawmakers in favour
World | Apr 27, 2023, 06:27 PM ISTPakistan politics: The resolution was tabled in the lower house by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, who stated that the National Assembly of Pakistan "reposes its full confidence in the leadership of" Prime Minister Sharif.
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Pakistan: Sharif govt mulling over 10% cut in govt employees' salary amid economic turbulence
Business | Jan 25, 2023, 05:18 PM ISTThe NAC is also considering cutting down expenditures of ministries/divisions by 15 per cent, reducing the number of federal ministers, ministers of state, and advisers from 78 to 30 only while the remaining should work on a pro bono basis.
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Imran Khan re-elected as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman
World | Jun 09, 2022, 08:57 AM ISTIn 2018, Imran Khan stormed to power in Pakistan by winning 176 votes. Prime Minister Imran Khan was voted out of power as he lost the trust vote mandated by the Supreme Court's ruling in April.
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Pakistan: Fault lines visible in Shehbaz government as PML-N calls for immediate elections
World | May 27, 2022, 01:40 PM ISTThis comes after the Fund rejected giving another tranche of loan to Pakistan while emphasizing the urgency of concrete policy actions including the removal of fuel and energy subsidies in the fiscal year 2023 budget, to achieve programme objectives.
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US very honest about its concerns on safe havens with Pakistan, says Pentagon
World | Oct 01, 2021, 08:38 AM ISTAs Afghanistan's neighbour, Pakistan certainly has equities and responsibilities with respect to terrorism in that part of the world, Kirby said.
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Imran Khan 'robbed' people of food, vote: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
World | Sep 06, 2021, 08:55 AM ISTZaradari said that the prime minister had also "left 20,000 people unemployed", after promising people millions of jobs and houses.
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Time for Imran Khan government to go home: Asif Ali Zardari
World | Jan 25, 2021, 09:57 AM ISTAsif Ali Zardari has challenged the Imran Khan government to hold elections and see who the people stand behind.
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Pakistan determines price of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor’s ancestral houses in Peshawar
Entertainment | Dec 09, 2020, 08:53 PM ISTPakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has determined the price of the ancestral houses of legendary actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor in Peshawar.
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Political activist Baba Jan released after nine years
News | Nov 28, 2020, 09:20 PM ISTAfter nearly a decade of unlawful imprisonment by the Pakistan government, political activist Baba Jan has finally been released.
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Pashtun community from Pakistan protests at UN in Geneva
News | Jul 11, 2020, 07:48 AM ISTPashtun community from Pakistan protested outside the office of United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Gurudwara Nankana Sahib 'untouched and undamaged': Pak govt
World | Jan 04, 2020, 11:10 AM ISTForeign Office in a midnight statement said the provincial authorities in the Punjab province have informed that there was a scuffle in the city of Nankana Sahib on Friday between two Muslim groups.
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Didn't get any support from Pakistan government or PCB, alleges Danish Kaneria
Cricket | Dec 28, 2019, 03:49 PM ISTThe 39-year-old, however, also said that the citizens of Pakistan didn't ever show any sort of discrimination against him for being a Hindu in a Muslim dominated nation.
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Pak PM Imran Khan appoints Lt Gen Nadeem Raza as new CJCSC
World | Nov 21, 2019, 08:48 PM ISTPakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed Lieutenant General Nadeem Raza as the new Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), the premier's office announced on Thursday.
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Pakistan failed to complete its action plan on terror financing: FATF
World | Jun 22, 2019, 08:18 AM ISTIn June last year, the FATF placed Pakistan on the grey list of countries whose domestic laws are considered weak to tackle the challenges of money laundering and terrorism financing.