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  Pakistan, with no 5G network, experiencing slow internet speed but IT minister blames VPN for outage

  World | August 19, 2024 18:26 IST

  Pakistan IT minister noted that when access to certain apps was restricted, people began using VPNs to bypass these blocks. However, this often led to slower internet speeds, as VPNs can significantly impact both local and mobile internet performance.

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  Russian mountaineer, on mission to retrieve body of climber lost in 2023, killed in Pakistan

  World | August 19, 2024 13:05 IST

  Pakistan Army helicopters airlifted two stranded Russian climbers, a day after an avalanche hit a group of five mountaineers who were trying to scale the sixth-highest mountain in Pakistan.

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  Pakistan: Imran Khan distances himself from arrested ex-ISI chief, welcomes Army's 'accountability'

  World | August 16, 2024 17:34 IST

  General Faiz Hameed, who was the powerful intelligence chief in Pakistan from 2019 to 2021, was considered close to Imran Khan. It is believed that Imran's ties with the Army began to sour when he opposed replacement of Hameed as the ISI Director General.

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  Pakistan: Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi's physical remand extended by 11 days in new corruption case

  World | August 09, 2024 13:45 IST

  Imran Khan has been behind bars since his arrest on August 5 last year and faces more than 200 criminal cases, including convictions in some of them. He and his wife Bushra Bibi were slapped with a new corruption case after they were acquitted in the 'un-Islamic' marriage case last month.

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  UN-backed experts again grill Pakistan, ask it to end violence against THIS community

  World | July 25, 2024 19:11 IST

  A group of independent experts backed by the UN voiced serious concern regarding heightened discrimination and violence against Pakistan's Ahmadi minority community, urging authorities to take measures to ensure their safety and protection.

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  Pakistan raises minimum marriage age for THIS minority community | DETAILS

  World | July 24, 2024 0:03 IST

  According to the new law, the legal age for marriage within the Christian community has been raised to 18 years for both men and women. Previously, Christian men could marry at 16 years old and women at 13 years old.

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  Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan to undergo polygraph test linked to May 9 violence

  World | July 23, 2024 23:51 IST

  On Tuesday, a forensic team comprising 12 members reached Adiala Jail to administer a polygraph test to Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, regarding the unprecedented violence that occurred in the country last year.

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  Pakistan: Militants blow up govt girls' school in restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

  World | July 22, 2024 17:01 IST

  Militants detonated an explosion at the Govt Girls Middle School in North Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan, during the night between Sunday and Monday, according to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Education Minister Faisal Khan Tarakai.

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  Imran's wife big accusation on jail authorities, says 'food being provided with toilet cleaner'

  World | July 21, 2024 18:55 IST

  Bushra claims that Imran Khan's life is at risk, citing previous incidents where he was allegedly poisoned and shot at. She also mentioned that their legal request to investigate the poisoning has yet to be addressed by the court.

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  Pakistan: Flour selling at 800/kg, cooking oil at 900/litre but govt aims to boost nuclear weapons

  World | July 17, 2024 23:39 IST

  Pakistan is facing severe economic turmoil, placing a heavy burden on its population amidst one of the nation's most significant financial crises in recent history. As the cost of living continues to rise sharply, essential goods are becoming increasingly unaffordable for many.

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  PTI's own version of 'Qudrat ka Nizam': Why Pakistan govt wants to ban Imran Khan's party? EXPLAINED

  Explainers | July 17, 2024 15:44 IST

  The bold statement made by Information Minister Attaullah Tarar that "PTI and Pakistan cannot co-exist" signals the government's desperate moves to crush the opposition party. The unexpected move to ban the PTI has been met with widespread backlash from many political parties.

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  'Childish, undemocratic': How political parties in Pak reacted to govt move to ban Imran Khan's PTI

  World | July 17, 2024 13:25 IST

  In another example of political persecution in Pakistan, the government announced the move to ban the PTI and is also pondering to file treason charges against Imran Khan. This came after PTI became the largest party in the Parliament as it was deemed eligible by the apex court for reserved seats.

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  Pak: After almost a year in jail, Imran Khan legally free post acquittal in illegal marriage case

  World | July 13, 2024 17:03 IST

  Although this was the last case that kept Imran Khan behind bars, it is not clear whether he would be released. Imran and his wife Bushra Bibi were earlier convicted for marrying when the latter was in her 'iddat' period, during which a woman is barred from marriage as per Islamic law.

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  Pakistan's Supreme Court rules in favour of Imran Khan-backed party for reserved seats in Parliament

  World | July 12, 2024 15:47 IST

  The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), comprising Imran Khan-backed independents, filed a motion against a Peshawar High Court order barring it from reserved seats. Despite winning most seats in the elections, the PTI-backed independents were not eligible for reserved seats meant for political parties.

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  Pakistan President Zardari threatens ruling govt, says 'we know how to form and dismantle govts'

  World | July 12, 2024 10:30 IST

  The verbal threat by President Asif Ali Zardari came after Pakistan's government said it would continue to seek IMF loans, which he opposed. His party leaders have also expressed unhappiness with the lack of cooperation from provincial and federal governments.

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  Pakistan: Massive fire breaks out at Stock Exchange building in Karachi amid scorching heat | WATCH

  World | July 09, 2024 15:25 IST

  The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) resumed trading on Monday after a two-hour suspension due to a fire in the bourse's Karachi headquarters. The situation was under control, the exchange said, and brokerage firms' staff had started returning to the premises.

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  Pakistan: Former PTI senator Hidayatullah Khan, 2 others enroute to campaign, killed in a car blast

  World | July 03, 2024 21:05 IST

  Former PTI senator Hidayatullah Khan was killed, along with three others, on Wednesday in a blast from an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur.

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  Pakistan: Christian man sentenced to death for 'blasphemous' post that triggered mob attack in 2023

  World | July 02, 2024 8:25 IST

  An enraged mob torched at least 24 Churches and 80 houses of Christian members in August last year over allegations of Quran desecration. Over 200 Muslims were arrested but none of them have been convicted so far, instead 188 of them were released on bail or lack of evidence.

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  Pak: Setback for Imran Khan, court rejects pleas for suspension of sentence in illegal marriage case

  World | June 27, 2024 16:33 IST

  Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to seven years earlier this year after her ex-husband alleged that she married during her iddat period, which is forbidden in Muslim law. The conviction came in the same week when Imran and Bushra Bibi were sentenced to 14 years in a graft case.

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  Pakistan PM extends olive branch to Imran Khan, says 'let's sit and talk' amid sharp rivalries

  World | June 26, 2024 19:18 IST

  The Nawaz Sharif-led Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Imran's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have been at loggerheads for years, especially over Imran Khan's arrest. Despite a military-backed crackdown, the PTI won maximum seats in the February elections and claimed victory.