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Protection of country’s environment top priority for govt, says PM Imran – Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan said Wednesday that the country's environmental protection is one of his government's top priorities. Addressing the 7th Asian Regional Conservation Forum of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Islamabad, the Prime Minister highlighted Pakistan's natural diversity. According to Pakistan RadioHe said the country has twelve ecological zones, from […]

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Visually impaired people’s sit-in for ‘regularised livelihood’ enters third day in Lahore – Pakistan

Dozens of visually impaired people continued their protest for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Lahore, demanding that the government guarantee a "regularized livelihood" for them. Umar Rasheed, leader of the protesters and president of a union of "blind daily bets" in Punjab, while talking with Dawn.com He said the government has been ignoring

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Talal Chaudhry called out for on-air sexist remarks about PTI leader – Pakistan

Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari on Wednesday condemned the sexist and derogatory statements of PML-N leader Talal Chaudhry about Pakistan's leader Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Kanwal Shozab on a live television show. in a cheep published today, Mazari said: "Talal [Chaudhry] and his cohorts including [Khawaja] Asif abuses women inside and outside parliament and does not have

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Nawaz shifted to Jati Umra after ICU set up at home – Pakistan

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived at his residence in Jati Umra in Lahore on Wednesday, where a specialized intensive care unit (ICU) was established for treatment. Her daughter, PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, was formally released from the custody of the National Responsibility Office earlier the day after she robkar (release orders) were issued by

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Dengue outbreak sets new record in Pakistan – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The dengue outbreak has set a new record in the country, as during the current year more than 44,000 people have been infected with mosquito-borne disease and 66 of them have lost their lives. In 2011, 27,000 people were affected by the disease, but the number of deaths was almost six times higher, compared

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SC guidelines sought for govt to stop snooping on judges – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The lead attorney representing Judge Qazi Faez Isa wondered on Tuesday if a judge must necessarily be arrested or suffer other outrages to cross the criteria of establishing that his dignity and privacy have been invaded. "Nobody leaves a trail to prove instances of the invasion of privacy and covert surveillance against a judge,"

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PM asks bureaucrats not to fear NAB – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday ordered senior bureaucrats to "deliver" and run the "risk" of making timely decisions without fearing the National Office of Responsibility (NAB). While presiding over a meeting of federal secretaries and chief secretaries of the provinces, Khan expressed dissatisfaction with his performance and told them that it had been

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Senate controversy over ‘rule through ordinances’ deepens – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The controversy over the "government policy through ordinances" of the government deepened on Tuesday after the vague response of the government on its plan to establish presidential ordinances enacted before the Senate could not satisfy the opposition. The house had to be closed without commercial transactions after the president refused to issue a ruling

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