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Clerics involved in hate speeches, provocative religious debates banned in Pakistan’s Khyber district

Clerics involved in hate speeches and provocative religious debates in the mosques and seminaries have been banned from entering the tribal-dominated Khyber district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, close to the country’s border with Afghanistan

Two TTP insurgents, Pakistan army soldier killed in encounter in Waziristan

A Pakistan Army soldier and two militants belonging to the Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in an army operation in its tribal North Waziristan area, the ISPR, the media wing of the Pakistan Army, confirmed on Sunday

Pakistan to fully implement international conventions linked to EU’s GSP

Pakistan will fully implement 27 international conventions as part of its commitment to the European Union’s preferential trade arrangement, the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+)

Pakistani soldier killed in terrorist strike near Turbat airport

A Pakistan Army soldier was killed in a terrorist strike near Turbat International Airport in Balochistan province on Thursday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)

Famed Pakistani TikToker arrested for duping Turkish actor Altan

Famous Pakistani TikToker Kashif Zameer has been arrested for allegedly duping Turkish actor Engin Altan into becoming the brand ambassador of his fake firm in Lahore

Polio drive suspended across Pakistan amid spike in attacks

The Pakistani government has suspended the anti-polio campaign “for an indefinite period” amid serious security threats and increasing attacks on polio workers in different parts of the country, local media reports said

Pakistan: Six Iran-funded schools shut down in Quetta

Local authorities in Pakistan's Quetta region have sealed six Iran-funded and illegal schools, media reports said

Karachi ruined through 'conspiracy', bemoans Chief Justice of Pakistan

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed seems to be irked by  Karachi's administrative affairs and said the city has been ruined through a "conspiracy"

Pakistan National Assembly scuffle: Opposition leader says expletives hurled ‘a part of Punjab’s culture’

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sheikh Rohail Asghar said the chaotic scenes in Tuesday's parliament session and said the use of abusive language is "just a part of Punjab's culture"

World press freedom protection bodies seek fresh probe into 2007 murder of Pakistan journalist

A new report on the murder of Pakistani journalist Zubair Mujahid in 2007 finds significant errors in the official police investigation, claimed several international bodies working to protect press freedom

Using electronic voting machines only way to ensure transparency, prevent rigging: Pakistan PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said electronic voting was the only way to ensure transparency and prevent rigging in the elections, according to a statement from the PM Office

COVID-19 vaccine shortage hits vaccination process in several Pakistan cities

Delay in supply of COVID-19 vaccines by the federal government due to unknown reasons has stopped the vaccination process in Pakistan's Punjab province cities, including Lahore, media reports said on Wednesday

YouTuber jailed for harassing and intimidating women in Pakistan

A YouTuber, who manhandled and intimidated several women outside a university for not wearing dupattas (scarf) has been arrested in Gujranwala of Pakistan’s Punjab province

Report claims US-based Pakistan-linked NGO channelized fund raised to help Covid-hit India for terror funding

A report has claimed that the fund raised by United States-based Pakistan-linked charity organisations in the name of helping India in the COVID-19 crisis might have been used to sponsor terror attacks

Seven members barred from Pakistan’s National Assembly after unruly scenes in House

Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Wednesday barred seven MNAs, including three from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), from entering the House after budget books and expletives were thrown during leader of the opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif’s speech