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Pakistan's Punjab Assembly lawmaker Syeda Maimanat Mohsin attacked

Armed men attacked Punjab Assembly lawmaker Syeda Maimanat Mohsin, who is also known as Jugnu Mohsin, in Okara region of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said

Flouting SOPs could lead to another COVID-19 wave in Pakistan, alerts top official

A top Pakistani official has said the country might witness another wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the upcoming days if standard operating procedures (SOPs) are not followed

Hindu traders receive threats in Khuzdar district of Pakistan

Hindu traders and shopkeepers in the Wadh market of Pakistan's Khuzdar district have been receiving threats from unknown men following the assassination of a businessman

Pakistan introduces bill to criminalize enforced disappearance

The Pakistani government has introduced a bill in parliament criminalizing enforced disappearance, one of the most sensitive political issues in the country, with the provision of awarding ten-year imprisonment to anyone found guilty of perpetrating it

Popular Pakistan singer Farhad Humayun dies at 43

Farhad Humayun, the English-born Pakistani musician and the face of the popular band Overload, died on Tuesday in Lahore, the band confirmed in a post on Facebook

Pakistan: Van plunges into Indus river, 16 dead

At least 16 people died as a van plunged into the Indus river in Kohistan region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said on Tuesday

Pakistan train mishap: Death toll touches 62

The death toll in the railway mishap in Pakistan's Ghotki region touched 62 on Tuesday, media reports said

Negotiations on US military base in Pakistan have reached an impasse: New York Times

The United States continues to focus on Pakistan for a military base in the region, although some American officials believe the negotiations have reached an impasse for now, according to the New York Times

About 300,000 people fail to get second vaccine dose in Pakistan

Around 300,000  people who got their first dose of vaccines earlier in Pakistan have not turned up for the second dose vaccines since the vaccination drive started in the country on 2 February this year

Pakistan’s success in reviving economy praised by Forbes

Leading American business magazine Forbes has praised the Pakistan government for its success in reviving the country’s economy which is expected to grow at 4 percent despite the Covid 19 pandemic

Working on transforming our geopolitics to geoeconomics: Pakistan foreign minister

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said the federal government was working on transforming Pakistan's geopolitics to a policy of geoeconomics

Protest against Karachi housing project turns violent; vehicle, shops torched

Thousands of people, protesting a mega housing project in the port city of Karachi in Pakistan, torched several vehicles, shops, and offices, forcing police and paramilitary forces to fire teargas shells and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd

Arrange all my programs in Urdu: Pakistan PM Imran Khan directs officials

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed that all his functions, meetings and other programs should be held in the country’s national language Urdu, in an apparent attempt to appeal to nationalistic sentiments

Pakistan: Two trains collide, at least 30 killed

At least 30 people died and 50 others were injured as two passenger trains collided close to Pakistan's Dharki city on Monday, local rts said

Gulf countries refuse accepting Sinopharm vaccine certificate; Pakistan PM Imran Khan takes up issue with leaders

Days after several Gulf and Middle Eastern countries refused to acknowledge the Sinoharm vaccine certificate, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan took up the matter with the leaders of those countries