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Pakistan: Driver killed, 28 women injured as gunmen attack factory bus

A driver was killed and 28 women were hurt as a factory bus, in which they were travelling in, plunged into a ditch after gunmen opened fire at them in Pakistan's Hassan Abdal city of the eastern Punjab province on Friday

Gender balance in higher judiciary will ensure women's rights in Pakistan, says editorial

A key Pakistani newspaper has said proper gender balance in the higher judiciary would further ensure women’s rights in the country as Pakistan was the only country in South Asia which had not appointed a woman as a judge of the Supreme Court

Pakistan’s rating improves on over half of FATF recommendations

The Asia Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering has improved Pakistan’s rating on 21 of the 40 technical recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) against money laundering and terror financing, but retained it on ‘Enhanced Follow-up’ for sufficient outstanding requirements, according to a Dawn report

Attacks on Pakistani journalists invite concern of human rights groups

A recent series of attacks and growing pressure on journalists who criticize the Pakistan government is a cause for serious concern, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists have said. 

Pakistan records 10.09 percent inflation rate in May

Pakistan recorded an inflation rate of  10.9 per cent in May, as per data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)

Pakistan hosts World Environment Day for the first time

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday called on the developed world to support countries vulnerable to climate change, addressing a function on World Environment Day being hosted for the first time by the country

Facebook removes nearly 100 Pakistani fake accounts

Facebook has removed close to 100 Pakistani fake accounts and pages involved in suspicious activities including misleading domestic audiences by posing as international news entities through fake social media handles

IMF put a gun to our head to raise interest rate, electricity prices, fuelling inflation: Pakistan

Pakistan has accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of forcing the country to hike interest rates and electricity prices that doubled the cost of debt servicing and increased inflation

Two policemen killed in Islamabad; TTP claims responsibility

Two policemen have been gunned down on Thursday night in Pakistan’s federal capital Islamabad by unknown assailants, reports say

We are more vulnerable than Bangladesh: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on climate change

Pakistan, despite contributing less than one percent of total carbon emission, is most at risk due to climate change, said Prime Minister Imran Khan

PM Imran Khan should feel ashamed telling the world that media is completely free in Pakistan: Bilwal Bhutto

National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has slammed Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said he should feel ashamed while telling lies to the entire world that the media was completely free in Pakistan

Not trying PM Imran Khan under Article 6 was a mistake, says opposition leader

Opposition PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal has said not trying Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and current PM Imran Khan under Article 6 for allegedly attacking the parliament in 2014 was a 'mistake'

Pakistan’s Sindh province to stop salaries of employees refusing vaccination

Murad Ali Shah, Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Sindh province, on Thursday declared Covid vaccination mandatory for citizens and directed the finance ministry to stop the salaries from July of government employees who refuse to get themselves vaccinated against the novel coronavirus

Three Pakistani start-ups win GSMA grant

Three Pakistani start-ups have been selected for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion award, local media reports said

Gunmen attack local official's squad in Pakistan's North Waziristan, two dead

At least two people died as unknown gunmen attacked the security squad of the North Waziristan tribal district’s deputy commissioner on Tuesday, media reports said