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Red listing of Pakistan wasn’t political; British envoy defends flight ban

British Ambassador to Pakistan Christian Turner defended his country’s decision of red listing Pakistan, saying the move was based on “date and evidence”, reported The Express Tribune

Take parliament into confidence on Kashmir: Pakistan opposition leader

A former Pakistan prime minister, now one of the prominent leaders of an opposition alliance, has called upon the government to take parliament into confidence and build a consensus about proposals for a solution to the Kashmir issue

Pakistan’s Sindh province orders closure of educational institutions

As COVID-19 infections remain unchecked in Pakistan, the Sindh provincial government has ordered the closure of all educational institutions along with some other measures in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus, reported Dawn

Pakistan may also face oxygen shortage, warn manufacturers

Like India, Pakistan may also face shortage of oxygen for the treatment of respiratory insufficiencies during the third wave of COVID-19 if the life-saving gas continues to be supplied for the industrial sector, The News reported

May face situation like India: Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns

Asking people to follow the Covid-19 appropriate behavior, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday warned his country they may face a situation like India. India, currently, has been reporting over 325,000 cases daily

Drivers working along Pakistan-Iran border are starving

Drivers, who are working along the Pakistan-Iran border, are likely to suffer from starvation. According to media reports quoted by IBNS, three Zambad drivers recently passed away at the Pakistan-Iran border due to starvation and thirst in the holy month of Ramadan

Pakistan Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif released

Pakistan's Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif was on Friday released from jail after seven months in captivity

Pakistani court orders auctioning off Nawaz Sharif's properties

An accountability court in Lahore on Friday gave the nod to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to auction former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's properties in connection with two graft cases, Tribune reported

Pakistan government-TLP accord ‘upsets’ police high-ups in Punjab

It seems that the Punjab police senior command is upset with the "premature and unnecessary accord" between the Pakistani government and the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)

Pakistan: Relatives of ‘missing’ Shias demonstrate outside Governor House in Karachi

Family members of Shia missing persons in Pakistan recently protested outside the Governor House in Karachi after the official refused to meet them, media reports said

Pakistan minister says banned TLP to face over 200 terrorism cases

Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) will have to face terrorism cases as only 668 of its 733 workers were detained under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) have been set free

Pakistani media witnessing disappearing freedom, says leading paper

A leading Pakistani newspaper has described the falling down of Pakistan in the World Press Freedom Index as a state where the nation is witnessing a 'disappearing freedom' state

Pakistan postpones debate expelling French envoy till Friday

Pakistan parliament has postponed a debate on the expelling French envoy till Friday, media reports said

Will not allow scourge of terrorism to rise again, says Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Reacting to the attack on Serena Hotel in Quetta, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he would not allow the scourge of terrorism to rise again, adding the country paid a high price in defeating it

Pakistan to shift to 60 pc clean energy by 2030

Pakistan has assured the international community that it would shift to 60 percent clean energy and 30 percent electric vehicle use by 2030, Dawn reported