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Pakistan: 70-year-old arrested in Karachi for allegedly raping minor

A 70-year-old man has been arrested in Pakistan's Karachi city for allegedly raping a minor girl, media reports said

Pakistan: Workers' unions demand safety of coal miners

A section of Pakistan workers union members took out a large procession on Friday in Lahore city to express their condolences over the tragic killings of seven coal miners in a coal mine blast in Balochistan on March 16

Pakistani farmers demonstrate against price rise

A section of farmers in Pakistan on Friday demonstrated against the hike in prices of electricity, fertilisers, agricultural products, and diesel, media reports said

Pakistani girls' school staff suspended over a night music event

Deputy commissioner of Mansehra district Dr Qasim Ali Khan has suspended all staff members of the Government Primary School for Girls in Pakistan's Balakot region for a nighttime music function hosted on the campus, media reports said

Journalist gunned down in Pakistan

A Pakistani journalist, who is associated with a private news TV channel, has been gunned down in the country's Sukkur city, media reports said on Sunday

Pakistani designer Moazzam Khan, two sons stabbed over parking row

Pakistani fashion designer Mohammad Moazzam Khan and his two sons were injured in a knife attack over a parking dispute with a neighbour here, Dawn reported

Pakistani journalist Ajay Lalwani shot dead while getting haircut

Pakistani journalist Ajay Kumar Lalwani, who had exposed Islamic clerics and raised his voice against the atrocities on the Hindu community in Pakistan, has been shot dead while getting a haircut

Pakistan PM Imran Khan, wife reported comfortable with mild Covid symptoms

Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi, who have tested positive with COVID-19,  are feeling "comfortable with mild symptoms"

Over 170 people killed in Balochistan in 2020: Rights council

The Human Rights Council of Balochistan has revealed that last year 480 individuals were “forcibly disappeared” and 177 were killed and their  bodies were thrown in the wilderness in the Pakistani region

Mob of extremists demolish Ahmadi mosque in Pakistan

A mob of extremists, with the help of cops, demolished an Ahmadi mosque in Garmola Virkan village of Pakistan's Gujranwala district on Wednesday, a journalist claimed on social media recently

Pakistan: 'Converted' Hindu girl handed over to police

A Hindu girl, who has been allegedly converted to Islam and was suspected to be kidnapped recently, has been handed over to the Tangwani police of Kandhkot-Kashmore district by the management of the Bharchundi Sharif shrine in Pakistan, media reports said

Pakistan: Man held for attempting to attack French embassy

A man has been held by police officials as he attempted to attack Pakistan's French embassy, media reports said

Pakistan Aurat March: Bilawal regrets 'misuse' of blasphemy laws to target organisers

Opposition PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has regretted the "misuse of blasphemy laws" to target the Aurat March organisers after the rally held in the country recently

Pakistan hurriedly promulgates ordinances to secure $500 million from IMF

The Pakistani government has moved swiftly by promulgating ordinances to fulfill the legislative requirement needed to secure the $500 million trench as part of $6 billion bailout package from the IMF, reported Dawn

Pakistan is world's second most polluted nation: Report

A latest global report has said Pakistan stands in the second position in the list of polluted countries in the world