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Pakistan readies new bill proposing 5-year jail term for defamation of army, judiciary
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government has prepared a bill that proposes to change the criminal law and states that anyone who ridicules or scandalises the country’s…
Oil industry in Pakistan on verge of ‘collapse’ amid liquidity crisis
ISLAMABAD: Oil companies in cash-strapped Pakistan have warned that the industry is on the “brink of collapse” as the dollar liquidity crisis persists and their…
Police: 2 Pakistani Taliban commanders killed in northwest
PESHAWAR: Pakistani police killed two commanders from a militant group in the country’s northwest, a local officer said Saturday. Pakistan has increased its operations against…
Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for not removing blasphemous content: Reports
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has blocked Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, after it refused to remove offensive or blasphemous material, according to media reports on Saturday.The blacklisting of…
Pakistan’s forex reserves with central bank drop to $3.1 billion
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank decreased by 16. 1% to $3. 1 billion in the week ending January 27, the…
Pakistan police feel ‘abandoned’ in militancy fight after mosque blast
PESHAWAR: Pakistan police officers say they have been “thrown to the beasts” in their battle against rising militancy after a blast at a city headquarters…
Wikipedia ordered to remove ‘blasphemous’ content in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Wikipedia will be blocked in Muslim-majority Pakistan if the platform fails to take down content deemed to be sacrilegious within 48 hours, the country’s…
Pakistan mosque suicide bomber ‘was in police uniform’: police chief
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN: The suicide bomber who killed 101 people inside a mosque at a police headquarters in Pakistan was wearing a police uniform and helmet,…
Explainer: What’s fuelling Pakistan’s Taliban fire
The death toll in Monday’s suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Peshawar has crossed 100. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or Pakistan Taliban are suspected to be behind this…
Pakistan, IMF resume talks to revive stalled bailout
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan resumed crucial talks with IMF in Islamabad Tuesday on the cash-starved country’s economic and fiscal policies as well as much-needed reforms that the…