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Pakistan

A daring woman:’Bhai jan’ Shamim Akhter

“I AM MBBF, Matric bar bar fail,” laughs Shamim Akhter. Sitting in her small 10x12 drawing room in her lower-middle-class…

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Lohi Bher: A neglected Wildlife Park

Spread over 687 acres near the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Islamabad Expressway, the Lohi Bher wildlife park…

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Petition in IHC demands Nawaz should raise Dr Aafia issue with Obama

 The Islamabad High Court (IHC) earlier today sought comments from the government over a petition asking for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif…

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Malala trust fund: School girl enrolment drive launched

A $7 million programme, whose aim is to enrol at least 50,000 out-of-school-girls from 12 districts across the country over…

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Pakistan demands that India protect Muslims’ rights

Castigating India on the eruption of violence in the country over the slaughter of cows, the Foreign Office of Pakistan…

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Army to take on more cadets at PMA

The army has decided to increase the intake of cadets at its premier training institute, the Pakistan Military Academy in…

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Water-shortage: Pakistani farmers test less thirsty way to grow rice

Different patterns of  monsoon rains have made it increasingly hard for rice farmer Sardar Muhammad to bring in a good…

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Farmers’ package: IHC rejects govt appeal to stay ECP suspension

 The Islamabad High court (IHC) earlier today rejected a government appeal for a stay order on decision by the Election Commission…

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A decade after: 100s of schools yet to be reconstructed after quake

It was ten years ago on this day, a massive earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 8:52 am and caused more…

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