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Merchants throughout Pakistan closed their shops Saturday to protest the country’s steep electricity bills and mounting inflation. The general public has already mounted protests about Pakistan’s soaring cost of living. "Everyone is participating” in the shutdown, Lahore's Township Traders Union president, Ajmal Hashmi, told AFP, “because the situation has ...

Consumers are taking to Pakistan’s streets to protest recently increased taxes on electricity bills. In response, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has called for an emergency ministers’ meeting Sunday to discuss the high electricity bills. “In the meeting, a briefing will be taken from the ministry of power ...

The blast happened during a workers’ convention of a religious political party, Jamiat Ulema Islam , in the town of Khar in the tribal area of Bajaur near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a message Monday. United Nations Secretary-General ...

General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s Army chief, traveled to Tehran to meet with Iran’s Army’s Chief of Staff, General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, to talk about a wide range of topics of mutual interest, including the expansion of bilateral relations. The relationship between the two countries has been fraught because Iran ...

Officials in Pakistan said Monday that insurgents had ambushed a military convoy in a southwestern region and killed two security personnel, including an army major.The deadly overnight assault occurred in Balor in the turbulent Baluchistan province.The army’s media wing said troops were on a counterterrorism search mission in the ...

The government is giving Rs 6.5 lakh crore to the agriculture sector every year with each farmer getting a benefit of Rs 50,000 annually in one form or the other, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday while asserting it's "Modi's guarantee" and not just a promise. ...

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On Thursday the White House will roll out the red carpet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India to “affirm the deep and close partnership between the United States and India” and “strengthen our two countries’ shared commitment to a free, open, prosperous, and secure Indo-Pacific.” A state dinner ...

Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi, on a multi-day trip to South American countries, pushed for a “new world order” which would include Iran as a key player and would challenge the US, the West and what Iran sees as the previous order of “global domination and arrogance.”This talking point appears ...

#Pakistan News May 30, 2023 06:29 linkedinflipboardCopy LinkFontMessages from the leaders of Western countries were quickly added to the congratulations that started from the Arab and Turkish geography. While it is noteworthy that these celebrations are more intense than ever, some of the highlights in the messages of the ...