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Islamabad under complete lockdown from today

The City’s Deputy Commissioner on Thursday said that public transport will be suspended after 6 pm on May 7 and all parks, recreational places, and commercial areas will also be closed…reports ASian

May 7, 2021

Asia News·COVID-19

Pak trade deficit widens to $23.8 billion

The trade gap has been widening since December 2020…reports Asian Lite News Pakistan’s trade deficit widened to USD 23.8 billion, exceeding the annual target by USD 4.1 billion in 10 months of

May 7, 2021

Asia News·Economy

Pak PM’s ‘accountability’ drive sought to settle political score

From hasty decisions to putting Nawaz’s children Maryam and Shahbaz behind bars without any solid evidence, Imran Khan and his backers have also sought to settle political scores with the PML-N, writes

May 6, 2021

Asia News·POLITICS

‘IMF’s tariff hike demand could worsen Pak inflation’

Pakistan has promised the IMF to increase taxes by 1.272 trillion PKR and raise electricity tariff by almost 5 PKR per unit…reports Asian Lite News Pakistan’s Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin said that

May 5, 2021

Asia News·Economy

Kinetic storm clouds gather over Indo-Pacific for Modi and Biden

There are many in the higher levels of policymaking in Washington and Delhi who cling to the belief that the possibility of large-scale kinetic conflict over the Himalayan massif, the South China

May 4, 2021

-Top News·Asia News·USA

Govt claim of Pak press being free a ‘bald-faced lie’: DAWN

In an editorial on the World Press Freedom Day, Dawn said that journalists’ safety appears to be very low on the government’s list of priorities….reports Asian Lite News The Pakistan government’s claim

May 4, 2021

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PML-N to launch protest against Imran govt’s failure

Pakistan is currently in the midst of a deadly third wave of the coronavirus that has forced the government to impose lockdown…reports Asian Lite News Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) plans to launch

May 4, 2021

Asia News·POLITICS

Pakistan to produce China’s vaccine

Pakistan Health minister expressed gratitude for the China’s support to Pakistan at this difficult time…reports Asian Lite News Special Assistant to the Pakistani Prime Minister on Health Faisal Sultan said on Monday

May 3, 2021

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Pakistan Generals worried that India may bond with Taliban

Taliban thinks that India started engaging with Pakistan recently just because India does not want Islamabad to object to its new role in Afghanistan, reports Mrityunjoy Kumar Jha Pakistan is not happy

May 3, 2021

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Pakistan bans processions on Youm-e-Ali

The provincial secretaries and representatives of law enforcement agencies attended the session through video link…reports Asian Lite News. Amid surging coronavirus cases in Pakistan, the federal government on Saturday imposed a ban

May 2, 2021

Asia News·COVID-19

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