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Pakistan seeks investments to unlock vast potential of its mineral wealth
VOLATILE SECURITY, HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFFS However, security is a major issue. A long-running insurgency in Balochistan has disrupted mining operations…
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Pakistan’s national airline posts first annual profit in two decades
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national carrier has posted an annual profit for the first time in more than two decades ahead of…
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Pakistan seeks to boost exports to Gulf states amid efforts to stabilise economy
“We could achieve it simply if the government, first of all, provides very, very cheap loans. And also, if they…
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Bangladesh marks independence anniversary as long-strained ties with Pakistan improve
China and Bangladesh are marking 50 years of diplomatic relations this year. Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus is making his…
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Pakistan train hijacking: Hostage rescue complicated by suicide bombers, sources say
ISLAMABAD: Attackers wearing suicide bombs were sitting next to passengers taken hostage after militants took over a train in southwest…
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‘Really suffocating’: Pakistan emerges from record smog season
PLEDGES FOR CLEAN AIR Efforts that tackle pollution’s effects, rather than its source, miss the point, said Ahmad Ali Gul…
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Pakistan insurgents take dozens of hostages in attack on train, police say
QUETTA, Pakistan: Separatist militants blew up a railway track and opened fire on a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on…
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Suicide bombing kills at least 12 in northwest Pakistan, police say
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: A pair of suicide bombers drove two explosive-filled vehicles into a security installation in northwestern Pakistan…
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Pakistan sees economy on long-term recovery path under IMF programme
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy is on a path to long-term recovery, thanks to a stabilisation programme backed by the International Monetary…
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Pakistan ex-PM Khan, wife appeal against graft convictions
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi appealed against their convictions for graft on Monday,…
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