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Pakistani court orders TikTok banned over ‘obscene content’

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2021 0

A Pakistani court has ordered a ban on the TikTok social media platform over alleged “obscene content”, the second time the app has been banned in the South Asian country in less than six months. The Peshawar High Court’s Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan made the ruling during a hearing into a

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Pakistan declares national emergency amid desert locust infestation

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2020 0

Pakistani authorities have declared a national emergency to battle the swarms of desert locusts which are eating crops on a large scale and raising fears of food insecurity. “We are facing the worst locust infestation in more than two decades and have decided to declare national emergency to deal with the threat,” Information Minister Firdous […]

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Pakistani court releases ex-premier Sharif’s daughter on bail

Ihesiulo Grace 4 November 2019 0

A Pakistani court on Monday ordered the release on bail of the daughter and political successor of ailing former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif from jail in which she had been detained on corruption charges. “Maryam Nawaz’s bail plea was  accepted by the Lahore High Court,” party spokesman Attaullah Tarar, told reporters in the eastern city […]

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Terrorism: Pakistani prime Minister presents “Document” to Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2017 0

…invites him for State Visit Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khakan Abbasi on Saturday in Istanbul presented a manual on strategy and tactics of dealing with terrorism to President Muhammadu Buhari. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, revealed this development in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday. […]

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Six Die in Helicopter Crash in Pakistani

Ihesiulo Grace 8 May 2015 0

  A Pakistani military helicopter carrying foreign diplomats in the mountainous region of Gilgit-Baltistan has crashed, killing six people. The dead included two pilots, Norwegian Ambassador Leif Larsen, Philippines Ambassador Domingo Lucenario Jr and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors to Pakistan. The Pakistani Foreign Office released a statement

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Court Jails 10 Men For Malala Attack

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

Pakistan court jails 10 men for life for 2012 attack on education activist Malala Yousafzai, media reports say. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. On the afternoon of 9 October 2012, Yousafzai boarded her school bus in the northwest Pakistani district of Swat. A gunman asked […]