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PILDAT says Feb 8 polls record lowest fairness score since 2013

  The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has issued a report detailing its assessment of the recently-concluded general election, expressing deep concerns over a decline in fairness scores compared to previous election cycles.

Cabinet fixes wheat support price at Rs2,000 per 40kg

KARACHI : The Sindh cabinet, in order to avoid spending foreign exchange on the purchase of costly imported wheat, on Thursday took a decision to encourage local growers to cultivate more wheat by fixing the minimum procurement support price at Rs2,000 per 40kg. 

NAB hands over Rs 224m to Sindh Govt in fake account case

ISLAMABAD : The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered more than Rs224 million in the fake bank accounts scam and handed over the amount to the Sindh government. 

Centre ‘already engaged’ in talks with Sindh over islands issue, SHC told

  KARACHI : The top law officer of the federal government on Friday assured the Sindh High Court that no development work on the project of twin islands along Karachi’s coast would commence without collaboration and cooperation of the Sindh government. 

Pakistan likely to be removed from FATF grey list in first quarter of 2021: sources

  PARIS : A plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is ongoing in Paris to decide the fate of Pakistan pertaining to its exclusion from the forum’s grey list, ARY NEWS reported. 

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Taliban freed US soldier in exchange with five Gitmo prisoners

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Warid Telecom to launch 4G LTE services in Pakistan

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