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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.
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Indian State outlaws Religious Conversion by Marriage

  'Those Who wage Love Jihad should prepare to die'  Indian Hindu Yogi,   India's ruling Hindu nationalist party has approved legislation in the country's most populous state that lays out a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change religion.
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Sindh's stance on schools’ closure not taken into account, Saeed Ghani

  HYDERABAD : Sindh Minister for Education and Labour Saeed Ghani has said that the provincial government had proposed the closure of primary schools in the first phase of a national strategy to contain the second wave of Covid-19 but the proposal was not accepted by the federal authorities. 
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Israeli Saudi Secret Meeting and its outcome

  Reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a clandestine visit to the northern Saudi city of Neom to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday have sparked a firestorm of rumors. 
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All agencies are put under one umbrella, ISI chief would function as its chief

  ISLAMABAD : Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the setting up of the National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC), a senior security source said on Monday.
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PTV to air another Turkish show on directives of PM Imran, this time about a Sufi poet

PTI Senator Faisal Javed Khan announced that Prime Minister would like another Turkish show to be aired in Pakistan? 
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Coffin maker becomes millionaire as rare meteorite crashes through his roof

  A meteorite weighing 2.1kg, which crashed through the roof of a house, turned an Indonesian coffin maker, 33, into a millionaire instantly. 
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Meet New Zealand's first policewoman to wear a hijab as part of uniform

  Constable Zeena Ali is New Zealand Police’s first member to wear a specially designed hijab as part of her uniform. 
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KP to recommend early, extended winter break

  PESHAWAR: As the coronavirus positivity rate reaching more than eight percent in educational institutions, the authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have urged the government to approve early and extended winter vacation for students. 
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Who is Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari's husband-to-be?

  What happens when the daughter of an assassinated former prime minister and a former president is all set to tie the knot? Chatter, chatter, and lots of chatter.
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Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah goes into isolation after testing positive for Covid-19

  Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Monday he had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Petrol, HSD prices slashed by 1.7pc

  ISLAMABAD : The government cut the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by about 1.7 per cent on Sunday for the next 15 days in order to pass on the impact of a slump in prices in the international market to the masses.
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Trump’s Fury Feeds Moscow and Beijing

  MOSCOW — For years, state propaganda in both Russia and China has painted Western democracy as dangerously chaotic compared to what it described as the safety and stability of the countries’ authoritarian systems. 
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Islamophobia: Trump 'singled me out' because of my faith, London's mayor Sadiq Khan

  London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said the outgoing US President Donald Trump "singled [him] out" during his term in the office for "no other reason" than his faith.
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Pakistan receives back 45 stolen relics from U.S

WASHINGTON : A relic showing Gautama Buddha meditating under the tree of awakening was among the 45 antiquities that the Manhattan District Attor­ney’s office returned to the people of Pakistan this week.
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Uniform Educational System would be implemented from April, 2021, would end class-based system in the country: PM

ISLAMABAD : Prime Minis­ter Imran Khan on Monday said a uniform education system would end the class-based system in the country as all children would get equal opportunities to excel. 
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Between Drone and Al Qaeda, Human Rights Watch report

Human Rights watch has published its report, "Between Drone and Al Qaeda" , on what it says an illegal Drone killings by United States in Yemen and  Somalia. The report was published in Parallel with the report of Amnesty International which as published on the drone strikes by United States in Pakistan .
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Taliban freed US soldier in exchange with five Gitmo prisoners

President Obama addressing a news conference with the parents of released soldier Bowe Bergdahl Washington : Taliban released last of the US prisoner of war held in Afghanistan in a dramatic swap for five Taliban detainees who were released from Guantanamo Bay prison. US soldier, Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl held under the captivity of Taliban for five years, after Taliban were agreed at last minute to exchange it with their senior official kept at Guantanamo Bay prison by United States.
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Warid Telecom to launch 4G LTE services in Pakistan

Islamabad : Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has accepted the plea of Ward Telecom to permit it to launch 4 G services in the country. With this, Ward Telecom has become second company to acquire the 4G licence after China Mobile company Zong.
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