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Devastation caused due to rain in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa highlights systemic issues: Report

IANS | August 24, 2025 8:19 PM

Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) Devastation in Buner and across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where hundreds of people lost their lives and entire villages were destroyed, cannot be attributed solely to torrential rain but arises from a system that ignores science, violates its own rules, and consistently fails to hold violators accountable, a report has said.

Pakistan Auditor General's latest report highlights mismanagement and expenditure lapses

IANS | August 24, 2025 7:23 PM

Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) The Auditor General of Pakistan's (AGP) latest report is a charge sheet against the weak economic and fiscal governance of the state, with the scale of mismanagement and expenditure lapses of (Pakistani) Rs 375 trillion mentioned in the report is mindboggling, local media reports said.

Experts, whistleblowers, rights group term CCP's use of data as repression without borders: Report

IANS | August 24, 2025 7:04 PM

Stockholm, Aug 24 (IANS) The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) dependence on digital governance and data manipulation has transformed into a means of transnational repression, broadening its authoritarian influence well beyond its territory, a report has said. Experts, whistleblowers and human rights groups have termed the CCP's use of data as a form of "repression without borders".

Torrential rains once again expose chaotic and fragmented goverance of Karachi: Report

IANS | August 24, 2025 6:41 PM

Karachi, Aug 24 (IANS) The recent torrential rains have once again exposed the chaotic and fragmented governance of Karachi, with the widespread flooding reviving the confusion on which agency or municipal body is responsible for basic services, further causing anger among people and leading to debates regarding how the city is governed, as per a report.

Anti-Taliban gathering meet scheduled to take place in Pakistan on Aug 25-26 gets postponed

Saurabh Sharma | August 24, 2025 4:59 PM

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) As New Delhi expands its diplomatic footprints in Kabul vis-a-vis the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan, rumours are abuzz that the all-powerful military and ISI in Islamabad are feeling the heat of this engagement and are not happy with the improvement of ties between its two neighbours.

Pakistan: Court extends physical remand of Baloch activists, Mahrang Baloch says "movement will not stop with imprisonment"

IANS | August 24, 2025 2:51 PM

Quetta, Aug 24 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Quetta has approved an additional 15-day physical remand of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders, including prominent activist Mahrang Baloch, already in custody.

1971 genocide issue resolved long ago, says Pak foreign minister during Bangladesh visit

IANS | August 24, 2025 2:43 PM

Dhaka, Aug 24 (IANS) Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has asserted that three unresolved matters between Islamabad and Dhaka, including the long-standing demand for an apology over the 1971 genocide, have been resolved twice in the past, local media reported on Sunday.

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Devastation caused due to rain in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa highlights systemic issues: Report

Pakistan Auditor General's latest report highlights mismanagement and expenditure lapses

Experts, whistleblowers, rights group term CCP's use of data as repression without borders: Report

Torrential rains once again expose chaotic and fragmented goverance of Karachi: Report

Anti-Taliban gathering meet scheduled to take place in Pakistan on Aug 25-26 gets postponed

Pakistan: Court extends physical remand of Baloch activists, Mahrang Baloch says "movement will not stop with imprisonment"

1971 genocide issue resolved long ago, says Pak foreign minister during Bangladesh visit

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Unrest deepens in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan as police revolt over unpaid allowances

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