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Plunging groundwater levels forces Lahore to close taps
WASA also has disconnected the water supply to more than 280 petrol station car washes across Lahore
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Govt doing all to address financial crisis: Hassani
Finance minister blames previous govt’s policies for prevailing problems
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The water crisis
Dams that should have been built years ago were not and are years away from completion
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Let the refugees stay
Around one in every five Pakistanis then was a refugee
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Death toll in Iraq's Basra protests climbs to 12
The Iraqi parliament is expected to hold an emergency session later on Saturday to discuss the crisis
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Latin America seeks common ground to handle Venezuelan migrants
Latin American ministers met Monday to end the massive Venezuelan migrant crisis that has jolted the region
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Jordan says US move to halt UN refugee agency funding fuels radicalism
Foreign minister says it regretted US's decision saying it would harm prospects for Middle East peace
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Italy disembarks stranded migrants
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is under investigation for abuse of office, kidnapping and illegal arrest
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Hundreds of Venezuelan migrants enter Peru despite passport rule
Peru implements the passport requirement due to a four-fold increase in migrants
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UN agency sees Venezuelan exodus nearing a crisis point
Growing numbers are fleeing economic meltdown and political turmoil
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Germany sees no urgent need to help Turkey financially
German Chancellor says she sees no urgency to help Turkey financially
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Industry insiders hopeful for revival of Lahore's music scene
Lahore once used to be the hub for music composing but those times have sadly gone
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Yemen's ancient architecture threatened by war
Sanaa’s historic Old City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been razed by bombing
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Qatar's emir travels to crisis-hit Turkey in show of support
Qatari emir will discuss with the Turkish president bilateral relations strengthening of the existing ties
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Fiscal safety net
Foreign exchange reserves (Forex) have depleted to around $9 billion
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Erdogan vows to defy US 'threats' after currency crash
It is wrong to dare bring Turkey to its knees through threats over a pastor says Turkey's President Erdogan
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PHE minister vows to resolve water crisis in Gwadar, Quetta and Kachi
Kalmati says tankers supply Rs3b water to Gwadar every year
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Electricity crisis leaves Iraqis gasping for cool air
Iraq's dilapidated power grid is unable to cope, leaving business owners and citizens beholden to private supplies
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Expensive water
The water shortage problem in Karachi has been worsening with every passing year
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Forced to walk miles, India water crisis hits rural women hardest
About 200,000 Indians die every year due to inadequate access to safe water
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Centre blamed for severe financial crisis in Balochistan
Treasury is empty, but finance secretary says will release salaries and pensions on time
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The Great Water Bungle
The emerging water crisis has been exacerbated in the wake of the 18th Amendment
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Refugees returning to Syria from Lebanese border town
Lebanese officials stress that they are not forcing returns, and that refugees are doing so voluntarily
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CM Marri says reforms vital for ending financial crisis
Urges all corners to gear up for the boost that will come from completion of CPEC
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Famed comedian Majid Jahangir begging on streets of Lahore
‘Fifty Fifty’ star has been living in poverty for three years, unable to work due to paralysis
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Running on empty
There is nothing that Pakistan can do that is going to affect long-term global weather patterns
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Water and power woes: Abbasi to fix all that ails Karachi
Prime minister directs SSGC to resume gas supply to KE
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Sindh CM wants federal govt to take responsibility for K-E's failure
Murad Ali Shah urges Centre to delink disputed claims among different entities from gas supply to K-E
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The South Asian identity crisis
In South Asia’s case it seems that the multiple identities got weaponised
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UK calls on Iran not to deepen Yemen crisis
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson call on all parties to the conflict to abide fully by applicable international law
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Russia steps up air raids on Syria's Idlib province after jet shot down
UN has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if the fighting nears the province’s most heavily populated areas
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Millers put blame on commerce ministry for delay in exports
Say they wanted to ship 2m tons of sweetener without subsidy
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UN chief urges to address root causes of crisis in Central Asia
UN chief emphasised the role of sustainable development and women empowerment for world peace
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PM expected to brief PML-N leaders over Balochistan political crisis
Balochistan Assembly to convene today to discuss no-confidence motion against CM
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Pakistan needs 22 billion cubic metres increase in water storage capacity by 2025
Insufficient storage capacity one of the major reasons behind an increase in extreme weather events
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Punjabi film industry in dire straits, reveal insiders
Cinema-owners have been screening old releases throughout 2017 to keep business running
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Rohingya refugee crisis a 'grave security risk', warns ICG
ICG study said fresh sanctions on Myanmar would backfire by isolating country and calcifying hatred towards Rohingya
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Asserting rule: Spain seizes control of ‘independent’ Catalonia
Regional leader Carles Puigdemont deposed as thousands rally in Madrid in support for Spanish unity
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Tension flares in flashpoint town as Kurdish-Iraqi crisis escalates
The exchange of mainly automatic gunfire left no casualties
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Rohingya militants say ceasefire to end on October 9
More than half a million Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh in the last six weeks
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Qatar's emir renews call for dialogue over Gulf crisis
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain cut diplomatic and trade links with Qatar on June 5
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Trump offers to mediate talks on Qatar crisis
The Saudi-led bloc responded and showed no signs of backing down as it questioned the Kuwaiti emir's statement
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Seventh Australian senator referred to High Court as citizenship crisis deepens
A 116-year-old law demands an elected lawmaker only to have Australian citizenship
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Saudi king orders reopening of Qatar border to pilgrims
The border had been shut after regional kingpin Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic and trade ties with Qatar
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US orders Venezuela embassy families out, crisis deepens
This week's death toll topped last week's one-day strike
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Pakistanis distressed as pumps run out of fuel
Twitterati took to social media to express their distress
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Glimmer of hope
Turkey’s president is taking personal interest in resolving the conflict, and China shows interest too
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Kuwait, US, Britain urge quick solution to Gulf crisis
A defiant Qatar has rejected a list of 13 demands from the Saudi-led coalition
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Iran offers Saudi Arabia help after Makkah bombing despite severed ties
Six foreign pilgrims were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque in Makkah
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Qatar rift risks raising cost for Gulf debt issuers and slowing Saudi reforms
"We were used to a relatively peaceful region and now the landscape has changed"