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No, food inflation has not risen to 20% in Pakistan
An online report by a Pakistani broadcaster claims that basic food inflation has risen to 20 per cent in Pakistan resulting in “severe consequences”...
Pakistani journalist Asad Hashim wins AFP’s Kate Webb Prize
ISLAMABAD: Freelance reporter Asad Hashim was named as winner of the 2018 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his coverage of the plight of ethnic Pashtuns...
AFP fact-checks image of ‘obese Fawad Chaudhry’
Multiple Facebook posts have shared a photo which claims to show Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry half naked and morbidly obese. The claim is false,...
Sudan authorities arrest Reuters, AFP journalists in Khartoum
KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities have detained a Reuters stringer and an AFP reporter who were covering protests in the capital Khartoum, the country’s external information...
Spot-fixing allegations surface before Perth’s Ashes farewell
PERTH: A new spot fixing controversy has surfaced in Cricket, this time in the fields of Ashes, which has already seen great drama in the...