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Traders threaten civil disobedience over taxes in Malakand Division

SWAT: The representatives of traders here have asked government to refrain from imposing taxes in Malakand division. Addressing an emergency meeting in Mingora, they threatened that the people of Malakand would start civil disobedience if taxes were imposed in the division. The meeting was called by Malakand Division Traders Federation. The office-bearers of trader federations

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Shutter-down, protest rally against 100pc increase in wheat price

GH Farooqui CHITRAL: The recent increase by the government in wheat price by 100pc was on Friday protested by all political, religious parties and traders in Chitral by closing markets, blocking the main Chitral-Dir road and holding a rally. Addressing the gathering of people, speakers belonging to different political and religious parties regretted that Chitrali

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Trying civilians in military courts against international law, says Amnesty

Responding to the press release published yesterday by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) indicating the Pakistan military’s intention to bring ‘arsonists’ during last week’s violent protests to trial under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act, Dinushika Dissanayake, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said:  “It is alarming to note

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