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Fact Check: Did Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari dance on ‘Besharam Rang’ from Pathaan

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2023

While netizens had a good laugh on the dance moves of 'Bilawal Bhutto', it turned out that the person dancing was not the Pakistani minister but a student and model named Mehroz Baig

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Lies to paint Rana Ayyub as victim, how Pakistan liked Manmohan Singh, not Modi: What Pak leader Hina Rabbani Khar said at Davos

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2023

Hina Rabbani Khan refused to debate Sri Sri Ravishankar and claimed that she did not want to engage in a 'tit-for-tat' discussion.

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Millions of textile workers go jobless as textile exports dwindle in crisis-hit Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2023

Over 7 million workers in the textile industry in Pakistan have been laid off due to economic crisis the country is facing

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Pakistan might lose ‘major non-NATO ally’ status in the US, Congressman introduces bill in House of Representatives

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2023

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs moves bill in House of Representatives to terminate ‘major non-NATO ally’ status of Pakistan

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The Hindu, Suhasini Haider and how she blamed all of the world’s problems, including climate change, on India and Pakistan ‘not talking’

S. Sudhir Kumar - 19 January, 2023

As The Hindu front pages Pakistan PM’s irrelevant appeal for talks, they also publish an illogical article calling for India and Pakistan talks

World

Pakistan is South Asia’s weakest economy, huge task to pull it out of poverty, report says

ANI - 18 January, 2023

Imagine the country with one of the world's most irrigated fertile wheat-growing land has a shortage of flour and no money to import it.

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Maulana Tariq Jamil’s bank account with Pakistani Rs 49 billion frozen: Pakistani media reports

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2023

Social media users questioned Jamil about the source of such vast wealth. Notably, no official statement has been released by the Pakistani government.

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‘Hashim Amla converted many to Islam’: Old video of ex-Pakistani cricketer Saeed Anwar goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2023

In a meeting, he said all non-Muslims were going to be incinerated in hellfire, and it was the duty of Muslims to save them by converting them to Islam.

World

We have learnt our lesson, want to live in peace with India, says Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif

ANI - 17 January, 2023

In an interview with Dubai-based Arabic news channel, Pakistan Prime Minister said, "We have had three wars with India, and they have only brought more misery, poverty, and unemployment to the people."

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