Society

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  Society

  2022-09-20

  Devastating floods test China's claim of being Pakistan's 'all-weather friend'

  Pakistanis are criticising the relatively paltry level of aid from China, some even calling it 'a joke', while low-quality Chinese tents are proving more trouble than they are worth.

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  Society

  2022-07-29

  Suicide rates rise in Afghanistan amid poverty, unemployment

  Thousands of Afghans have lost their jobs over the past year, and the closure of schools has forced millions of Afghan girls to stay home. The result is a toxic mixture of desperation.

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  Society

  2022-06-16

  Poverty forces 70 Afghan couples to marry in mass wedding

  Historically, couples from families unable to foot the bill have sometimes opted to pool their resources in low-cost large scale marriages.

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  Society

  2022-01-25

  Pashtun tribes in Balochistan block highway, halt work in protest of CPEC

  The Chinese project is ignoring local tribes' concerns and destroying billions of rupees' worth of agricultural land in the name of development.

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  Society

  2021-12-01

  Pakistan offers to host OIC meeting on Afghanistan as crisis looms

  The proposed meeting on December 17 in Islamabad will be likely be the biggest international gathering on Afghanistan since the fall of the previous government.

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  Society

  2021-07-13

  Concerns continue to mount in Balochistan over Chinese influence

  A major source of tension in the region is tied to huge deep-sea Chinese trawlers taking away the livelihoods of local fisherman.

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  Society

  2020-12-08

  Rail project pay disparity marks new discord between Pakistani workers, Chinese firms

  The Orange Line Metro Train in Lahore has been dogged by controversy since work on it began in 2015.

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  Society

  2020-10-13

  Pakistanis welcome ban of TikTok amid rising complaints over 'vulgar' content

  The platform persistently shows insensitivity to the country's social fabric, religious scholars say.

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  Society

  2020-09-22

  Peshawar's Qissa Khwani Bazaar moves on from anguish of past attacks

  The bazaar was the site of devastating terrorist attacks over the past decade, but now the commercial centre is thriving after security has been firmly reestablished.

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  Society

  2020-04-30

  Charities focus on tribal districts in bid to ease impact of coronavirus

  Job losses and lockdowns spurred by the pandemic are taking a toll on impoverished families in the region.