Barbs fly in Senate over rising poverty, PTI women’s detention

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Friday witnessed heated exchanges over rising poverty, the health and detention of PTI women leaders and activists, including Noreen Niazi, and an alleged increase in extrajudicial killings reaching Islamabad. PTI parliamentary leader Senator Ali Zafar cited a World Bank report in the House, saying 48 per cent of people living below the poverty line in the region were in…

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