Pakistan
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Pakistan’s former Army chief involved in Imran Khan’s ouster, alleges former minister
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and ex-information minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that former Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa along with some key generals played an active role in prime minister Imran…
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Stampedes across Pakistan as flour shortage intensifies
New Delhi: The absolute disarray in the sale of the Pakistan Sindh government’s subsidised flour to the people resulted in the death of a man, a father of seven, in Mirpurkhas district…
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Attempts being made to kill Imran Khan by ‘slow poison’: Ally
Rawalpindi: Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has alleged that the PML-N-led coalition government was trying to kill PTI chief Imran Khan by giving him “slow poison”, the media reported.…
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Pakistan: Thousands protest against terrorism in South Waziristan
Wana: Thousands of people in South Waziristan ‘s Wana took to the streets on Friday against the recent wave of terrorism and demanded immediate restoration of peace in the region, the media…
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Taliban signs 1st agreement with Chinese firm to drill for oil
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan is to sign a contract with a Chinese firm to drill for oil in the war-torn country’s north. It would be first major energy extraction agreement…
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Pakistan rejects reports of carrying out airstrikes against TTP in Afghanistan
Islamabad: The Foreign Office (FO) in Islamabad has categorically rejected reports claiming that Pakistan had carried out airstrikes against the terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in eastern Afghanistan, terming such claims “utterly…
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Pakistan planning major US-backed counter-offensive against TTP
Islamabad: With the Pakistan Army and the renegade Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) now eyeballing each other, the country’s military is now planning a massive counter-offensive against the TTP. A report in South China…
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Nearly 8 mn Pakistanis still displaced after summer floods: Diplomat
Geneva: Some 8 million people remain “acutely displaced” after last summer’s floods in Pakistan, since waters still have not receded in some areas, the country’s Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva…
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Pakistan banks on Saudi Arabia to avoid default
Islamabad: In what appears to be an alternative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar expressed hope to receive a $3 billion second bailout from Saudi Arabia within…
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Pakistan officially nominates Turkish President for Nobel Peace Prize
Islamabad: Pakistan Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani has written to the Norwegian Nobel Committee backing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for the next Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve the Ukrainian…
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‘Three shooters’ involved in attack on Imran Khan, party leader alleges
Lahore: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and the Punjab government on Wednesday said that “three shooters” were sent to kill former prime minister Imran Khan as the pattern of former premier Liaquat…
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Forensic report reveals Imran was hit by ‘fragments, not bullets’
Islamabad: A forensic report has revealed that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was hit by threebullet fragments and a metal piece during an assassination attempt last year when he was leading…
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Perpetrator, facilitators of Islamabad suicide blast identified
Islamabad: A high-level team probing the December 23, 2022 suicide attack targeting a police checkpost in Islamabad that killed a cop and critically injured others, has identified the suicide bomber, while a…
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Maryam Nawaz promoted to PML-N Senior Vice President
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday promoted his Maryam Nawaz to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Senior Vice President, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced in a statement, media reports said. Issuing…
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Assassination attempt on Imran Khan was carried out from 3 sites: Probe team
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT), investigating the assassination attempt on former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, found that the firing was carried out from three different shooting sites, Dawn reported. The…