Pakistan
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Pakistan: Imran demands fresh elections after impressive show in Punjab by-polls
Lahore: Imran Khan has demanded fresh general elections in Pakistan after his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party registered an impressive electoral victory in the crucial Punjab assembly by-polls, dealing a major blow to Prime Minister…
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NMC mulls holding exams for persecuted minorities from Pakistan
New Delhi: The National Medical Commission has formed a group of experts to frame guidelines for a proposed exam to allow medical graduates from persecuted minorities who migrated from Pakistan and got…
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Imran Khan urges Pak generals to take U-turn’ on support for govt led by Shehbaz Sharif
Islamabad: The Pakistani military should take a U-turn on its support to the “failed” government headed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, ousted premier Imran Khan has said, urging the powerful generals to…
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Maryam Nawaz offers ‘hand of friendship’ to Imran Khan’s party
Lahore: Ruling PML-N leader and deposed premier Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam Nawaz has for the first time offered a “hand of friendship” to Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, saying fighting between the two…
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90-year-old Indian woman in Pakistan to visit ancestral home in Rawalpindi
Lahore: An Indian woman’s long-cherished dream of visiting her ancestral home in Rawalpindi materialised on Saturday when Pakistan granted 90-year-old Reena Chhibber Varma a visa and she arrived here via the Wagah-Attari…
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Pak police arrest over 160 people as protests triggered by youth’s killing erupt in Sindh
Karachi: Over 160 people have been arrested in Pakistan’s Sindh province where clashes have erupted between Sindhis and Pakhtuns after the killing of a Sindhi man at a hotel in Hyderabad. The…
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Pak top court rejects Imran Khan’s claims of regime change conspiracy
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top court has categorically rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s narrative of a foreign conspiracy of a regime change that led to his ouster from power, stating the actions undertaken…
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Virat Kohli who is under attack for ‘poor performance’ gets support from Babar Azam in Pakistan
The beleaguered Indian ace Virat Kohli has been the subject of intense debate over the last few weeks. His form has dipped alarmingly and there are those who are calling for his dismissal.…
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India’s policies in Kashmir could have “potentially catastrophic consequences”: Pak minister
United Nations: While admitting to a “fragile” food situation in his country, Pakistan’s Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal has thrown a warning that India’s policies in Kashmir could have “potentially catastrophic…
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Husband on the run after boiling wife’s body in a cauldron in Karachi in front of his children
Karachi: In a shocking incident, a mother of six children was killed and boiled in a cauldron allegedly by her husband in Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood in Karachi, local media reported. The body of…
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Zardari wishes to see Bilawal Bhutto as PM in his lifetime
Nawabshah: Pakistan Peoples Party Co-chairman and former President Asif Ali Zardari has said that he sincerely wishes to see his son Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari as the Prime Minister of the country in his…
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Pakistan: 20 killed as torrential rains cause havoc in Karachi
Islamabad: The toll in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi from the latest spell of monsoon rains which started last week went up to around 20, rescue workers and local media reported.…
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Pakistan: 68 killed as torrential rain batters Sindh and Balochistan
Karachi: At least 68 people have died in Pakistan’s Karachi city in Sindh province and neighbouring Balochistan province as torrential rains and flash floods battered the area, officials said on Monday. As…
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TTP’s bid for political legitimacy may fail due to trust deficit
Peshawar: The ongoing bid of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to enter the political mainstream in Pakistan may face obstruction as several experts think that the outlawed group will harm and shrink political spaces for…
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Vandalism cases: Pakistan court extends Imran’s bail till July 18
Islamabad: A local court in Islamabad on Wednesday extended till July 18 the interim bail of the PTI Chairman Imran Khan in vandalism cases during the party’s “long march” on May 25.…
