Pakistan
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Real task is not just winning Champions Trophy but also beat India: Pakistan PM
Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the real task for Pakistan is not just winning the ICC Champions Trophy but also defeat arch-rivals India in Dubai on February 23. Speaking at the…
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Chinese President holds talks with visiting Pakistani counterpart in Beijing
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari in Beijing on Wednesday. Xi said China and Pakistan enjoy ironclad friendship and are all-weather strategic cooperative partners. In…
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Pakistan’s interior minister warns PTI against Feb 8 protest plans
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said on Saturday that the government will request jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party to reconsider its planned protest on February 8, but if the…
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Imran Khan’s name not being removed from Lahore stadium’s enclosure: PCB
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board has dismissed speculation that legendary cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s name would be removed from an enclosure at the recently-renovated Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore owing to his incarceration on…
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Pakistan’s Senate passes bill which critics claim will suppress freedom of speech
Islamabad: Pakistan’s upper house of parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that critics argue is designed to suppress freedom of speech. The bill, which was passed by the lower house of…
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Pakistan: 6 killed, dozens injured as fire engulfs residential colony in Multan
Islamabad: Six people were killed and over 31 others injured when fire engulfed a resident colony in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province in the early hours of Monday, officials said. The incident happened…
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Indian fisherman dies in Pakistan custody; 8th in 2 years
New Delhi: An Indian fisherman, who was languishing in the Karachi jail even after completion of his sentence, has died, official sources said on Friday. The fisherman identified as Babu died Thursday,…
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No talks held on resumption of trade with Pakistan: Jaishankar
Washington: There have been no talks with Pakistan on resumption of trade with India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. “After last year, there have been no talks with Pakistan…
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Pak ex-PM Imran Khan alleges political motive behind sentencing in al-Qadircase
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said his recent sentencing in the al-Qadir Trust corruption case was part of a political strategy to force him into making a…
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Pak woman Seema Haider’s first husband seeks Indian govt’s help to reunite with children
Karachi: The first husband of Seema Haider, a Pakistani woman who illegally crossed over to India with her four children in 2023 to be with her lover whom she had met online,…
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Imran Khan, wife Bushra get prison sentence in corruption case
Islamabad: A Pakistan court on Friday found former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi guilty of corruption in the 190 million pounds al-Qadir Trust case and sentenced them to…
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Imran Khan’s party leaders meet Pak Army chief, govt negotiators
Islamabad: Leaders of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party met Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir and held separate talks with a government delegation, party chairman Gohar Khan said on Thursday,…
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Pakistan reported 71 polio cases in 2024
Islamabad: Pakistan has reported 71 cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in 2024, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said. The 71st case was confirmed on Tuesday and involved a boy…
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Gold reserve discovered in Indus River in Pakistan
Pakistan has discovered a gold reserve in the Indus River sparking hope of economic prosperity in the country. Reportedly the river in the country’s Punjab near Attock is said to be carrying…
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What’s that?: Pakistan International Airlines trolled for Paris Ad
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Pakistan’s national airlines has become a center of jokes after it launched an advertisement about resumption of flights from Islamabad to Paris, France. On January 10, the PIA…
