Pakistan
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Pakistan court indicts Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi in graft case
Islamabad: An accountability court in Pakistan on Tuesday indicted former prime minister and jailed PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Rs 50 million graft case. Accountability Court…
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Imran Khan’s party to call ‘parallel’ Punjab Assembly session to elect CM: Report
Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party plans to call a “parallel” Punjab Assembly session to elect the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker, claiming that newly-elected chief minister Maryam Nawaz…
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Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman CM of Pakistan’s Punjab province
Lahore: Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice…
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Pakistan says IMF conditions for USD 1.2 billion tranche met
Islamabad: Pakistan has met the IMF’s benchmarks for maintaining the status quo in the energy sector, an outcome that may help to get the next loan tranche of USD 1.2 billion, officials…
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Islamabad Court forms special division bench to hear appeal of Imran Khan
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday formed a special division bench to hear the appeals of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and former foreign minister…
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PTI to hold intra-party elections on March 3
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced to hold intra-party polls on March 3. Previous intra-party polls were declared unconstitutional by the Election Commission of Pakistan and the order was upheld by…
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Imran Khan’s party-backed winning independent candidates join SIC
Islamabad: Winning independent candidates backed by jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party have officially joined the rightwing Sunni Ittehad Council, a media report said on Thursday. The 71-year-old former-cricketer-turned-politician’s Pakistan…
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Parties reach deal to form new Pak govt; Imran Khan loyalists left out
Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party have finally agreed on a power-sharing deal to form a coalition government led by former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, a move that…
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Pakistan’s major parties agree to form coalition govt
Islamabad: Pakistan’s two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), agreed to form a coalition government in Centre, leaders of the two parties said. “Both the parties…
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Pak: Bilawal Bhutto says he foresees ‘stalemate’ in formation of new govt
Islamabad: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said he foresees a “stalemate” in the formation of a coalition government in Pakistan if someone is not ready to budge, indicating that the political…
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Zardari to be PPP’s candidate for President: Bilawal Bhutto
New Delhi: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said that his party has decided that Asif Ali Zardari will be their candidate for the presidential election. “To control the fire spreading in…
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Imran Khan’s party demands resignation of CEC and Chief Justice over alleged rigging
Islamabad: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party has demanded the resignations of the Chief Election Commissioner and Chief Justice of Pakistan after a senior bureaucrat’s allegations that the top election…
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Pakistan: Bushra Bibi challenges Toshakhana sentence at Islamabad HC
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi has challenged her conviction in the Toshakhana case before the Islamabad High Court (IHC), as reported by Dawn. This come as Imran…
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Pak polls: Rawalpindi Commissioner resigns in protest against rigging
Rawalpindi: Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Liaquat Ali Chatta on Saturday resigned from his post in protest against electoral irregularities, local media reported. Chatta made the announcement in a press conference at Rawalpindi Cricket…
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Imran Khan’s PTI to sit in Opposition in Pakistan’s Parliament
Islamabad: With its efforts to form the next government going nowhere despite winning the maximum number of seats, beleaguered Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday decided to sit in the…
