Pakistan
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31-yr-old Pakistani machine operator wins Rs 16L in Emirates draw
Abu Dhabi: A 31-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Pakistani expatriate won the grand prize of Dirhams 75,000 (Rs 16,73,564) in Emirates Draw’s latest game, Fast5. The winner Saqib Khan Khattak— bagged the…
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Sikh man shot dead in Pakistan’s Peshawar; suspects arrested
Peshawar: Pakistan police on Sunday arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of a Sikh man here who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen, in a probable case of targetted killing. Manmohan…
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IMF asks Pakistan to revise budget as deadline looms: Report
Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to revise the budgetary framework for 2023-24 before its passage from the parliament in order to strike a staff-level agreement, The News International…
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Pakistan, IMF close to signing deal
Islamabad: There has been a likely breakthrough in Pakistan’s long-drawn-out parleys with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the tightly-negotiated ninth review and an official announcement regarding the signing of the deal…
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Pakistan calls India-US joint statement ‘unwarranted, one-sided’
Islamabad: In an aggressive response to a joint statement issued by India and the US earlier this week, Pakistan has termed it as “unwarranted, one-sided and misleading” and also called on President…
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350 Pakistanis were migrant on boat that sank off Greece
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday confirmed that about 350 Pakistanis were aboard an overcrowded fishing boat which sank off Greece’s coast last week, killing scores of passengers in one of the deadliest incidents in the…
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Indo-US joint statement reduces Pak to promoter of cross-border terrorism: Imran Khan
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the joint statement issued by India and the US during the ongoing state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to America…
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Shehbaz Sharif ‘snatches’ umbrella from officer, leaves her drenched
New Delhi: A viral video doing the rounds on social media shows Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who is in Paris to attend a global financing summit, “snatching” an umbrella from a…
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PCB’s likely chairman Zaka Ashraf rejects Asia Cup’s hybrid model
Islamabad: The likely new chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf has rejected his predecessor Najam Sethi’s much-publicised “hybrid model” for the upcoming Asia Cup, which is slated to be held…
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Pak education dept faces outrage after objecting to Holi celebrations in university
New Delhi: Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC) has taken an exception to the Hindu festival of Holi being celebrated at a university, claiming that it had “caused concern and disadvantageously affected the…
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Pak President Alvi appoints Justice Qazi Faez Isa as next chief justice
Islamabad: Justice Qazi Faez Isa, considered an independent-minded judge, was appointed as the next chief justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court by President Arif Alvi. He will assume office on September 17 after…
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Pak Army chief included in body formed for economic revival
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has constituted a Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) to provide an impetus to its efforts for economic revival — to be chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and…