Pakistan
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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan sentenced to 10 years in prison
Islamabad: Former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years each in prison in the cipher case. The decision was announced by…
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Iranian foreign minister in Pakistan for ‘in-depth’ talks to mend frayed ties
Islamabad: Iran’s foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdolahian will hold “in-depth” talks with his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani here on Monday, days after the two neighbours conducted tit-for-tat military strikes at alleged terrorist…
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Climate change figures prominently in Pakistan political parties’ manifestos
Islamabad: After Pakistan was by catastrophic floods in 2022, two major political parties in the country have prominently highlighted the importance of dealing with climate change-related issues in their manifestos ahead of…
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‘Democracy is being strangled’: PTI vice chairman Qureshi on upcoming elections
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) vice chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi has termed the upcoming general polls ‘mock elections’, saying that the exercise is a waste of money, The Express Tribune reported on Sunday.…
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At least 9 Pakistanis killed in attack on vehicle repair shop in Iran
Islamabad: At least nine Pakistani nationals were killed while three others were critically injured in an attack on a vehicle repair shop in the Sirkan area of Saravan City in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan…
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Iranian, Pakistani Ambassadors return to embassies
Tehran: Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moqaddam has returned to Islamabad to resume his diplomatic duties after a brief tension between the two neighbours. He left Islamabad for Iran on January…
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Tombstones of 80 graves of Ahmadi community destroyed in Pakistan
Lahore: Police in Pakistan under pressure from religious extremists destroyed the tombstones of 80 graves of the minority Ahmadi community in the Punjab province, Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan claimed on Friday. The incident took…
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Pakistan warns Ram Mandir consecration ‘significant threat’ to ‘regional peace’
United Nations: Pakistan, in a letter to a UN official dealing with culture and civilisation, has warned that the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is a “significant threat” to “peace…
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Pakistan court rejects Imran Khan’s plea for immediate suspension of jail trial
Lahore: A Pakistani court on Monday turned down a request of former prime minister Imran Khan seeking immediate suspension of his jail trial in a contempt case initiated by the country’s top…
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Not easy to bring Pakistan back on track, says former PM Nawaz Sharif
Peshawar: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party supremo Nawaz Sharif on Monday said it would not be an easy task to bring Pakistan’s economy back on track. Nawaz’s remarks come as major political…
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Ram temple a blot on face of Indian democracy: Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Ministry of foreign affairs has officially voiced its disapproval regarding the consecration of the Ram Temple at the site of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya. “A temple built on the…
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Election Commission of Pakistan releases list of nominees for Feb 8 polls
New Delhi: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has finally released the list much-awaited list of contesting candidates, media report said. As per the Pakistan ECP, Jan 12 was the last date for…
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia hold joint military training
Islamabad: A joint military training between the Pakistan Army and Royal Saudi Land Forces kicked off in Okara district in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, the Pakistani military said. At the inauguration of…
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Imran Khan warns of further instability in Pakistan in absence of fair polls
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has sought a level playing field for his party in the run-up to the February 8 general elections, saying a lack of fairness in…
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Pakistan strikes terrorist hideouts in Iran’s province
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said that the country’s air force struck terrorist hideouts in Iran’s Siestan-Balochistan province, a day after Islamabad recalled its ambassador from Tehran in the wake of Iranian missile…
