Pakistan
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Pakistan sees 79% rise in terror attacks in first half of 2023: Report
Islamabad: Pakistan registered a whopping 79 percent spike in terror attacks in the first six months of 2023 compared to the corresponding period last year, a prominent think-tank said here on Monday.…
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PCB seeks official clearance to travel to India for WC: Report
New Delhi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has written to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, seeking official clearance to travel to India for the ODI World Cup in October-November, according to a report. In…
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Nawaz Sharif unlikely to make a comeback to Pakistan anytime soon
Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif is unlikely to make a comeback to Pakistan anytime soon, local media reported. The source, who spoke to The…
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Six terrorists killed in Pakistan’s North Waziristan: ISPR
Peshawar: Pakistani security forces killed at least six terrorists in two districts of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military’s media wing said. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday said that an…
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Pakistan to send delegation to inspect World Cup venues in India
Pakistan will send a security delegation to inspect venues for the ICC World Cup 2023, set to be held in India this year. According to a report of the Press Trust of…
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Shehbaz Sharif wants IMF loan programme to be Pakistan’s last
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz urged that the $3 billion pact signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be the country’s last loan programme with the global lender. The staff-level agreement…
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Pakistan, IMF reach $3bn deal after 8 months of delay
Islamabad: After an eight-month delay, the Pakistan government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have finally reached a staff-level pact on a $3 billion stand-by arrangement as the cash-strapped nation is teetering…
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‘Most painful Eid’: Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday in his Eid greetings to fellow countrymen said this year’s Eid festival was the “most painful” one for him. Taking to Twitter to…
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Eid: 84 Pak organizations barred from collecting sacrificial animal hides
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government on Wednesday issued a list of 84 banned organisations prohibited from collecting sacrificial animal hides during Eid ul-Adha, including 10 so-called charity offshoots of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) headed…
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Notwithstanding growing ties with India, US will not junk Pakistan
It was a bold and clear message from the US and India statement that has thrown an open challenge to counter global terrorism and unequivocally condemn terrorism and violent extremism in all…
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Cash-strapped Pakistan’s Parliament approves Rs 14.48 trillion budget for 2023-24
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Parliament on Sunday approved the Rs 14.48 trillion budget for 2023-24 after new taxes were added to it as dictated by the IMF as a condition to release the remaining…
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7 fatalities, 42 injured in bus collision in Pakistan’s Sindh
Islamabad: At least seven people were killed and 42 others injured in a collision between two passenger buses in the Sindh province of Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. Benazirabad Deputy Inspector General…
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SGPC chief condemns murder of Sikh man in Pakistan
Amritsar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) chief Harjinder Singh Dhami on Sunday condemned the murder of a Sikh man in Pakistan. Manmohan Singh, 35, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen when he…
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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…
