Pakistan
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Gen Bajwa put pressure on me to develop friendly ties with India, claims Imran Khan
Lahore: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan has claimed that the then Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had put pressure on him to develop friendly ties with India. Relations between India…
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Pakistan denies reports of trade relations with Israel
Islamabad: Amid reports of an exchange of goods between Pakistan and Israel, the Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) and the Ministry of Trade and Commerce denied on Sunday having made any trade with…
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Pakistan to place order for Russian oil next month: minister
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan plans to place its first order for Russian crude oil next month and it will take about four weeks for the commodity to reach the country, Minister of State…
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General Bajwa put pressure on me to restore ties with India: Imran Khan
New Delhi: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has said former army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa had pressurised him to restore friendship with India, the media reported. Bajwa wanted friendship with India…
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Four Pak soldiers killed in terror attack along Iran border
Karachi: At least four Pakistan Army soldiers were killed on Saturday in a terror attack along the Pakistan-Iran border in Balochistan’s Kech district, according to the military’s media wing. “On April 1,…
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Border trade between Pakistan & China to resume next week after 3 years
Islamabad: After a three-year hiatus, Pakistan and China are set to resume trade from Monday through the Khunjerab Pass – the only land route between the two all-weather allies, a media report said…
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Pakistanis drown under cost of living as inflation hits all-time high
Islamabad: Pakistans monthly inflation blew past forecasts in March and soared to a nearly all-time high level — 35.4 per cent — from a year earlier, with people feeling more pain from…
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Stampede at food distribution centre kills 11 in Pakistan’s Karachi city
Karachi: At least 11 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured in a deadly stampede at a Ramzan food distribution centre in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on…
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Pakistan: Sikh businessman shot dead by unknown gunmen in Peshawar
Peshawar: A Sikh businessman was shot dead on Friday by unknown assailants here, in the latest incident of targeted attacks against minority communities in Pakistan. The incident took place at 3 pm…
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Pakistan forex reserves fall to less than a month’s import cover
Islamabad: As Pakistan struggles to secure external financing to pull the country out of the economic crisis, foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reversed their course, snapping…
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Pakistan court strikes down colonial-era sedition law
Lahore: A high court in Pakistan on Thursday struck down a colonial-era sedition law that criminalised criticism of the federal and provincial governments, terming it inconsistent with the Constitution. Justice Shahid Karim…
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EU removes Pakistan from list of ‘High-Risk Third Countries’
Islamabad: The EU has removed Pakistan from its list of “High-Risk Third Countries” that do not have a robust anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing regime, a move welcomed by Prime Minister…
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No formal discussions at ICC board meet on Pakistan playing World Cup games in Bangladesh
New Delhi: ICC sources on Wednesday dismissed speculations about Pakistan playing their World Cup matches in Bangladesh instead of India due to the political tension between the two countries, terming it a…
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Pakistan approves bill to curtail powers of Chief Justice
Islamabad: After the Pakistan federal cabinet approved a ‘controversial’ bill to deprive the office of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) of powers to take suo motu notice in an individual capacity, the…
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Pakistan PM Sharif urges parliament to curtail powers of Chief Justice
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said that “history would not forgive us” if parliament did not enact laws to curtail the powers of the chief justice, a day after…
