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Showcase Pakistan’s atrocities in Balochistan: Baloch leader’s to Bollywood
Washington: Tara Chand, President of Baloch American Congress, has urged Bollywood actors and the Indian film industry to make a powerful film highlighting Pakistan’s “forced occupation” of Balochistan. In a post on…
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Victory Day: Sheikh Hasina’s son warns of Pakistan-backed proxies in Bangladesh
Dhaka: As Bangladesh observes Victory Day on Tuesday, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed warned that the “proxies of Pakistani occupational forces” have been emboldened across the country to an…
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India mocks Pak’s ‘unique democracy’ of ‘jailing PM, shielding army chief’ at UN
United Nations: In a sharp retort, India ripped through Pakistan’s “divisive agenda” at the UN Security Council, calling out Islamabad’s “unique” way of respecting the will of its people by jailing a…
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Pakistan launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign
Peshawar: Pakistan on Monday launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign, targeting 45.5 million children under five years of age. The week-long drive will involve more than 400,000 frontline polio workers, the National…
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Efforts underway to suppress ex-Pak PM Imran Khan: KPK CM
Peshawar: Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Chief Minister Suhail Afridi on Sunday said that systematic efforts are underway to suppress jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. Addressing a public gathering in Kohat district,…
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Renowned Islamic scholar Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi passes away
Renowned Islamic scholar and Sufi spiritual leader Hazrat Maulana Peer Hafiz Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi Mujaddidi has passed away on Sunday, December 14. He was 72. The news of his demise was confirmed…
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Gunmen kill 3 revolutionary guard members in southeast Iran ambush
Tehran: Gunmen killed three members of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan near the Pakistan border, state media reported. The Guard members were ambushed while patrolling near…
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IMF approves $1.2 bn for Pakistan as stability efforts advance
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved nearly $1.2 billion in new financing for Pakistan, giving the country a critical infusion of support as it struggles to maintain macroeconomic stability amid severe…
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Pak, Afghan forces trade fire along Chaman border: Report
Islamabad: A heavy exchange of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces was reported from the key Chaman border, according to a media report on Saturday. Injuries were reported from the district hospital,…
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Pakistan allows UN aid to Afghanistan via 2 border points
Peshawar: Pakistan on Thursday decided to allow United Nations agencies to deliver relief supplies to Afghanistan from two border crossing points in northwest Pakistan, according to an official communication issued by the…
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Army chief Munir deliberately ‘igniting tensions’ with Afghanistan: Imran Khan
Lahore: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday claimed that army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s policies are “disastrous” for the country and accused him of deliberately “igniting tensions” with…
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Trump invokes India–Pakistan as he touts ending global wars
Washington: US President Donald Trump referenced India and Pakistan while highlighting what he called a sweeping record on ending global conflicts, telling his Cabinet that several international disputes “never would have happened”…
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Pakistan accuses India of Hindering Sri Lanka relief efforts
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday alleged that its relief operations for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka were being “hampered by lack of cooperation” by India by delaying permission to use its airspace, a claim India…
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Former Pak PM Imran Khan’s sister: He is alive but subjected to ‘mental torture’
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan is alive but subjected to “mental torture in solitary confinement”, his sister Dr Uzma Khan said on Tuesday after meeting him at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail.…
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Pakistan: PTI to stage protests in twin cities as Imran Khan remains inaccessible
Islamabad: With Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan remaining unreachable to party leaders and even his family members, the party has announced protests outside the Islamabad High Court and Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail…