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China agrees to rollover USD 2 billion debt to Pakistan on existing terms
Islamabad: China has agreed to roll over a USD 2 billion debt on existing terms after initially seeking a hike in price as debt-trapped Pakistan’s policy to maintain foreign exchange reserves through…
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Karnataka: BJP claims Cong MLA’s cadre raised pro-Pak slogans, disrupts Assembly
Bengaluru: Supporters of Congress member Syed Naseer Hussain, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha, allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans, rocked the proceedings of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, forcing repeated disruptions.…
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Watch: Did Congress worker raise pro-Pak slogan in Karnataka Assembly?
Bengaluru: After Congress Leader Syed Nasir Hussain emerged victorious in the Rajya Sabha polls on Tuesday, February 28, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused a worker of raising pro-Pakistan slogans during celebrations…
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Pakistan court indicts Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi in graft case
Islamabad: An accountability court in Pakistan on Tuesday indicted former prime minister and jailed PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the Rs 50 million graft case. Accountability Court…
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Pakistan says IMF conditions for USD 1.2 billion tranche met
Islamabad: Pakistan has met the IMF’s benchmarks for maintaining the status quo in the energy sector, an outcome that may help to get the next loan tranche of USD 1.2 billion, officials…
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Pak elections: PPP’s Owais Shah elected as Sindh Assembly Speaker
Karachi: Senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party Syed Owais Shah was on Sunday elected as the Speaker of the Sindh province Assembly while the party’s Christian face Anthony Naveed was elected as…
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Parties reach deal to form new Pak govt; Imran Khan loyalists left out
Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party have finally agreed on a power-sharing deal to form a coalition government led by former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, a move that…
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Stones pelted at live music event at Pakistan’s Punjab University
Lahore: Chanting Islamic slogans, activists of a radical student organisation pelted stones at the participants of a live music event at the prestigious Punjab University here. On Sunday evening over 180 students, both…
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Imran Khan’s PTI to sit in Opposition in Pakistan’s Parliament
Islamabad: With its efforts to form the next government going nowhere despite winning the maximum number of seats, beleaguered Imran Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday decided to sit in the…
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Pakistan Rangers violate ceasefire along border in J&K
Jammu: Border Security Forces (BSF) on Wednesday said that they gave a befitting response to the unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers, along the International Border in the RS Pura sector of…
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Shehbaz Sharif likely to become next Pak Prime Minister
Islamabad: Shehbaz Sharif is expected to become Pakistan’s new prime minister as the coalition of leading political parties led by him is set to comfortably cross the simple majority mark to form the…
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Shehbaz affirms Nawaz Sharif to become PM for fourth time
Lahore: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed on Tuesday, February 13, that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif will become the prime minister for a record fourth time. The now-74-year-old…
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Nawaz continues to be in PM’s race
Islamabad: PML(N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, who had expressed his wish to become the Prime Minister for the fourth time prior to the February 8 polls, is still not out of the Prime…
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Success of Imran Khan-backed candidates marks stinging rebuke to Pak military
Islamabad: Independent candidates affiliated with former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehereek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has secured the most parliamentary seats in last week’s nationwide election as per the Pakistan Election Commission,…
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Pakistan: Rejected ballots exceed victory margin in 24 constituencies
Islamabad: The number of rejected ballots was greater than the margin of victory in at least 24 National Assembly constituencies, according to an interesting statistical nugget from Pakistan’s recent general elections. The…
