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Petitions flood Pak courts as losing candidates backed by PTI challenge poll results
Islamabad: Pakistan courts have been flooded with petitions by losing candidates who challenged the provisional results in their constituencies within days after the highly polarised general elections in the country, it emerged…
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Imran Khan-backed candidates lead in final tally in Pakistan polls
Islamabad: Pakistan’s election commission on Sunday declared the final result of Thursday’s general elections in which independent candidates backed by jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party got the biggest piece of…
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Nawaz Sharif, daughter’s poll victory challenged on technical grounds
Lahore: The victory of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz in Lahore’s National Assembly seats was challenged in the Lahore High Court on Saturday, February 10, alleging that the top…
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Imran Khan to decide next PM of Pakistan: PTI Chairman
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar said on Saturday, February 10, that party founder Imran Khan will decide who will be the next Prime Minister of Pakistan. The party claims to…
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Pakistan: Wheeling, dealing kicks off to muster sufficient seats to form coalition govt
Islamabad/Lahore: The wheelings and dealings for the formation of a coalition government in Pakistan have kicked off with major stakeholders engaging in crucial talks after the general elections appear to have produced a…
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Pakistan shuts Iran, Afghanistan borders for polling day
Islamabad: Pakistan has closed its border with neighbouring Iran and Afghanistan for ensuring security during the national elections. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that to ensure full security during the…
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UP ATS arrests ‘Pakistan ISI agent’ working at Indian embassy in Moscow
Lucknow: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a person working in the Indian Embassy, Moscow, for his alleged involvement in anti-national activities with Pakistani intelligence agency ISI and…
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Pak court expected to announce verdict in Imran Khan & wife’s marriage case
Islamabad: A Pakistan court is expected to announce on Saturday its verdict in a case challenging the ‘un-Islamic’ marriage of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to his third wife, Bushra Bibi.…
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Commonwealth observer group to visit Pak to assess gen elections
Islamabad: Ahead of the general elections in Pakistan on February 8, a 13-member Commonwealth observer group led by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will be deployed to offer an independent and comprehensive…
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Cash-strapped Pakistan seeks USD 2 billion loan from China
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan has sought financial assistance of USD 2 billion from its close ally China for a year, according to a media report on Saturday, January 27. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul…
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Eleven suspected terrorists arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab
Lahore: As many as 11 suspected terrorists of ISIS, Al-Qaeda, and TTP have been arrested from different parts of Punjab province of Pakistan, the police said on Saturday, January 27, and claimed…
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India denies Pak’s charge of Indian links to killing of 2 Pakistanis
New Delhi: India on Thursday, January 25, dismissed as “false and malicious” propaganda Pakistan’s allegations linking Indian agents to the assassination of two Pakistani terrorists in Sialkot and Rawalkot last year. “It is…
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Rigged Feb 8 polls to damage Pakistan, warns ex-PM Abbasi
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday, January 25, said every election since independence was “stolen” and warned that the general elections slated for February 8 will “damage” the…