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Azam Khan sworn in as caretaker CM of Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: Former bureaucrat Muhammad Azam Khan was sworn in as the caretaker chief minister of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at a ceremony held here on Saturday. Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji…
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Pakistan to pay for Russian oil in currencies of friendly countries
Islamabad: Pakistan will pay for energy purchases from Russia, when they start in late March, in currencies of friendly countries, a top energy official said on Friday. The development came at the…
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Putin views Pakistan as ‘key partner in South Asia’
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has received a special message from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who views Islamabad as Moscows key partner in South Asia and the Islamic world, reiterating his…
- Middle East
25 Pakistani bikers en route to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah
A group of Pakistani bikers comprising 25 pilgrims are on their way to Saudi Arabia via road to perform Umrah pilgrimage. Bikers decided to embark on the journey after the Saudi government…
- World
Pakistan urges Iran to investigate cross-border terrorist attack
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday called upon the Iranian authorities to investigate the cross-border terrorist attack in the Panjgur district of Balochistan province and bring the perpetrators to task, local media reported. Pakistan…
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WB delays loans approval for Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistans worsening economic situation, political uncertainty and reluctance of the current government to fulfil the pre-conditions to revive the IMF programme, coupled with delays in taking these decisions has added to…
- Middle East
UAE rolls over $2 billion loan to Pakistan
Islamabad: In a move that would create some much-needed room for Pakistan’s cramped fiscal space, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) on Thursday rolled over their deposit of USD 2 billion…
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Negotiations with India impossible until reversal of ‘August 5 action’: Pak PMO
Islamabad: A day after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered to talk to India on “burning issues”, the country’s PMO clarified that it will not hold negotiations with its neighbour until it…
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Pak PM Sharif seeks ‘sincere’ talks with India to resolve ‘burning’ issues
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought “serious” and “sincere” talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the resolution of the “burning” issues, including on Kashmir, and said the UAE…
- India
Dawood lied about divorce, remarried Pak woman: Haseena Parkar’s son
Mumbai: Alishah Parkar, son of Haseena Parkar, and Dawood Ibrahim’s nephew, has made sensational claims before the National Investigation Agency stating that the fugitive underworld gangster has remarried a Pakistani Pathan woman…
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Imran Khan hints at returning to Pakistan’s National Assembly
Lahore: For the first time, opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on Monday hinted at returning to the National Assembly to be part of the consultative process of a caretaker setup…
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Delhi Police probing links of two suspected terrorists with Pak’s ISI
New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell, which recently nabbed two individuals from the national capital’s Jahangirpuri area, is now probing the links of the suspected terrorists with Pakistan’s ISI agency, official…
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India’s counter response shows country won’t be coerced by anybody: Jaishankar
Chennai: India’s counter response to terrorism emanating from Pakistan and to aggressive cross-border skirmish with China displayed that the nation will not be coerced by anybody, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said…