Pakistan
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Pakistan: Hindu teacher acquitted in blasphemy case after 5 yrs
Karachi: A Hindu teacher, charged with blasphemy in 2019 in the Ghotki district of Sindh in Pakistan, was ordered by a court to be released immediately if not wanted in any other…
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Pakistan’s new president to be elected on March 9; Zardari frontrunner
Islamabad: Pakistan’s election commission on Friday announced that the polling for the presidential election will take place on March 9, with former president Asif Ali Zardari almost certain to bag the top…
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Imran Khan’s letter to IMF akin to hostility towards state: Nawaz Sharif
Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday criticised jailed ex-premier Imran Khan’s letter to the IMF linking the cash-strapped country’s political stability with any future bailout talks, saying his action…
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Three-time former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif takes oath as ordinary lawmaker
Islamabad: Three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday took oath as an ordinary lawmaker in the 16th session of Pakistan’s National Assembly, days after giving up his bid to lead the…
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Pak: Imran Khan urges Feb 8 polls ‘audit’ by IMF before any bailout talks
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has written to the IMF, urging it to conduct an “audit” of at least 30 per cent of the national and provincial assembly seats…
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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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Imran Khan’s party to call ‘parallel’ Punjab Assembly session to elect CM: Report
Lahore: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party plans to call a “parallel” Punjab Assembly session to elect the chief minister, speaker and deputy speaker, claiming that newly-elected chief minister Maryam Nawaz…
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Maryam Nawaz becomes first woman CM of Pakistan’s Punjab province
Lahore: Senior PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, on Monday became the first woman chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province. Maryam, the 50-year-old senior vice…
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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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Islamabad Court forms special division bench to hear appeal of Imran Khan
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday formed a special division bench to hear the appeals of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, his wife Bushra Bibi, and former foreign minister…
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PTI to hold intra-party elections on March 3
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday announced to hold intra-party polls on March 3. Previous intra-party polls were declared unconstitutional by the Election Commission of Pakistan and the order was upheld by…
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Imran Khan’s party-backed winning independent candidates join SIC
Islamabad: Winning independent candidates backed by jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party have officially joined the rightwing Sunni Ittehad Council, a media report said on Thursday. The 71-year-old former-cricketer-turned-politician’s Pakistan…
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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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Pakistan’s major parties agree to form coalition govt
Islamabad: Pakistan’s two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), agreed to form a coalition government in Centre, leaders of the two parties said. “Both the parties…
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Pak: Bilawal Bhutto says he foresees ‘stalemate’ in formation of new govt
Islamabad: PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said he foresees a “stalemate” in the formation of a coalition government in Pakistan if someone is not ready to budge, indicating that the political…
