Pakistan
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Minor girl reaches Jaipur airport to go to Pakistan, handed over to police
Jaipur: A minor girl who wanted to go to Pakistan to meet her Instagram friend was handed over to police by Jaipur airport authorities on Friday, officials said. Airport Station Officer Digpal…
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Imran Khan alleges police forced driver to confess that he supplied him drugs
Lahore: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday alleged that police forced a driver to confess that he supplied him drugs. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief said that the federal government…
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Chinese woman marries Pakistani man she met online
Peshawar: In yet another cross-border love story, a Chinese woman has travelled to Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to marry the man whom she befriended and fell in love with on social media,…
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Pakistan criticises Rajnath Singh’s LoC crossing remarks
Islamabad: Pakistan has criticised Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s remarks that India is ready to cross the Line of Control (LoC) to maintain its honour and dignity, saying the “belligerent rhetoric” is a…
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Floodwater of Sutlej River sweeps Indian national into Pakistan
Lahore: A deaf Indian citizen who was swept into Pakistan by floodwaters of the Sutlej River has been handed over to an intelligence agency, officials in Pakistan’s Punjab province said on Wednesday. “The…
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Pak Cabinet approves National Adaptation Plan to combat climate change
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Adaptation Plan for building resilience to climate change, which Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif described as a national security issue after the last year’s catastrophic…
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British Pak radical preacher charged with terror offences in UK
London: A radical Islamist preacher with dual British and Pakistani nationality who had been freed from prison a few years ago appeared in a London court on Monday charged with three terrorism-related…
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Anju will return to India on August 20; No plan to marry her: Pak man
Peshawar: A married Indian woman who travelled legally to a remote village in Pakistan to meet her Facebook friend will return to India on August 20 when her visa expires, her Pakistani…
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Pak SC bars Imran Khan’s arrest in lawyer murder case till Aug 9
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan appeared before the Supreme Court here on Monday which barred the authorities from arresting him till August 9 in a case linked to the murder…
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Telangana HC frees Pakistan national ‘illegally’ detained in Hyderabad prison
Hyderabad: A 51-year-old Pakistani national was released from a Central Prison here after the Telangana High Court set aside a state government order according permission to the police for detaining him in…
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Pak’s FM Ishaq Dar’s name likely to be pitched for interim PM
Islamabad: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party is considering proposing the name of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as the caretaker prime minister of the cash-strapped country once the term of the current…
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Pak’s Imran Khan urges judiciary to take stand against victimisation of party members
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday urged the judiciary to take a stand and stop the violation of fundamental rights of members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). He said that…
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3 sisters forcibly converted, married: Pak minority rights group
Karachi: Three daughters of a Hindu businessman in Pakistan’s Sindh province have been married to Muslim men who first kidnapped them and forcibly converted them to Islam, according to a leading minority…
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China agrees to reschedule USD 2 billion debt of Pakistan
Islamabad: China has agreed to reschedule over USD 2 billion debt of Pakistan for a period of two years, providing a major relief to the cash-starved government, which is in the process…
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Imran accused of leaking diplomatic cable, could face life in prison
Islamabad: Pakistan’s law minister said on Thursday that former premier Imran Khan could be jailed for life if he was found guilty of jeopardising national security by exposing a controversial diplomatic communication…
