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No knockouts at Biden, Trump debate 12 days before vote
President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden traded accusations of graft and clashed on the Covid-19 pandemic Thursday but without landing a knockout blow 12 days before the election in a final debate that many saw as Trump's last big…
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FO quashes reports Saudi Arabia voted against Pakistan on FATF action plan
ISLAMABAD: Responding to media queries regarding role of Saudi Arabia in assessment of Pakistan’s FATF Action Plan, the Foreign Office categorically rejected the story circulating on segment of the media as false and baseless.
In a…
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Russia, Iran tried to interfere in election 2020: US intelligence officials
REUTERS: US intelligence officials have accused Iranians and Russians of interfering in general election 2020, as America braces to go to the polls on November 3 to either reimpose confidence in Donald Trump or elect Joe Biden as the new…
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Gen Bajwa stresses on all-out support for local population affected by Indian shelling
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday paid a visit to the forward areas of Chamb sector where he called on Pakistan Army soldiers to give "all-out support" to the local population affected most by Indian…
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Pakistan likely to stay in FATF grey list: report
Pakistan is unlikely to be excluded from the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list over its failure to fully comply with a 27-point action plan to combat terror financing.
The Paris-based global watchdog for curbing terror…
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Pakistan slams India for ‘malicious propaganda’ on alleged ‘civil war’
Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi has taken strong exception to fake news reports orignating from India regarding an alleged 'civil war' in Pakistan.
"A figment of India's state machinery's imagination,…
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Pakistan expresses grief over Jalalabad stampede
Pakistan on Wednesday expressed grief over the loss of lives in a stampede at a stadium in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad city, where aspirants of Pakistani visas had gathered, and also urged upon the Afghan authorities to ensure better management…
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At least 11 Afghan women killed in stampede near Pakistan consulate
At least 11 women were killed Wednesday in a stampede in an Afghan football stadium where thousands had gathered to apply for visas at a nearby Pakistan consulate, officials said.
Many people were trampled at the stadium in the city of…
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At least three die in Karachi building explosion
KARACHI: At least three people have been killed and over a dozen are wounded in an explosion that struck a residential building in Karachi.
The blast took place near the Maskan gate of Karachi University.
Rescuers and police reached…
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Fawad Chaudhry accuses PPP of orchestrating Sindh police protest
ISLAMABAD: Federal Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry has accused PPP leadership of orchestrating a protest by the Sindh police against the alleged abduction of provincial police chief prior to registration of an FIR against Captain Safdar.…
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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar appreciates Pakistan’s support for Afghan peace process
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hizb-e-Islami of Afghanistan, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and appreciated Pakistan’s positive role in facilitating the Afghan peace process.
Hekmatyar thanked Pakistan for its long-standing…
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PM Imran Khan warns against damaging role of spoilers in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday warned against the damaging role of spoilers in the Afghan peace process during his meeting with Hizb-e-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
The Afghan leader had called on the Pakistani…
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India returns Chinese soldier who strayed across LAC: report
REUTERS: A Chinese soldier who had strayed across a contested de facto border with India in the Himalayas has been handed back by the Indian side, according to a report by China’s official military newspaper, the PLA Daily.
The soldier…
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Sindh police officials defer leave request
Sindh IG Mushtaq Mahar deferred his leave and ordered other senior police officials to set aside their leave applications as well, a few hours after army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday ordered the Karachi Corps Commander to hold…
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I salute the Sindh police: Maryam Nawaz
LAHORE: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has heaped praise on the Sindh police after several top officers including the provincial chief went on leave following a controversy surrounding the arrest of Captain Safdar in Karachi.
"I salute the…
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