Pakistan

LONDON: Former three-time prime minister and PML-N quaid Nawaz Sharif weighed in on the controversy surrounding the detention of Sindh IGP and arrest of Captain Safdar in Karachi following the PDM's jalsa. "What happened in Karachi is a…
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RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has ordered a probe into a controversy surrounding the alleged detention of IGP Sindh and arrest of Captain Safdar in Karachi. According to Inter-Services Public Relations: " has…
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KARACHI: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has confirmed that IG Sindh police was kidnapped and coerced into arresting PML-N leader Captain Safdar from his hotel room in Karachi. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Bilawal…
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KARACHI: Sindh police chief, all DIGs, all ADIGs and Karachi CCPO have reportedly gone on leave following the manner in which an FIR was registered against Capt (r) Safdar, husband of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz during his visit to the city.…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that an alliance of opposition parties seeking ouster of Imran Khan from power have no politician of Imran Khan's stature in its ranks. In a tweet on Tuesday morning, Fawad…
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India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at work -- and eager to forget the pandemic for festival season. After a strict lockdown…
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi urged all Afghan sides to honour their respective commitments and work for reduction in violence leading to ceasefire. FM Qureshi was speaking to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of…
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REUTERS: US President Donald Trump on Monday referred to infectious diseases expert Dr Fauci a "disaster", reassuring voters and his constituents that he could secure a win despite trailing in the polls. Trump and Fauci, a member of his…
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KARACHI: Education Minister Saeed Ghani has denied the involvement of the Sindh government in the sudden arrest of Captain Safdar on charges of sloganeering at the shrine of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi. Taking to Twitter…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Monday that Sindh police were right to arrest Captain Safdar for chanting slogans at the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Taking to Twitter, Chaudhry wrote: "The…
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PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz on Monday morning tweeted that police "broke my room door at the hotel" at the Karachi hotel where she was staying and arrested her husband, Captain (retd) Safdar. "Police broke my room door at the hotel…
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KARACHI: PPP volunteers beat up SAMAA TV reporter Sanjay Sadhwani on Sunday after he showed a group of women supporters of the party being not allowed to leave the Bagh e Jinnah venue. In a video he posted on Twitter, Sadhwani accused a…
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LAHORE: The city's biggest plaza selling electronics caught fire on Sunday, causing losses worth millions with firefighters still battling flames 12 hours after the flames broke out. No loss of life took place, fortunately. According…
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Sunday pulled a massive crowd at the Bagh-e-Jinnah stadium on Sunday, with leading Opposition figures telling PM Imran Khan his days in government are "numbered". PDM leaders who took to…
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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami of Afghanistan, along with a delegation will be visiting Islamabad from 19-21 October 2020. During the visit, Hekmatyar will call on Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi, and will…
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