Pakistan

LONDON: MQM founder Altaf Hussain has been arrested in London in connection with 2016 speech to his workers in Karachi. The Metropoltian police confirmed the arrest of Altaf Hussain. "A man has today, Tuesday, 11 June, been arrested in…
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has called for India to resolve the Kashmir dispute for restoration of peace in South Asia. Addressing an Eid Milan party in Multan, FM Qureshi said the world fully supports…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has called upon people to declare their financial assets within the country and abroad by June 30 or be ready for an indiscriminate action. In a video message to the nation, PM Khan his administration…
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A government can raise revenue in several ways - the easiest is to raise petrol prices, at a time when the international price of petrol (and hence the cost of buying petrol) is falling so as to pocket the difference - this also leads to…
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MAKKAH: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has called upon OIC member states to take a strong position against blasphemy. During his address to the 14th Session of OIC Conference in Makkah-Al-Makarramah, Prime Minister Khan made a strong…
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The PTI government yesterday approved the use of Rs20 billion savings of pensioners and bank depositors to buy shares by investors in relaxation of prudential regulations aimed at stabilizing Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The decision was…
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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa endorsed punishment to two army officers and a civilian officer, on Thursday, on charges of espionage. According to the ISPR, the army chief endorsed punishment to the officers on…
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Hundreds of motorbikes are parked in Karachi's Clifton area that has been clearly marked as no-parking zone. Many a times cases of illegal parking lots have gone to the courts and the Sindh High Court has actually voided a lot of these…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has made a big cabinet reshuffle and not even one year has passed since he formed the government. The new finance ministry incharge Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and new information ministry incharge Firdous…
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Addressing PPP chairman as Bilawal Sahiba cannot be expected from the prime minister of Pakistan. It wasn't just slip of the tongue as claimed by the government officials. And it seems it was deliberate. PM must be feeling the heat from…
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An excerpt of Prime Minister Imran Khan's interview with New York Times raised eyebrows on social media. “We have decided, for the future of our country — forget the outside pressure — we will not allow armed militias to operate…
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It wasn’t the job of the reporters covering Qamar Zaman Kaira’s press conference to tell him that his son had died or been in an accident - if they felt the need to tell him out of concern they should have taken him aside in…
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Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination Dr. Fehmida Mirza met representative of UN Women Pakistan and agreed to form a platform where the voice of Pakistan’s female athletes could be heard. Mr. Jamshaid Kazi, Country…
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ISLAMABAD: Zulfikar Bukhari, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, inaugurated the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation’s Flagship Farm Housing Scheme, OPF Greens Raiwind Road, Lahore. The…
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The Federal Cabinet has praised the armed forces for their calibrated response to the Indian aggression which was designed to give a message that though Pakistan has the capability, it does not intend to harm innocent civilians or cause…
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