Pakistan

The government has released hundreds of activists of banned Tehreek-e-Labbak Pakistan (TLP) in line with a confidential agreement it had signed with the protesting religious group on Sunday. According to credible reports, the government…
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Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf Tuesday confirmed that he would not visit India to attend a meeting of the national security advisers (NSA) discussing the issue of Afghanistan. The NSA was speaking to reporters after a…
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ISLAMABAD – Special Assistant to PM on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam said that lives and livelihoods in the Asia region are acutely exposed to exacerbating risk of flooding caused due to climate change. However, concerted and joint…
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A Czech model sentenced to over eight years in prison for drug trafficking in Pakistan has been acquitted, her lawyer said on Monday. Tereza Hluskova, 25, was arrested at the airport in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore for…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf Friday warned the proscribed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) that it had crossed a red line. The NSA, in a couple of tweets, said the TLP has exchausted the state's…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Wednesday said the alliance was contemplating boycotting the local government elections to be held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The JUI-F chief was holding a press…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on the sideline of the “Middle East Green Initiative” (MGI) Summit in Riyadh today. The Prime Minister paid tribute to the leadership of the…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived here Sunday on the second leg of his three-day (October 23-25) official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was warmly received at the Royal Terminal of King Fahad International Airport by Prince…
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Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad Sunday said that talks between the government and the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) after they threatened to march towards Islamabad have been successful. A day earlier, the…
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A radical Islamist party on Saturday said five of its supporters have died in clashes with authorities in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, after two police officers were killed in the unrest. The group is on its way to Islamabad to…
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Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met senior Taliban leaders in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, as the neighbours sought to resolve disputes over border closures. Pakistan, one of only three countries that recognised…
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Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi leading a high-level delegation arrived in Kabul on Thursday, where he will meet the leadership of the interim government of Afghanistan. “During the one-day visit, he will hold talks with Acting…
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QUETTA: In what is being reported as a major setback for Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) president and Chief Miniter Jam Kamal Khan, a no-confidence motion against him has been passed at the Balochistan Assembly. BAP spokesperson Abdul…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Human Rights Minister Dr Shireen Mazari on Wednesday lashed out at her own daughter for what she called a law personalized unsubstantiated attack on the First Lady Bushra Bibi. "I am ashamed you would resort to such…
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ISLAMABAD: The fencing of popular walk in scenic Nathiagali with barbed wire has caused an uproar on social media in Pakistan. The steel fence is being installed near the governor house. The fence crosses, and blocks, a nature trail…
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