Pakistan

Senior journalist and former PEMRA chief Absar Alam was injured in a drive-by shooting in Islamabad on Tuesday. According to police, Alam was shot in the stomach but is in a stable condition. Police added that the journalist was…
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ISLAMABAD: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan over his handling of violent protests held by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan following the arrest of its emir Saad Hussain Rizvi.  In a Twitter statement on…
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TLP leader Saad Hussain Rizvi has been released from Kot Lakhpat jail on Tuesday. He is expected to address his supporters at Chowk Yatimkhana. His release came hours before a National Assembly session was scheduled to take place to…
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that dialogue between Pakistan and India will only take place if there were improvement in the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The minister, in an interview with Khaleej Times,…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the government was on the same page with the TLP regarding the protection of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s honour, however, expelling the ambassador of France is not the solution. The PM…
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Former Sri Lanka player Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from all cricket for eight years after an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal found him guilty of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code. The ban for Mr Lokuhettige is backdated to 3…
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Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday that Tehran always welcomed dialogue with Saudi Arabia, but he did not confirm nor deny direct talks this month between the arch-rivals. The two countries severed diplomatic ties in 2016 and…
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REUTERS: Eleven people were killed and 98 injured on Sunday in a train accident in Egypt's Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. The train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed said Sunday that the government has released the 11 police officers that were held hostage by the banned outfit Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). He said after the first round of…
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ISLAMABAD: PML-N stalwart Ahsan Iqbal has fired a broadside at Prime Minister Imran Khan, urging him to tender his resignation voluntarily. The interior minister told the Supreme Court of Pakistan during a hearing that the government had…
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British health officials are investigating a COVID-19 variant originating in India but as yet they do not have enough evidence to classify it is as a variant of concern, Susan Hopkins of Public Health England (PHE) said on Sunday.…
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LAHORE: Supporters of banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked a police station and kidnaped a senior officer and four others in Lahore, according to Punjab police. In a statement on Sunday, police said that "today in the early…
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New Delhi reported a record 24,000 coronavirus cases in one day and its leader warned of a "grim" battle ahead Saturday as major cities across India went into a weekend lockdown in a bid to curtail a nationwide pandemic surge. With India…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday reshuffled his cabinet changing the portfolios of his government’s key ministers and appointing Shaukat Fayaz Tareen as a new Minister for Finance and Revenue. The prime minister appointed Chaudhry Fawad…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday received telephone call from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wherein they discussed bilateral ties besides Afghan peace process in wake of recently announced planned US withdrawal. The two…
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