Politics

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former president Asif Ali Zardari in the fake bank accounts case on medical grounds. The former president was asked to submit surety bonds worth Rs 10 million in order to get…
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RAWALPINDI: The newly appointed City Police Officer (CPO) Muhammad Ahsan Younus on Thursday made history by registering a staggering 1,056 cases pertaining to robberies and burglaries in the past three days. Addressing a press conference…
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A policeman from India's armed border force opened fire on his colleagues on Wednesday, killing five of them before turning the gun on himself, police said. Constable Musudul Rehman of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (IPBP) opened fire on…
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PML-N President and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted on Sunday that when it came to occupied Kashmir, the government and opposition were 'united like a rock'. He tweeted this a few days after Prime Minister Khan…
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushed for a new negotiation beyond a 2015 nuclear between Iran and world powers after attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities, bringing his country closer to U.S. calls for a tougher deal with Tehran.…
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REUTERS: Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters rallied peacefully in Hong Kong on Sunday, filling major thoroughfares under torrential downpours in the eleventh week of what have been often violent demonstrations in the Asian…
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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Affairs Ministry summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on 15th August 2019 in…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan announced that it would honor Air Force pilots who had downed an Indian fighter plane during a dogfight on February 24 this year following failed Indian air strikes in Balakot. Wing Commander Noman Ali Khan will be…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned that Pakistan will respond with full force in any misadventure by India. The PM was addressing the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad where he spent the Independence…
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Pakistani celebrities have thrown their weight behind the government and Minister for Maritime Affairs, Ali Haider Zaidi, for his 'Clean Karachi Campaign. A host of celebrities took to Twitter to back efforts by the federal minister to…
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REUTERS: President Donald Trump on Monday proposed tighter monitoring of the internet, mental health reform and wider use of the death penalty in response to mass slayings over the weekend that killed 30 people in Texas and Ohio. The man…
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Prime Minister Azad Jammu and Kashmir Raja Farooq Haider lashed out at the Indian government on Monday, saying that all units of Pakistan were united on the issue of Kashmir. Speaking to media, Mr Haider said that in case of any Indian…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan was in the interest of Pakistan as well as of the broader region. The PM was speaking to U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation,…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief spokesman Maj-Gen Asif Ghafoor dismissed allegations by Senator Mir Hasil Bizenjo that ISI was behind the opposition's failure to deseat Senate chairman Sadiq Sanjrani. "Remarks by Senator Mir Hasil Bizenjo…
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ISLAMABAD: With opposition parties all set to take to the streets to mark the 'Black Day'--an anniversary of the July 25, 2018 elections that propelled Imran Khan to power--the government says it will celebrate it as a 'Day of gratitude'.…
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