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Assets beyond means: NAB arrests PPP leader Khursheed Shah
ISLAMABAD:
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested on Wednesday Pakistan Peoples Party’s senior leader Khursheed Shah in Islamabad.
According to a brief statement issued by the accountability watchdog, he was taken into custody by the bureau’s Sukkur chapter in an assets beyond means case.
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ECP shoots down PTI’s plea against Maryam
ISLAMABAD:
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against Maryam Nawaz Sharif and declared her eligible to serve as vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
A three-member ECP bench headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (retd) Sardar Raza Khan had reserved its verdict after h... |
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Islamabad refuses backdoor talks with New Delhi
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan has refused to engage in backdoor diplomacy with India after some powerful countries as well as certain Muslim states sought de-escalation in the brewing tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours over Kashmir.
Prime Minister Imran Khan was also requested to tone down his verbal attacks on his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in which he equated him with Adolf Hitle... |
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Four soldiers martyred in terrorist attacks near Pak–Afghan border
ISLAMABAD:
Four Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred and one was injured in two separate terrorist attacks in the border regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military said on Saturday.
The first attack took place in Upper Dir district near the border with Afghanistan, ISPR, the military’s media wing, said in a statement. Terrorists from across the border fired at soldiers fencing the porous fro... |
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Wait for my call to cross LoC: PM
MUZAFFARABAD:
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday asked the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), who were anxious to cross the Line of Control (LoC) towards the Indian side to help their oppressed brethren, to wait till his next call and until he fought the Kashmiris’ case at the upcoming session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
“Many of you want to cross the LoC,... |
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India’s bid to commit genocide in IOK won’t be tolerated: President Alvi
President Dr Arif Alvi has said the Indian government’s atrocities in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir could lead to a genocide, which would not only put the regional peace but peace of the whole world in danger.
He said this while addressing a joint sitting of parliament at the beginning of the second parliamentary year of National Assembly under the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Isla... |
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Pakistan sees risk of 'accidental war' over IOK
GENEVA:
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has warned that the situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) risked sparking an “accidental war”, and urged UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet to visit the troubled region.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Qureshi said he believed both Pakistan and India “understand the consequences of a conflict.... |
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Pakistan, China back inclusive Afghan peace deal
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan, Afghanistan and China on Saturday agreed that there was a need for a “comprehensive” peace deal through “an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned” reconciliation process, as three sides condemned the recent surge in Taliban-backed terrorist attacks in the war-ravaged country.
The agreement reached among three countries after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi hosted hi... |
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Continued siege in IOK worst example of Indian aggression: PM Imran
Lockdown in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) is one of the worst instances of human rights violations, Prime Minister Imran Khan said as he met families of martyrs and those injured in ceasefire violations (CFVs) across the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday.
This year, the Defence and Martyrs Day was observed as Kashmir Solidarity Day.
Curfew and strict communication blockade continues in IOK sin... |
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Veteran actor Abid Ali passes away
Veteran television actor Abid Ali has passed away at the age of 67 on Thursday.
Ali was admitted in the intensive care unit at Karachi’s Liaquat National Hospital after being diagnosed with liver disease.
Hospital administration confirmed that he breathed his last at 9pm.
Born in Quetta, the actor received the prestigious Presidential award, Pride of Performance. He has three daughters, i... |
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