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  Pakistan: Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in Toshakhana case

  World | January 31, 2024 11:56 IST

  Imran has been barred from holding office for 10 years as he and his wife were slapped with a fine of Rs 787 million. They are accused of retaining a jewellery set received from the Saudi crown prince against an undervalued assessment.

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  Pakistan: Army thwart major coordinated attack on Balochistan province's Mach, kills 6 terrorist

  World | January 30, 2024 16:21 IST

  The rockets were fired from nearby mountains and exploded in different areas of Mach town. After firing rockets, terrorists attacked a camp of the security forces near the central jail and also entered the Mach railway station.

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  'Only happens in Pakistan': Nawaz Sharif's supporters bring lion, tiger to his rally in Lahore

  World | January 25, 2024 17:11 IST

  The wild animals have been brought to multiple PML-N public gatherings in the past. However, Nawaz Sharif was not impressed by the stunt as he ordered for the animals to be returned immediately and barred from any rallies in the future.

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  Pakistan assessing over 12 Indian journalists for poll coverage amid rumours of burqa-clad elections

  World | January 23, 2024 18:34 IST

  The accreditation cards issued to foreign journalists and international observers were only restricted to Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad. However, if any foreigner wants to visit any other city, it is being processed on a case-to-case basis, said a minister.

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  Pakistan: 9 including children suffer serious injury after bomb explodes while picking up trash

  World | January 17, 2024 15:43 IST

  According to a senior police official, the explosion occurred when children, who were picking trash, were sifting through the garbage. However, it was unclear what kind of explosive device was used.

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  Pakistan's Imran Khan's party loses 'cricket bat' electoral symbol- a major blow ahead of polls

  World | January 14, 2024 13:14 IST

  The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had challenged the verdict of the two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) which on Wednesday restored the cricket bat as the electoral symbol of the PTI party while validating its elections.

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  Pakistan: No relief to Imran Khan as court upholds to bar PTI leader from contesting general polls

  World | January 10, 2024 16:06 IST

  The appellate tribunals of the Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the returning officers' (ROs) decision to reject the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party's nomination papers for two National Assembly constituencies in the Punjab province of the country.

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  Pakistan Interior Ministry admits ISIS expanding its footprints in country

  World | January 03, 2024 18:55 IST

  The interior ministry, in a written response during question hour, highlighted the TTP’s reorganisation and operational expansion during the peace talks in 2022, which has significantly increased its militant activities.

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  Pakistan: Hindu candidate Saveera Parkash vows to build better ties with India ahead of elections

  World | January 03, 2024 7:26 IST

  The 25-year-old Parkash's nomination is historic as she is the first Hindu to contest the upcoming Pakistan general elections in the relatively conservative province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Parkash said that if elected, she will help the problems of Hindus living in Pakistan and 'across the border'.

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  Will Imran, Nawaz be banned before polls? Pak court to hear case about lifetime disqualification

  World | January 02, 2024 19:30 IST

  The verdict will determine once and for all the controversy around the period of disqualification under Article 62(1)(f) of the Constitution and the Elections Act 2017.

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  Pakistan: Major blow to Imran Khan as EC rejects 90 per cent of PTI leaders candidacy for 2024 polls

  World | December 31, 2023 13:59 IST

  Imran Khan's lawyer, Azhar Siddique, said the rejection exposed the Election Commission’s bias. He blamed the commission and “invisible forces” for Khan’s disqualification. Another of his lawyers, Rai Muhammad Ali, described the rejection of Khan’s papers as an injustice to Pakistan.

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  Pakistan: Court sends Imran Khan's aide Qureshi to 14-day judicial remand in May 9 riots case

  World | December 28, 2023 23:08 IST

  Qureshi, along with Imran, was imprisoned in Adiala Jail in the cipher case and both secured bail last week as the Supreme Court accepted their pleas. However, Qureshi was detained and re-arrested under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, which grants powers of preventative detention.

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  Pakistan: Former minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi manhandled during rearrest from Adiala Jail I VIDEO

  World | December 27, 2023 15:15 IST

  Qureshi could be seen in a cardigan and a shalwar kameez, attempting to speak to police personnel gathered outside the jail while he remained inside its premises. However, an official refused to listen and proceeded to shove the senior leader out the gate and toward an armoured vehicle.

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  Pakistan: Who is Saveera Parkash, first Hindu woman to contest for National Assembly elections

  World | December 26, 2023 11:46 IST

  Parkash will contest polls on a Pakistan People's Party (PPP) ticket, the second-largest party in the Senate. The party is currently headed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari who had visited Goa for the G20 Summit this year.

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  Pakistan: Party backed by 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed, and his son to contest in upcoming elections

  World | December 25, 2023 16:59 IST

  The Pakistan media report also claimed that Hafiz's son Talha Saeed is also in the run. The media report claimed that Talha is contesting from the National Assembly’s constituency NA-127, Lahore.

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  Pakistan: Several Baloch protesters in custody despite govt claims as country fumes over crackdown

  World | December 22, 2023 18:07 IST

  Pakistan's caretaker ministers Fawad Hassan Fawad, Murtaza Solangi, and Jamal Nasir told reporters that all women and children had been released, except for the men who ‘could not be identified’ by the cops. However, police were seen forcibly sending women back to Quetta.

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  Countries around us have reached the moon but we...: Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif

  World | December 21, 2023 22:20 IST

  Earlier, the PML-N supremo said that neither India nor the United States are responsible for Pakistan's current problems. He blamed the country's military establishment of worsening Pakistan's economic problems and making the lives of the citizens unbearably miserable.

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  Pakistan: Another blow for Imran Khan as High Court rejects his plea against Toshakhana conviction

  World | December 21, 2023 21:15 IST

  Imran's plans in the general elections hang in balance as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) had earlier disqualified him for five years, finding him guilty of corrupt practices and his trial court conviction. The elections will be held in February 8, 2024.

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  Pakistan: Ex-CJI who disqualified Nawaz Sharif in Panama Papers Case, attacked with grenades

  World | December 21, 2023 10:45 IST

  Former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisa said the injured were shifted to hospital. He suspected that the attack might be carrying some serious message to him. Police reached the spot and launched an investigation.

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  'Neither India nor US, we shot ourselves in our own foot...': Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif

  World | December 20, 2023 11:08 IST

  During a conversation with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) ticket aspirants, the party supremo, who is eying to become prime minister for a record fourth time, pointed out that he was ousted from power three times in 1993, 1999 and 2017.