Pakistan News
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Pakistan: Former Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed, Imran Khan's close ally, arrested from Rawalpindi
World | Sep 18, 2023, 11:35 AM ISTThe 72-year-old Awami Muslim League (AML) leader was reportedly arrested from his residence by 'men clad in plain clothes' and was taken to an undisclosed location.
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Haqiqat Kya Hai: Indian Army, J&K police resume operation on second day in Anantnag
Hakikat Kya Hai | Sep 14, 2023, 11:25 PM ISThe army operation against the terrorists in the Kashmir valley continued for the second day as the country mourned its bravehearts who lost their lives.
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Will Nawaz Sharif be arrested after he returns to Pakistan ahead of elections? PM Kakar reacts
World | Sep 14, 2023, 06:30 PM ISTNawaz's younger brother and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif said in London that his brother would return to Pakistan from the UK on October 21 to lead the party's political campaign in the upcoming elections.
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Pakistan to suffer another oil price shock amid economic crisis, fuel prices to cross Rs 325/L
World | Sep 14, 2023, 03:24 PM ISTAccording to Pakistani English Daily, the prices of kerosene would also get costlier by about Rs10 per litre.
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No relief for Imran as court extends his judicial remand for allegedly disclosing Pakistan's secrets
World | Sep 13, 2023, 06:45 PM ISTJudge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain, who has been hearing the cases related to the Official Secrets Act, 1923, conducted the proceedings inside the high security Attock Jail where the 70-year-old former prime minister is currently lodged.
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Nawaz Sharif claims Pakistan would have hosted G20 summit if...
World | Sep 12, 2023, 03:15 PM ISTThe three-time-PM was disqualified in 2017 over corruption allegations related to the Panama Papers Leak and has been in self-imposed exile in London since 2019.
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'Unprovoked, indiscriminate firing': Pakistan spars with Afghanistan over Torkham border closure
World | Sep 11, 2023, 06:20 PM ISTThe border close on allegations from Pakistan that Afghan authorities reportedly started building a checkpoint on its side in a prohibited area, which Kabul has refuted.
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Myanmar's junta sends stern message to Pakistan and China for 'unfit' JF-17 fighter jets delivery
World | Sep 06, 2023, 01:12 PM ISTThe Burmese Air Force was forced to ground the planes as malfunctions and structural flaws were detected.
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In historic first, Pakistan to get interim President along with caretaker PM as Alvi set to resign
World | Sep 05, 2023, 01:32 PM ISTThe interim President will be restricted to a limited role in important national affairs and will be asked to resign after the election schedule is announced.
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Pakistan: 2 Navy officers, 1 soldier killed in helicopter crash in Balochistan's Gwadar district
World | Sep 04, 2023, 05:19 PM ISTPakistan caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar expressed grief over the deaths in the helicopter crash and conveyed his condolences for the kin of the victims.
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Pakistan: Mobile services suspended amid unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan, minister says 'all peaceful'
World | Sep 03, 2023, 04:32 PM IST"Schools, colleges, markets, and roads are open, displaying a sense of normalcy. Peaceful protests do occur at times in reaction to some religious and sectarian concerns but the law and order situation is calm," said Solangi.
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Pakistan: Citizens, traders hold nationwide strike over souring electricity, fuel prices
World | Sep 03, 2023, 01:16 PM ISTThousands of traders kept their shops shut over the recent hike in electricity bills that have deepened the burdens on consumers and shopkeepers in the cash-strapped country.
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Pakistan anti-terror wing makes 'rare' arrest of 5 women ISIS terrorists from Lahore
World | Sep 02, 2023, 02:54 PM ISTThis is the first time that the CTD arrested five terrorist women in one go.
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Pakistan: Election Commission pledges to hold national elections by mid-February after delimitations
World | Aug 31, 2023, 03:01 PM ISTANP leaders said that the ECP assured them of squeezing the timelines of delimitation and that the general elections would not go beyond mid-February.
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Pakistan: Ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi sent to 14-day judicial remand in cipher case
World | Aug 30, 2023, 05:32 PM ISTQureshi was arrested earlier this month in the probe against the cipher, which Imran Khan's party claims was used by the US to orchestrate his deposition from office last year.
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Pakistan: High Court suspends Imran's sentence in Toshakhana case, but asks to remain in jail I WHY?
World | Aug 29, 2023, 02:24 PM ISTA trial court in Islamabad convicted and sentenced the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman to three years in prison on August 5.
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Pakistani human rights advocate, Army critic Imaan Mazari rearrested after getting bail in sedition
World | Aug 28, 2023, 10:39 PM ISTAn Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) had granted bail to Mazari-Hazar and PTM leader Ali Wazir in a sedition case related to controversial remarks against the state institutions.
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Pakistan court to announce reserved verdict on ex-PM Imran Khan's Toshakhana conviction on Tuesday
World | Aug 28, 2023, 05:39 PM ISTEarlier on August 5, a trial court in Islamabad had convicted him in the case filed by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) that involved concealing details of state gifts and jailed him for three years.
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'Pakistanis are paying Rs 24,000 for using fridge, fans': PM directs to disconnect his AC connection
World | Aug 28, 2023, 08:00 AM IST"It is not possible that while the people face difficulties, high-ranked officials and the prime minister continue to consume free electricity paid for with the taxes people pay," said Pakistan's interim PM.
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Pakistan: 6, including two women, killed after passenger van falls off bridge in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
World | Aug 27, 2023, 11:54 PM ISTThe passenger van was carrying 13 passengers when the driver lost control of the steering wheel in Mansehra's Hathimera area.