Pakistan News
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Pakistan desires peaceful relations with all its neighbours, says Shehbaz Sharif
World | Sep 07, 2024, 12:29 PM ISTShehbaz Sharif said Pakistan has no intention of aggression against any country and progress and peace are 'intertwined'. His remarks came over a week after Pakistan invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the upcoming SCO Summit in Islamabad.
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Pakistan: Rich industrialist's wife, caught 'smiling' after mowing down two, escapes punishment
World | Sep 06, 2024, 05:55 PM ISTNatasha Danish, who is married to influential Pakistani businessman Danish Iqbal, mowed down two people in a reckless driving incident on August 19. She sparked a furore on social media showing her smiling and appearing unremorseful, saying 'Tum mere baap ko nahi jaante'.
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Pakistani truck driver thought to be dead after being shot 5 times in Balochistan attack found alive
World | Aug 28, 2024, 01:59 PM ISTRescuers loaded Ahmed and the bodies of his three colleagues into a vehicle and took them to the hospital. There, medical staff discovered that Ahmed had survived. A nurse reported that he had been hit by five bullets in his arm and back, but his condition was stable.
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'They go there alive but their bodies return': Pakistani families grieve death of their loved ones
World | Aug 28, 2024, 01:32 PM ISTThe family of 31-year-old gardener Asif Iqbal mourns his death, along with that of his friend, who were both killed in Balochistan on Sunday. At their family home in Lahore, grieving relatives hold a photo of Asif and question the reason behind his tragic death.
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'No room for weakness': Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif urges 'resolute decision' after Balochistan violence
World | Aug 27, 2024, 06:42 PM ISTShehbaz Sharif condemned the terrorist incidents and asserted that the country is committed towards the "complete elimination of terrorism". This came a day after militants attacked civilians and police in the most widespread of attacks in years in the restive Balochistan province, killing over 50.
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Pakistan-US businessman becomes fan of India's development, says Islamabad need leaders like PM Modi
World | Aug 25, 2024, 04:50 PM ISTBusinessman Tarar emphasised that Pakistan should take note of this example and place greater emphasis on education. "India’s first education minister, Abul Kalam Azad, and Jawaharlal Nehru envisioned a nation rising through institutions like IITs and IIMs," said the Pakistan-born businessman.
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Pakistan: 29 killed as bus from Kahuta to Rawalpindi plunges into ditch, second accident in a day
World | Aug 25, 2024, 06:05 PM ISTAt least 29 passengers were killed and 1 injured on Sunday when a coaster travelling from Kahuta to Rawalpindi fell into a ditch, a rescue official said.
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11 killed as bus carrying 70 Pakistani pilgrims from Iran falls into ravine in Balochistan
World | Aug 25, 2024, 01:39 PM ISTAt least 11 people were killed and 35 injured when a bus overturned on the Makran coastal highway and fell into a ditch. A senior official said the accident happened when the driver lost control of the vehicle due to overspeeding.
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Pakistan: Former ISI chief Faiz Hameed's close aide flees country amid corruption charges
World | Aug 22, 2024, 05:49 PM ISTGeneral Faiz Hameed was the powerful intelligence chief in Pakistan from 2019 to 2021 and was considered close to ex-PM Imran Khan. He was taken into custody last week and is facing court-martial proceedings for allegedly extorting money from a private housing society.
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Pakistan: Gunmen 'gruesomely' target school van in Attock, kills 2 children, PM directs stern action
World | Aug 22, 2024, 02:44 PM ISTTwo children were killed and five injured when unknown men opened fire at a school van in Attock District’s Dheri Kot area on Thursday. All children were between 10 and 12 years old, the rescue team said.
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Pakistan SHOCKER: Sanitation worker rapes 5-year-old girl in hospital, doctors protest for justice
World | Aug 20, 2024, 09:17 PM ISTThe heinous crime prompted protests by students and lady doctors, accusing the government of not providing adequate security and demanding justice for the minor victim. This case emerged days after reports of a Belgian woman found tied to a street after being raped for several days.
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Pakistan: No relief for Imran Khan, fresh corruption case filed against him, wife Bushra Bibi
World | Aug 20, 2024, 07:41 PM ISTImran Khan and his wife were set to be released from jail when a second Toshakhana case was filed against the couple on July 13. The new case on Tuesday accuses them of illegally keeping a jewellery set worth millions gifted to Bushra Bibi by the Saudi Crown Prince.
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Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan applies for Oxford University chancellor post from jail
World | Aug 20, 2024, 12:15 PM ISTThe Oxford alumnus "formally submitted" the request through Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari, the London-based spokesperson for Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), according to the party's statement on the social media platform X.
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Pakistan, with no 5G network, experiencing slow internet speed but IT minister blames VPN for outage
World | Aug 19, 2024, 06:26 PM ISTPakistan IT minister noted that when access to certain apps was restricted, people began using VPNs to bypass these blocks. However, this often led to slower internet speeds, as VPNs can significantly impact both local and mobile internet performance.
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Russian mountaineer, on mission to retrieve body of climber lost in 2023, killed in Pakistan
World | Aug 19, 2024, 01:05 PM ISTPakistan Army helicopters airlifted two stranded Russian climbers, a day after an avalanche hit a group of five mountaineers who were trying to scale the sixth-highest mountain in Pakistan.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan distances himself from arrested ex-ISI chief, welcomes Army's 'accountability'
World | Aug 16, 2024, 05:34 PM ISTGeneral Faiz Hameed, who was the powerful intelligence chief in Pakistan from 2019 to 2021, was considered close to Imran Khan. It is believed that Imran's ties with the Army began to sour when he opposed replacement of Hameed as the ISI Director General.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi's physical remand extended by 11 days in new corruption case
World | Aug 09, 2024, 01:45 PM ISTImran Khan has been behind bars since his arrest on August 5 last year and faces more than 200 criminal cases, including convictions in some of them. He and his wife Bushra Bibi were slapped with a new corruption case after they were acquitted in the 'un-Islamic' marriage case last month.
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UN-backed experts again grill Pakistan, ask it to end violence against THIS community
World | Jul 25, 2024, 07:11 PM ISTA group of independent experts backed by the UN voiced serious concern regarding heightened discrimination and violence against Pakistan's Ahmadi minority community, urging authorities to take measures to ensure their safety and protection.
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Pakistan raises minimum marriage age for THIS minority community | DETAILS
World | Jul 24, 2024, 12:03 AM ISTAccording to the new law, the legal age for marriage within the Christian community has been raised to 18 years for both men and women. Previously, Christian men could marry at 16 years old and women at 13 years old.
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Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan to undergo polygraph test linked to May 9 violence
World | Jul 23, 2024, 11:51 PM ISTOn Tuesday, a forensic team comprising 12 members reached Adiala Jail to administer a polygraph test to Imran Khan, Pakistan's former prime minister, regarding the unprecedented violence that occurred in the country last year.