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Warrants against Imran Khan cancelled after day-long chaos |
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Islamabad | Sunday, 2023 2:45:08 AM IST |
| Islamabad's Additional District and Sessions Judge Zafar Iqbal on Saturday cancelled the arrest warrants issued against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case, media reports said. ... read.. |
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AK-47 assault rifles recovered from Imran Khan's mansion in Lahore |
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Lahore | Sunday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST |
| Police on Saturday allegedly recovered assault rifles and ammunition from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan's Zaman Park mansion in a search operation, while detaining over 60 party cohorts accused of resorting to hostilities to obstruct ... read.. |
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'Army chief turned down Imran's request for meeting' |
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Islamabad | Thursday, 2023 3:15:09 AM IST |
| Imran Khan's PTI has claimed that he had not sought to meet army chief, Gen Asim Munir but as per sources, the former PM had reached out to him but was rebuffed, media reports said on Wednesday. ... read.. |
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2 killed in factory explosion in Peshawar |
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Islamabad | Thursday, 2023 2:45:09 AM IST |
| Two people were killed in an explosion inside a matchstick manufacturing factory in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, rescue workers said. ... read.. |
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Pak expects $1.3 bn in financing from China's ICBC in coming days |
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Islamabad | Saturday, 2023 2:15:10 AM IST |
| Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Friday that the country is expecting $1.3 billion in financing from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) in the coming days to help shore up its foreign exchange reserves, media reports said. ... read.. |
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Pak's ruling alliance rejects election dates announced by President |
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Islamabad | Tuesday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST |
| Amid delay from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over the date for elections, Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Monday announced April 9 as the date for holding polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab - a move which the ruling alliance parties rejec ... read.. |
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Maryam Nawaz slams Imran for using women as shield |
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Lahore | Sunday, 2023 4:15:09 AM IST |
| Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday censured Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for "hiding in a bunker" and using "women as a shield", media reports said. ... read.. |
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Pak govt drops another inflation bomb on masses; petrol up by Rs 22 |
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Islamabad | Friday, 2023 3:45:10 AM IST |
| The Pakistan government under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif dropped another bomb of inflation on the masses on Thursday as it jacked up petrol price by Rs 22.20 per litre and increasing gas price by at least 124 per cent, plunging the already inflation-hi ... read.. |
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Pakistan's 'mini-budget' for revival of crucial IMF funding |
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Islamabad | Thursday, 2023 3:15:09 AM IST |
| Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday tabled the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2023 dubbed as "mini-budget" in the National Assembly and Senate in order to meet the conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the revival of its d ... read.. |
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Bring Imran Khan in ambulance if needed, rules Lahore court |
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Lahore | Thursday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST |
| The Lahore High Court (LHC) has ordered that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan should be presented before it in an "ambulance if he is injured and cannot walk" as he seeks protective bail in a case, media reports said. ... read.. |
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China launches visa scheme to draw professionals to Hong Kong |
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New Delhi | Thursday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST |
| China has unveiled a new visa scheme that could draw a large influx of highly qualified people to live and work in Hong Kong, which has seen a mass exodus of people since the ruling Chinese Communist Party launched a crackdown on dissent in the wake of th ... read.. |
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Remittances sent by Pakistani workers fall to 31-month low |
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Islamabad | Tuesday, 2023 2:45:10 AM IST |
| Remittances sent home by overseas Pakistani workers fell to over a two-year low as the dollar cap imposed to stabilise the rupee against the US dollar by the government earlier prompted illegal transfers through hundi, hawala, and other channels, media re ... read.. |
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Maryam Nawaz slams husband Safdar over anti-party remarks |
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Islamabad | Saturday, 2023 3:15:09 AM IST |
| Senior Vice President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Maryam Nawaz Sharif, on Friday slammed her husband Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar for issuing an "anti-party" statement, according to media reports. ... read.. |
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Protests and fury over Pakistan's 'rape epidemic' |
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Islamabad | Friday, 2023 3:15:09 AM IST |
| The gang-rape of a woman in Islamabad has sparked furious protests against the countrys "rape epidemic" and the culture of impunity that surrounds violence against women, according to a media report. ... read.. |
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25 killed in bus-car collision in Pakistan |
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Islamabad | Wednesday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST |
| At least 25 people were killed and several others injured when a passenger bus collided with a car in Pakistan's northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, government officials and police said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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SL celebrates I-Day amid boycott by Oppn, public protests |
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COLOMBO | Sunday, 2023 3:45:09 AM IST |
| Highlighting the gravity of financial crisis Sri Lanka has been undergoing, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, whil addressing the nation on the eve of 75th Independence, said "we have reached the point of destruction." ... read.. |
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Pakistan facing balance of payments crisis |
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Islamabad | Friday, 2023 2:45:09 AM IST |
| Faced with a shortage of US dollars, Pakistan only has enough foreign currency in its reserves to pay for three weeks of imports, according to a media report. ... read.. |
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US says what China offered to SL for debt restructuring is not enough |
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Colombo | Thursday, 2023 2:15:09 AM IST |
| Commenting on Sri Lanka's debt restructuring process, visiting US Under-Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, complained on Wednesday that while India has made strong commitments for the cash-strapped island nation to unlock the International ... read.. |
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Supreme Irony! Pak can't feed its own people but wants Kashmir |
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New Delhi | Sunday, 2023 3:45:09 AM IST |
| A country that wanted to snatch Jammu and Kashmir from India has plunged into a deep economic crisis. The Pakistani rupee has fallen to an all-time low, medicine stocks are at the verge of getting exhausted, prices of wheat have skyrocketed and cash reser ... read.. |
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Pakistan's power crisis lingers, paralyses economic activities |
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Islamabad | Saturday, 2023 3:45:09 AM IST |
| As fuel shortages have become a chronic problem in Pakistan, the overburdened electrical system collapses very often, just as it happened on January 23 resulting in a rolling wave of blackouts that began in Balochistan and Sindh provinces, but quickly spr ... read.. |
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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to slash costs for I-Day celebrations |
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Colombo | Friday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST |
| Amid criticism by political opponents and activists, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday directed to slash the cost of the 75th Independence Day celebrations (February 4), primarily due to the severe economic crisis facing the island nati ... read.. |
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Pak to recover plots from influential people as austerity measures |
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Islamabad | Friday, 2023 1:15:09 AM IST |
| Pakistans National Austerity Committee (NAC) has suggested that multiple plots of land be reclaimed from individuals in positions of power and influence, such as civil and military bureaucrats, judges, and other members of society, media reports said. ... read.. |
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Pakistan has become a banana republic: Imran Khan |
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Lahore | Thursday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday took a jibe at the country's Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sikandar Sultan Raja, following the arrest of senior PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry, saying that Pakistan has become a banana republ ... read.. |
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Pakistan deploys US-trained snipers against dacoits in Sindh |
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Karachi | Thursday, 2023 4:45:09 AM IST |
| The police in Pakistans Sindh, currently engaged in an armed operation against dacoits hiding in the riverine areas of the province, have summoned 10 snipers who had been trained by American snipers, as they look to step up the efforts to purge the dacoit ... read.. |
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Heroin-carrying hexacopter drone shot down in Punjab |
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Chandigarh | Monday, 2023 1:45:09 AM IST |
| In a joint operation with the Border Security Force (BSF), Punjab Police shot down a sophisticated hexacopter drone, loaded with 5 kg heroin, during a search operation launched along the border with Pakistan in Amritsar district on the intervening night o ... read.. |
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US covertly sponsoring IS, says Russia |
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Moscow | Saturday, 2023 3:45:09 AM IST |
| The US has been reaching out to armed groups that oppose the Taliban and secretly giving money to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), as per Russia's Presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, media reports said. ... read.. |
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Imran blames ex-Army chief for manufacturing economic crisis |
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Lahore | Saturday, 2023 1:15:09 AM IST |
| Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday blamed former Pakistan Army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa for the enormous economic and political challenges facing the country, claiming that the crises started brewing the day his gov ... read.. |
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Time for PoJK to reunite with India? |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2023 3:15:09 AM IST |
| In October last year, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India's northward development journey had just begun and would end only when "we... reached the remaining parts of (POK) Gilgit-Baltistan", illegally occupied by Pakistan since 1947. ... read.. |
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Union MoS Home reviews India-Myanmar border security, fencing work |
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Imphal | Wednesday, 2023 1:45:08 AM IST |
| Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai reviewed the prevailing security situation, operational preparedness, and ongoing construction work of the border fence along the 400-km-long India-Myanmar border in Manipur, officials said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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BSF seized drugs valued at Rs 58.35cr, held 59 Rohingyas in 2022 |
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Agartala | Wednesday, 2023 2:15:09 AM IST |
| The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized various drugs, gold and other contraband valued at Rs 58.35 crore and apprehended 370 people including 59 Rohingyas and 150 Bangladeshi nationals in different operations in 2022, officials said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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BSF caught 22 Pakistani fishermen, seized heroin in Guj in 2022 |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2023 1:15:10 AM IST |
| The Border Security Force's (BSF) Gujarat Frontier achieved great success in thwarting infiltration and drug smuggling in 2022, arresting 22 Pakistani fishermen on the international border in the state and seizing heroin, valued at Rs 320 crore, in differ ... read.. |
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