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Pakistan to make CPEC long-term plan public on Dec 18
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Dec 13 (ANI): After a series of allegations and worldwide protests by Pakistanis against the China-Pakistan-Economic-Corridor (CPEC), Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has announced that the long-term plan (LTP) for CPEC will be made public on December 18.
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'Pak minister's stance on concessions to Chinese is questionable'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 12 (ANI): Director of Pakistan-China Business council has questioned Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal's statement where he has denied that no concessions were provided to the Chinese in Gwadar.
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China halts funding of CPEC projects over corruption
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 12 (ANI): China has reportedly withheld funding of some key China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) road projects in Pakistan over corruption-related concerns. In an indirect warning to Islamabad, Beijing has forwarded a come clean message.
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Slain Taliban leader was not issued Pakistan passport: Minister
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Nov.10 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said slain Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was not issued a Pakistani passport or a National Identity Card (NIC).
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Pak govt passes 29 cases to military courts
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Government on Saturday cleared 29 terrorism related cases to be sent to the military courts after the country's Army chief general Qamar Javed Bajwa raised concern over the courts not receiving any such cases since January.
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PML-N chooses Shehbaz Sharif as PM candidate for 2018
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
London [U.K.] Nov. 1 (ANI): Shehbaz Sharif, the brother of ousted Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been chosen by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) as party's prime ministerial candidate for the 2018 general elections.
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Pak minister says Beijing to approve long-term CPEC plan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 26 (ANI): Pakistan Minister for Interior and Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal has said that a long-term plan for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be approved by the Joint Cooperation Council (JCC) on November 21 in Beijing.
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Pakistan plans to monitor social media
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 25 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has announced plans to formulate a framework to monitor the social media.
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Blaming Islamabad for security failures in Afghanistan is insulting: Pak M
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): Pakistan's Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that blaming Islamabad for security failures in Afghanistan was unhelpful and insulting for the people of his country.
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Pak asks U.S. to not view CPEC from India's perspective
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday asked the United States to not look at the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) from India's perspective.
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Critical PML-N inviting martial law in Pakistan, warns Imran
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Oct 7 (ANI):Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has said that the constant criticism of the army and the judiciary by the PML-N leadership could result in martial law being reimposed in the country.
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Pakistan admits feeling challenged over seeing CPEC through
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dalian [China], June 28 (ANI): Pakistan's Planning Minister, Ahsan Iqbal, who is here to participate in a World Economic Forum meeting, admitted Wednesday that his government is facing some challenges in steering the ambitious over USD 50 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
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