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Former Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gillani elected as Senate Chairman
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Syedal Khan Nasir were elected as Pakistan's Senate chairman and deputy chairman, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
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World Bank asks Pakistan to adopt National Fiscal Policy amid bailout talk
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
This is now expected to be made part of the next International Monetary Fund programme that Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb will be discussing with the lender next week in Washington on the sidelines of World Bank-IMF spring meetings, Dawn reported.
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PTI leaders hit out at Maryam Nawaz for labelling Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as 'c
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Saturday lashed out at Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz for calling Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as 'a corridor of terrorists and smugglers,' Dawn reported, adding that the PTI leaders blamed the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government for the resurgen
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Pakistan: Paramedics protest in Quetta against privatisation of hospitals
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Grand Health Alliance, Balochistan staged a protest on Saturday opposing the government's plan to privatise hospitals in the provincial capital, Dawn reported.
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Some PTI leaders in touch with establishment: Imran Khan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
After the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) faced pressure in the form of arrests and desertions after the violence that erupted on May 9, former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Saturday some of his party leaders were still in touch with the establishment, Pakistan-based Dawn reporte
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Pakistan ruling coalition sweeps Senate elections, wins 18 of 19 seats
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The ruling coalition on Tuesday swept the Senate elections for 19 seats while the polling was postponed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over a dispute in the swearing-in of Opposition members elected to reserved seats, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan faces challenge of economic reforms amid weak coalition governmen
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Amid the staggering economic crisis, Pakistan's biggest challenge now is fiscal consolidation and reforms amid a weak coalition government and political instability stemming from accusations of electoral fraud, the Washington-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) has said, Dawn repo
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Pakistan: Internal rifts in PTI as Imran Khan remains behind bars
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
As the party's founder and supremo Imran Khan continues to be incarcerated, the internal divisions within Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have become a matter of embarrassment for the party, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: 51 convicts sentenced to five-year prison terms in connection wi
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Gujranwala has sentenced 51 convicts to five-year prison terms in connection with the attack on Gujranwala cantonment after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 9 last year, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan's top court allows military courts to pronounce reserved verdicts
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Pakistani Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the military courts to pronounce reserved verdicts in cases pertaining to civilians held for their alleged involvement in the May 9 riots, Dawn reported.
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"It's a charge sheet": PTI demands probe into allegations by judges of ISI
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Imran Khan-founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has demanded an "impartial inquiry" into the allegations raised by Islamabad High Court judges of alleged interference by ISI in judicial matters, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan renews demand for judicial inquiry into May 9 riots
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated demand for a judicial inquiry into the May 9 violence and the alleged rigging in the February 8 elections, Dawn reported.
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