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Decision on opening of Torkham border to be taken in view in upcoming days
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid discussions on Torkham border, Foreign Office of Pakistan on Thursday said that the "border" was temporary and a decision on reopening it would be taken in the upcoming days, reported Dawn.
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Pak: Lahore court sends PTI leader Yasmin Rashid to 14-day judicial remand
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on Thursday sent PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) leader Yasmin Rashid to jail on 14-day judicial remand in a case pertaining to remarks against state institutions and rioting in the wake of the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan in May, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: JUI-F leader Hafiz Hamdullah among 11 injured in blast in Baloch
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As many as 11 people including Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader Hafiz Hamdullah were injured in a blast in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Thursday, Dawn reported.
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PM Modi reaches MP's Bina, to lay foundation stone of various projects, in
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Upon the arrival of PM Modi in the state, CM Chouhan wrote on X (formerly twitter), “PM Modi’s arrival in Madhya Pradesh has brought the dawn of new hopes. I heartily welcome him on behalf of all the people of the state.”
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Pakistan: President Alvi proposes November 6 as election date
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In a major development, Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Wednesday, in a letter to a letter to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, proposed November 6, as the date of national elections, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: SC upholds convictions of ex-army officers guilty of plotting to
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas filed by two ex-army officers — for plotting to overthrow former PM Benazir Bhutto’s government in 1995 — calling them “without merit”, Pakistan-based Dawn reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan: Protests in Sindh as govt fails to rescue victims of abduction
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The organisers of the Minority Rights and Aurat March held their second protest at Teen Talwar in Karachi’s Clifton on Monday to condemn the failure of the police and the caretaker Sindh cabinet in ensuring the recovery of kidnap victims, Sagar Kumar and Priya Kumari, Dawn reported.
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Pak: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Chitral region under massive cross-border tensio
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Chitral region in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has recently made headlines owing to a fatal cross-border incursion on September 6, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Christian couple arrested in Lahore on blasphemy charges
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A Christian couple in Lahore was taken into custody after a blasphemy case was registered against them for allegedly desecrating a copy of the Quran in the jurisdiction of North Cantonment Police Station on Saturday, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Pakistan: Lawyers' body call for nationwide strike over poor economy
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan called on bar associations to participate in a nationwide strike on Saturday, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Heavy rains flood low-lying areas in Islamabad, Rawalpindi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In the early hours of Tuesday, a long spell of heavy rain and high winds in Rawalpindi and Islamabad inundated low-lying sections of the twin cities, destroyed trees, and elevated the water level in Nullah Leh by at least seven feet, Dawn reported.
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PoK: Unrest continues in Gilgit-Baltistan over clerics' derogatory remarks
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been dealing with a tense situation for the past week now over clerics court controversy, reported Dawn.
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