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Pak opposition asks PM Imran Khan to resign
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): An upbeat opposition on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Imran Khan "to resign in an honourable way" after the defeat of the government's candidate Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh at the hands of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gila
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Imran Khan secures 18 seats in Pakistan Senate, loses Islamabad to Opposit
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 4 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has secured 18 seats in the Senate elections but the victory was bittersweet as Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Yousuf Raza Gillani defeated PTI's Hafeez Shaikh from the Islamabad general seat by securing 169 votes.
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PDM greets ex-PM Gilani's win in Pakistan Senate polls, Imran Khan's PTI c
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Members of the Pakistan Democratic Movement - the 11-party opposition alliance - on Wednesday celebrated former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's victory in the Senate polls, while the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has cried foul said
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Pak Senate polls: Big blow to Imran Khan's PTI as former PM Gilani wins ke
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): The 11-party opposition alliance - Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) scored a major victory over Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the Senate polls as former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani won the hotly-contested general seat from Is
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Counting of votes for Pakistan Senate polls underway
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Polling for 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate came to a close on Wednesday and counting of votes is currently underway in the elections in which a total of 78 candidates contested from Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad.
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PSL 6: Tom Banton in isolation after positive COVID-19 test
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): England wicket-keeper batsman Tom Banton is one of the two overseas players who tested positive for coronavirus after Australia leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed contracted COVID-19 in the ongoing sixth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
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Imran Khan's PTI members are as angry with 'puppet' govt as public, says B
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Wednesday said that members of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were as angry with the government as the public.
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After weeks of acrimony, polling for 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate underwa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): Polling for the 37 seats of Pakistan's Senate is underway via secret ballot as a total of 78 candidates are contesting from the federal capital and three provinces - Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
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Balochistan: Land of enforced disappearances
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): There are many heartbreaking stories of enforced disappearances in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
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Pakistan needs more legislations to meet remaining FATF benchmarks: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 3 (ANI): As Pakistan remains on the 'grey list' of the terror financing watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF), it will have to enact laws on at least two counts to meet the outstanding points of the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF) action plan to meet th
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Licenses of 21 lawyers suspended for ransacking Islamabad Judge's chamber
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the suspension of licenses of 21 lawyers for ransacking the chamber of Chief Justice Athar Minallah during a protest last month against the demolition of their alleged illegal chambers at the Islamabad Dis
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PSL 6: Two overseas cricketers test positive for COVID-19 after Fawad Ahme
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], March 2 (ANI): A day after it was revealed that Australia leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed contracted COVID-19, two overseas players involved in the ongoing sixth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) have tested positive for coronavirus.
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