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Pakistan Day military parade postponed due to bad weather
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Earlier, the Pakistan Army decided to hold the annual parade of the armed forces on Pakistan Day on a limited scale, joining the government's austerity drive that aims at warding off the economic crisis, Dunya News reported.
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High time for Pakistan to rethink its Afghan policy
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In February, a suicide squad carried out a brazen attack on the Karachi Police Office and killed five people. Earlier, the bombing of a Peshawar mosque, located in a highly secured police headquarters, killed approximately 100 personnel. There were also frequent clashes between the Taliban f
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'Talibanization of PoK intensifies under Pakistani influence'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
People living in the PoK are being forced against their will to accept measures instituted by Islamabad aimed at incorporating this territory into Pakistan. Various steps have been recently taken that signal these efforts, cites a report.
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Pakistan: PTI demands immediate release of detained workers
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Fascism is at its peak in Islamabad where the police are raiding the houses without warrants to arrest our workers. Children as young as 10 are being picked up when the workers are not at home. All our workers and their children who have been kidnapped should be released immediately," Imran
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Another day, another reprieve: Court cancels Imran's arrest warrants, defe
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The judge postponed Imran Khan's indictment in the Toshakhana case, which was scheduled for Saturday, and adjourned the hearing till March 30. He told the parties that arguments would take place during the next hearing and also ordered Khan to ensure his presence. Coming to know about the si
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Pak PM Sharif terms Imran Khan 'facist'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is an 'extremist' as police and his party workers continue to clash in Lahore, The News.com reported.
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Pakistan: Huge output shortfall in cotton crops projected
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This was revealed in a summary of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFSR) which was presented to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet seeking to fix PKR 8,500 per 40kg cotton intervention price (CIP) for the next crop to increase the cotton production b
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Pakistan Army hands 45,000 acres for 'corporate farming'
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The caretaker government of Punjab has signed an agreement to hand over at least 45,267 acres of land in three districts, Bhakkar, Khushab, and Sahiwal to the Pakistan Army for 'Corporate Agriculture Farming', Dawn reported.
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IHC suspends Imran's arrest warrants, gives him chance to go to trial cour
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday suspended non-bailable arrest warrants issued for PTI Chairman Imran Khan till March 18, providing him with a chance to appear before the trial court hearing the Toshakhana reference against the former premier, Dawn reported.
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Pakistan's economy now depends on Gulf states to bail out crisis
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) condition that Pakistan secure confirmation from bilateral partners of the Gulf region to bridge the gap of USD 6 billion is simply an attempt to ensure its credibility. Non-materialisation may result in Islamabad sliding into default. The IMF review m
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Chinese bank to refinance USD 500 million loan for Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Pakistani authorities are running from pillar to post to get 100 per cent confirmation from friendly donor countries and multilateral creditors before moving toward striking a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It was an unwritten condition from the IMF tha
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Imran Khan's media cell ensures his message is disseminated to the world
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
With an on-and-off ban on Imran Khan's speeches and press conferences by the government back home, Khan's savvy media cell kicked into action, ensuring that his message is disseminated to the world via international media hubs, Dawn reported.
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