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Twitterati offer 'burnol' to Nawaz Sharif's supporters after SC's verdict
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Twitter on Friday was inundated with hilarious memes on Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif after the Supreme Court (SC) disqualified him from standing for elections for the rest of his life.
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Pak SC disqualifies Nawaz Sharif from holding public office for life
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former general secretary of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Jahangir Khan Tareen from standing for elections for the rest of their lives.
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Pakistan's complaint to Japan against India falls flat
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr. 13 (ANI): In a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Takashi Kurai here, Pakistan's National Security Adviser Nasser Khan Janjua on Thursday chose to raise the Kashmir issue, however, the envoy instead sought to know about situation in Afghanistan.
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Pakistan defers signing FTA-II with China
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Pakistan has deferred signing the second phase of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China at the last moment due to strong reservations over the final offer list shared by Beijing, signaling the straining bilateral relationship between the two countries.
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The brewing diplomatic tussle between Pakistan, US
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 12 (ANI): The diplomatic tiff between the United States (US) and Pakistan is brewing up like coffee, gradual-yet-strong and perhaps tad bitter.
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Pak music app Patari's CEO resigns over sexual harassment claims
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 11 (ANI): Pakistan's largest music streaming platform Patari's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khalid Bajwa has decided to step down from the post following sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by two women.
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Pak EC temporarily freezes government appointments
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has temporarily frozen hiring by public institutions due to general elections that are to take place in July.
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Sharif questions credibility of Panama case probe team head
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday questioned the credibility of the testimony given by Wajid Zia, who headed the Panama case investigation team which probed his assets last year.
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Pakistan deports five Chinese engineers
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): The Pakistan government has deported five Chinese engineers on charges that they attacked policemen in Khanewal last week for barring them from visiting a brothel.
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Pakistani journalist claims USA has imposed drastic restrictions on Pakist
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr 10 (ANI): Noted senior Pakistani journalist Nusrat Javed has claimed that the United States (US) has imposed drastic sanctions on the Pakistani diplomats posted in Washington DC, saying, seeking permission to cross the radius of 25 kilometers will be mandatory for t
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Pakistan's Express Tribune criticised for deleting story on Pashtun Long M
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Apr. 10 (ANI): In the wake of the Pakistan media's reluctance over covering the Pashtun Long March, the country's English daily, The Express Tribune (ET), was singled out by Twitter users on Monday for deleting a story on the protest after publishing it.
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Pakistan could germinate new forms of terror: Editorial
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 9 (ANI): An editorial published in a Pakistani daily has cautioned Pakistan to avoid an overtly sympathetic approach to extremism and groups espousing such causes, as not doing so, could germinate new forms of terror on its soil, and lead to more critical finger p
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