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Former president Zardari to return to Pakistan today after 18 months
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 23 (ANI): Former president and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, who had left the country in mid-2015 soon after accusing the military establishment of overstepping its domain, will return to Pakistan on Friday.
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Pak Govt. trying to make AG office powerless against ISI, IB
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 22 (ANI): In a major embarrassment for the Nawaz Sharif-led Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government, the office of the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) recently informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that the ruling dispensation in Islamabad has made the inst
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Pak Foreign Office 'misused' funds meant for Kashmir propaganda
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 22 (ANI): A Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting has revealed that bureaucrats in the Pakistan Foreign Office are allegedly not adjusting huge public funds allocated for promotion of the Kashmir cause.
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Sharif family unhappy with PM's counsel in Panamagate
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 22 (ANI): The Sharif family is upset with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's counsel Salman Aslam Butt and his arguments before the Supreme Court's larger bench hearing a slew of petitions filed in the Panama Papers revelations.
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364 Pakistanis imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, says Sartaj Aziz
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 22 (ANI): Advisor to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has said that there are 364 Pakistanis imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.
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For CPEC to take-off, Pak will need to lift exports, boost productivity an
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec.22 (ANI): To ensure the commercial efficacy and efficiency of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Pakistan would need to lift its exports, boost its productivity, and give a large spur to private enterprise.
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Pakistan wants peaceful settlement of matters with India: PM Sharif
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Sarajevo [Bosnia]/Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 21 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is on a three-day official visit to Bosnia, on Wednesday said Islamabad wants peaceful settlement of matters with India.
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Father of suspected Pakistani in Berlin attack refuses to believe his son
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 21 (ANI): Pakistani asylum seeker and a suspect of Berlin attack Naveed Baloch's father has refused to believe that his son could have been involved in the attack.
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Pak Govt. exempts accounts of ISI, IB from audit: AGP tells PAC
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 21 (ANI): The office of the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif-led PML-N Government has virtually exempted accounts of the ISI and IB from audit through the Finance Bill 2014.
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Berlin attack: Released Pakistani suspect hails from Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 21(ANI): Cousin of Naveed Baloch, the Pakistani who was detained briefly by German police over suspicion that he was involved in the killings in the Berlin market attack, said that his brother hailed from Kech district of Balochistan.
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China calls for a united front by Pakistan's political parties for su
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 21 (ANI): China has urged all political parties in Pakistan to put up a united front for the success of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and attainment of the 'shared goal of development'.
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Abbottabad Commission wants Osama-related inquiry report to be made public
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 21 (ANI): Former Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mr.Justice Javed Iqbal, who headed the Abbottabad Commission set up to conduct a probe after Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was found and eliminated in a covert operation by American troopers, has called for the inquir
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