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19 Pak Foreign Office employees posted abroad disappear for better life
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 16 (ANI): At least 19 employees of the Pakistan Foreign Office posted in missions abroad have used the opportunity to leave the country and slip away.
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Pak army chief attends 2nd anniversary of Peshawar school attack, promises
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 16 (ANI): Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen. Qamar Jawed Bajwa laid a wreath and offered Fateha on Friday as he attended the second anniversary of the Taliban claimed Peshawar Army Public School attack that took 144 lives, including 132 children.
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Quetta commission reports govt. inaction against militant bodies
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 16 (ANI): The inquiry commission on the August 8 Quetta carnage, which killed at least 72 people, including 53 lawyers of Balochistan, has called on the government to ban terrorist organisations without any delay by enforcing the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) in lette
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Pakistan Senate adopts Panamgate Bill
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 16 (ANI): The opposition-dominated Pakistan Senate has passed the 'Panamagate bill' with slight amendments and it will now go to the National Assembly, where the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz enjoys majority, for approval.
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PTI begins preparation for 2018 elections
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 15 (ANI): The Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has started its preparations for the 2018 polls by setting up a parliamentary board for selecting candidates both for the National Assembly and provincial assembly seats.
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34 bodies of PIA flight crash victims identified
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 15 (ANI): The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has started receiving DNA reports of 48 victims of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight which crashed near Abbottabad on December 7, and so far bodies of 34 persons have been identified.
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Testing times for new Pak army chief as forces working to undermine him
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 15 (ANI): Having superseded six senior officers to be appointed Pakistan's 16th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, many would have thought that General Qamar Javed Bajwa would ease into the all powerful position, but contrary to expecta
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China will use CPEC to loot Balochistan and gain access to global market,
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec.14 (ANI): The USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will just be another case of China using Pakistan to loot and plunder the people of Balochistan and simultaneously gain access to global markets, says a sensational report in a leading Paki
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Panamagate: PTI set to end its boycott of National Assembly
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 14 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided end its boycott of the National Assembly after failing to win a verdict from the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the Panamagate issue last week.
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Pak Navy raises Task Force-88 for protection of CPEC and Gwadar Port
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 14 (ANI): Pakistan Navy has raised a dedicated Naval Task Force-88 for protection of CPEC and Gwadar Port.
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PIA chairman Azam Saigol resigns post PK-661 crash
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 13 (ANI): Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Azam Saigol has resigned from his post following the crash of flight PK-661 near Islamabad which claimed the lives of all 48 people on-board.
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Sharif asks religious scholars to play role in abolishing extremism
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 12 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked religious scholars to play their role in eliminating extremism from society.
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