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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to visit Saudi Arabia, China
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia and China on his first foreign trip after taking charge, a Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader has said.
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Putin congratulates Shehbaz Sharif on becoming Pakistan's PM
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his felicitations to the newly-appointed Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Russia's embassy in Pakistan said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Scuffle breaks out between PTI, PPP supporters at hotel event in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 13 (ANI): A video has gone viral where an elderly man and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party dissident Noor Alam Khan are seen in a scuffle after the former allegedly called Khan a 'turncoat' and used cuss words against him at a private hotel in Islamabad on Tue
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Pakistan's external repayment position in red zone: Moody's
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): With Pakistan facing political turmoil and a sliding economy, further deterioration in its external position including widening of current account deficit and erosion of foreign exchange reserves, would threaten the government's external repayment posit
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Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif govt haunted by circular debt crisis
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): The new Prime Minister of Pakistan is under tremendous pressure due to surging oil prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and is haunted by the circular debt crisis.
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Shehbaz Sharif thanks PM Modi for his wishes, says Pakistan hopes for peac
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday thanked PM Narendra Modi for congratulating him and said that his country desires peaceful and cooperative ties with India.
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Pakistan's Cabinet Ministers to be finalised tonight by PM Shehbaz Sharif
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad[Pakistan], April 12(ANI): Pakistan's newly-elected Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif is likely to finalise his cabinet ministers by Tuesday night, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed gets 31 years in jail for terror financing, but who
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Jamat-ud-Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed has been convicted of financing terrorism. But who finances him?
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Pakistan: PTI, PPP rallies escalate tensions in Mirpurkhas in Sindh provin
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): In the wake of the change of guard in Pakistan, hundreds of workers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) who were protesting against the 'imported government' and workers of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) who were celebrating their success in the no-trust vot
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Sri Lanka urges Islamabad to expedite release of financial assistance offe
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 12 (ANI): Amid the growing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Colombo has requested Islamabad to expedite the pending financial assistance offered by the country, according to a media report.
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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif's 6-day week bitter dose to arrest failing economy
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in one of his first decisions, announced one-day weekly off and changed the government offices' timing to 10 hours, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan falls to old tricks with Hafiz Saeed sentencing to avoid FATF hea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): The sentencing of seasoned terrorist Hafiz Saeed to 31 years of imprisonment on April 8 amid a political crisis in the country is a seasonal pretence by Pakistan to avoid economic sanctions by the global anti-terror watchdog, Financial Action Task Force
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