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Firms blacklisted by World Bank got CPEC contracts: Alice Wells
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 22 (ANI): Senior US diplomat Alice Wells on Tuesday sharply criticised the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) saying that the companies blacklisted by the World Bank had got contracts in the multi-billion dollar project.
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US envoy Alice Wells to arrive in Pakistan on 4-day visit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 19 (ANI): United States Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells is set to arrive here on Sunday for a four-day visit centred around talks on Afghanistan, Middle East tension and other bilateral issues.
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Pakistan Foreign Office summons Indian diplomat
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 18 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission to reject, what it called, the "mischevious portrayal" by New Delhi of "isolated, fabricated, incidents involving Pakistani citizens as minorities rights issues"
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Islamabad dismisses reports of Egypt placing a visa ban on Pak nationals
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 18 (ANI): Pakistani Foreign Office has dismissed reports of Egypt sanctions imposed on its nationals by Egypt.
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Pak Navy Commodore Muhammad Faisal Abbasi promoted to rank of Rear Admiral
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 17 (ANI): Pakistan Navy Commodore Muhammad Faisal Abbasi was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on Friday.
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Bilateral relations at that time will decide Imran Khan's visit to India f
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 17 (ANI): A day after India said it will invite all SCO members for the upcoming 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organisations summit, Pakistan on Friday said that the country is waiting for an official invitation and indicated that the Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit t
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Pak DG ISPR Asif Ghafoor replaced
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 16 (ANI): Pakistan Army's Major General Babar Iftikhar has replaced Major General Asif Ghafoor as the Director-General of the country's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
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Musharraf moves Pak SC against special court verdict in high treason case
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 16 (ANI): Pakistan's former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Thursday moved Supreme Court against a special court verdict -- which had handed death sentence to him in a high treason case last year, Dawn reported.
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Pak sponsoring terror, should do more to take non-reversible action agains
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 16 (ANI): Underlining that terror groups are active in Pakistan, the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday said that Islamabad should do more to take "non-reversible" action against terrorism if it wants to prevent itself from being blacklisted by the Financial Action Tas
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Pak talk show slapped with notice for allowing panelist to display army bo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 16 (ANI): The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) issued a 60-day notice to a talk show aired on channel ARY News for "willful attempt to debase and demean a state institution by dragging it unnecessarily in a debate" on Wednesday.
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Pakistan:Toll in rain related incident rises to 98
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 15 (ANI): The death toll in rain-related incidents in Pakistan has risen to 98.
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France notes member's request for UNSC meeting over Kashmir issue
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): France has taken note of a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) member's request to raise the Kashmir issue again in the council. However, the country's position remains 'unchanged' and the matter must be settled bilaterally between New Delhi and Islamabad,
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