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Voting for new Punjab Assembly Speaker briefly paused after opposition que
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Voting to elect a new Punjab Assembly Speaker was briefly paused on Friday after Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) nominee Saiful Malook Khokhar raised questions on ballot serial numbers.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan directs newly elected Punjab CM Elahi to restore PTI'
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): Following the induction of PTI-backed candidate, Pervaiz Elahi as Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province, the country's former prime minister Imran Khan directed Elahi to immediately restore all the social welfare programmes initiated by the Pakistan T
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Pakistan: Punjab Assembly speaker's elections to be held today
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): The election for Punjab Assembly speaker will be held on Friday at 4 pm through a secret ballot. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) have jointly fielded Sibtain Khan whereas Mali
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Persecution of minorities under blasphemy continues in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): The targeting of religious minorities has been continuing in Pakistan under blasphemy as a large number of innocent persons who have lost their lives, homes and their terrorized families dispersed, according to media reports.
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Pak: Chinese national held at gunpoint, robbed in Lahore
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): Amid rising cases of theft and robbery in Pakistan, a Chinese national was robbed of Rs 200,000 cash and a motorcycle on Sunday.
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Pakistan's Human Rights Commission expresses concern over increasing mob v
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Sunday expressed grave concerns over the increasing mob violence in the country citing a recent case in Karachi where a man was beaten and later shot dead by a crowd on suspicion of robbery.
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Pakistan: 37-member cabinet of Punjab "trustee" CM takes oath
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 25 (ANI): A 37-member cabinet of Punjab's "trustee" Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz took oath of their offices at the Governor House on Sunday evening upon the decision of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a provincial cabinet meeting a day earlier, local media report
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PML-Q leader openly accepts opposing PTI-backed candidature of Parvaiz Ela
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 24 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) President, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has openly accepted that he opposed the PTI-backed candidature of his cousin, Chaudhry Parvez Elahi because he cannot lend his support to "anyone who criticized state institutions".
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PML-N will not bow down to 'one sided decisions': Maryam Nawaz on Pak SC's
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Saturday said that her party will not bow down to "one-sided decisions" of the Supreme Court of Pakistan as the court heard a plea filed by PML-Q leader Chaudhry Parvez Elahi against the Pun
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Pakistan is not far from 'Sri Lanka moment': Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday warned that Pakistan is not far from a 'Sri Lanka moment' when the public will pour out into the streets for 'Haqeeqi Azadi' against the 'mafia' led by Asif Zardari and
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Pakistan: PML-N MPA's son injured in firing
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 23 (ANI): Amid political turmoil in Pakistan Punjab Assembly Deputy Speaker Dost Mazari's ruling to re-elect Hamza Shehbaz as Punjab chief minister, son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA), Muhammad Ghiyas ud-Din, sustained
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Difficult decisions' taken by Pak govt led to PML-N defeat in Punjab polls
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): Following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) remarkable win against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the Punjab Assembly elections, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif blamed the "difficult decisions" taken by the government for the failure and
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