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Altaf Hussain asks MQM legislators in Pak to resign
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Oct. 7 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has asked his party lawmakers in Pakistan to resign and accused Farooq Sattar-led MQM-Pakistan of betraying him.
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Which egg is Hafiz Saeed laying for Pak, asks PML-N MP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 7 (ANI): Rana Muhammad Afzal, a lawmaker of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has questioned as to why no action has been initiated against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed.
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Saradha scam: Kunal Ghosh granted interim bail
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct. 5 (ANI): Suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Kunal Ghosh, an accused in the Saradha chit-fund scam, was on Wednesday granted interim bail against a bail bond of Rs. two lakh by the Kolkata High Court.
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NCP welcomes US lawmakers' move to designate Pakistan a 'terrori
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept. 21 (AN): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Majeed Memon on Wednesday welcomed the move of two American lawmakers, who introduced a bill to designate Pakistan as a 'state sponsor of terrorism', and said that after Uri attack it has conclusiv
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US lawmakers move bill to designate Pakistan as 'state sponsor of ter
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept. 21 (ANI): Two American lawmakers have moved a bill to designate Pakistan as a 'state sponsor of terrorism' stating that it is time to stop paying Islamabad for its betrayal.
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US lawmakers warned that sanctioning Pak can backfire
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept. 12 (ANI): Sanctioning Pakistan or declaring it a state sponsor of terrorism could backfire, the United States lawmakers were warned at a congressional hearing.
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Balochistan CM to write to UN chief on Kashmir issue
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], Sept. 5 (ANI): Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has decided to send a delegation of provincial lawmakers to friendly states to raise the issue of India's involvement in what Islamabad calls 'fomenting violence' in the province, following Pak
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Ex MP says Pak's support to Afghan Taliban an open secret
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul, Aug. 11 (ANI): Pakistani politician and former lawmaker Afrasiab Khattak has said Islamabad's security establishment's support to the Afghan Taliban is an open secret.
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LJP's Ram Chandra Paswan backs MPs demand for salary hike
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 11 (ANI): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has voiced its support for a hike in the salary of the Members of Parliament and said the lawmakers will be able to work for the public only if they are provided with proper funds.
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Liberation War trial: Death for ex-MP Shakhawat, life imprisonment for sev
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka, Aug. 10 (ANI): A special tribunal in Dhaka sentenced former Jamaat-e-Islami and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Shakhawat Hossain to death in a case filed against him for crimes committed in Jessore district during the Liberation War.
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PM ticks off BJP MPs for failing to submit progress report, sets three-mon
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 9 (ANI): Ticking off the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs for failing to submit progress report of their respective constituencies during the Vikas Day celebration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked his party's lawmakers to submit the report online.
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Pakistan lawmaker demands ban of Doraemon cartoons
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad, Aug.9 (ANI): An opposition lawmaker in Pakistan has called for a ban on all 24-hour-long cartoon TV channels, and specifically the popular Japanese series "Doraemon", claiming that it could have a negative influence on children.
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