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Political intolerance has polarised Pakistan society to extreme levels
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): While religious intolerance has been deeply entrenched in Pakistan society for decades, the recent wave of political intolerance where the public appears to have developed a blind faith in their leaders, making them into some cult figures, has polarised
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Subsidy on oil prices by Imran Khan govt has left Shehbaz Sharif administr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The capping of oil prices, amounting to a subsidy of 150 billion Pakistani rupees per month, by the Imran Khan government towards the end of its tenure has become a major concern for the present government that sees it as a trap to sabotage the Shehbaz S
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Foreign funding case: Imran Khan counsel claims citizens with dual nationa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): In the foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the party's counsel claimed that the citizens with dual nationality were permitted under the law to fund political parties, local media reported.
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Body of Afghan officer with signs of torture handed over to family
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The body of an Afghan officer showing signs of torture was handed over to his family by the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan Hospital in Kabul on Sunday, reported local media citing the officer's relatives.
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Shehbaz Sharif accuses Imran Khan of borrowing loans to meet Pak's defence
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Alleging that it inherited a mismanaged economy from the previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of taking loans to meet the defence expenditure of the country
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PML-N leader suggests Shehbaz Sharif led govt to seek fresh mandate to ave
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday suggested the coalition partners in the Shehbaz Sharif government to seek a fresh mandate from the masses to avert a civil-war like situation in the country, reported local media.
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Imran Khan-led PTI under fire, Pak EC to begin daily hearing on foreign fu
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will hear the foreign funding case against ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) every day starting from Tuesday, local media reported.
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My gift, my choice, says Imran Khan over Toshakana controversy
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday expressed his viewpoints over the Toshakana (state depository) controversy and said they were his gifts and it was his choice whether to keep them or not, local media reported.
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Sri Lanka: Opposition party SJB to protest against govt next week
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 18 (ANI): Sri Lanka Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has decided to launch an anti-government protest march from Kandy to the capital city, Colombo on April 26, local media reported.
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Afghan media facing ever-increasing restrictions by Taliban
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 18 (ANI): With the consistent arbitrary arrests of journalists by the Taliban, the media in Afghanistan faces ever-increasing restrictions, reported local media.
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Lawmakers involved in Pak's Punjab assembly brawl likely to be held soon
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan police will likely arrest the lawmakers involved in a brawl that broke out in the Punjab Assembly on Saturday within the next 24 hours, reported local media.
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Pakistan: STP holds PPP responsible for Sindh's decline
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan's left-wing party Sindh Taraqi-Pasand Party (STP) on Sunday held Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) responsible for the Sindhi nation's decline and urged nationalist forces to form a parliamentary front in Sindh against the party, local media reported.
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