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Taliban militants claim responsibility for last Tuesday attack in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Midstone Centre for International Affairs (MCIA) senior associate Shemrez Nauman Afzal said, "Note that #TTP spokesman's claim said "Tuesday past week" at the start of the statement. This could imply that the claimed attack took place on Tuesday 13th Dec, and after 5 days
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Militants seize police station in northwest Pakistan's Bannu district
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The provincial government claimed no one had attacked the police station. But added that some suspects in custody under suspicion of terrorism tried to snatch weapons from security personnel deployed on-site, the report said.
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War underway in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province: Pak lawmaker Mohsin Dawar ami
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
No group has taken responsibility for the attack so far. But the police suspect the involvement of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Dawn newspaper reported.
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Two security personnel injured in clashes with "militants" in northwest Pa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Pakistani journalist Roohan Ahmad said that there was an intense gun battle between the security personnel and "militants" in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu area.
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Four policemen killed, four others injured in terrorist attack at police s
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to police officials, the attackers threw hand grenades and rockets toward the police station in a fierce exchange between the police and the terrorists.
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Former Pakistan Minister Sheikh Rashid says Punjab CM signed for dissoluti
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
AML Chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed stressed that Nawaz Sharif's return to Pakistan will not give any advantage to PML-N.
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Pak interior minister eggs on Imran Khan to dissolve provincial assemblies
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Pakistan interior minister alleged that Imran Khan "will try to find an excuse that some no-confidence motion appears or a direction from the governor arrives" so Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi could "have an excuse" to continue his tenure.
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"We are afraid that the country is sinking" warns former Pak PM Imran Khan
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Imran Khan also reiterated his demand for free and fair elections, warning the country might sink otherwise. He said free and fair elections were the only solution to the country's problems and said the government was "afraid" of new elections due to the fear of losing, Dawn reported.
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Imran Khan to dissolve Punjab, KP assemblies on Dec 23
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Imran Khan on Saturday made the announcement to dissolve the assemblies of the provinces where they rule -- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on December 23 in a video address with Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elahi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan by his side.
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Pak: Punjab CM supports Imran Khan's decision to dissolve assemblies
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The two leaders held a meeting on the matter in Lahore as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) prepare to dissolve the assemblies of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Traders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa express concern over kidnappings, extortions
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The business community in Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have expressed concern over kidnappings and extortions. Traders from the Insaf Traders Wing (ITW) have urged the PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan to hold a meeting to address the issue, The
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Tribal elders reject FATA-Khyber Pakhtunkhwa merger
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jirga, consisting of tribal elders, civil society members and some religious scholars, chanted slogans against the merger of former Fata with the province. They also hold black flags.
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