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Pakistan Senator blames former PTI govt for rise in terror attacks
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Senator Waqar Mehdi said that terrorists could not be good in any form, because a terrorist is a terrorist. According to him, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) named Khan a member of its negotiating team for peace talks with the government in 2014.
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Pakistan lawmakers discuss Gwadar protests in Senate, denounce rights viol
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In the session presided over by Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, Jamaat-e-Islami's Mushtaq Ahmed condemned the violation of basic human rights and lamented that more than 18 cases have been registered against the movement's leader whose charter has gained popularity among the people.
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Pakistan has become "politically, morally bankrupt": Former Pakistan Senat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"We have become politically and morally bankrupt. Even today, people are not being told the truth, which the country needs," Khokhar said while addressing the second session of the national dialogue in Quetta.
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Pakistan: Supreme Court dismisses plea to stop Imran Khan's long march
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday dismissed Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan Senator Kamran Murtaza's petition to stop Pakistan Imran Khan's ongoing long march, deeming it as "non-maintainable", the Dawn reported.
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Pakistan: Senator Azam Swati receives bail in anti-establishment tweet cas
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 22 (ANI): A special court of the Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday granted post-arrest bail to Senator Azam Swati, who was arrested in a case registered against him over an anti-establishment tweet.
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Swat attack: Protesters end sit-in after talks with Pak authorities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): Family members of a van driver, who was killed in the recent attack on a school bus in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ended their day-long sit-in on Tuesday after talks with the government.
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Pakistan defence minister voices concern over security situation in Khyber
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 11 (ANI): Amid the growing presence of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the country, Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif has expressed concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in the northwest part of the country.
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Man killed in school van attack in northwest Pakistan, 10 yrs after Malala
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 11 (ANI): Armed men opened fire on a school van in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday that killed a driver while injuring a child.
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Terrorists killed in northwest Pakistan were trained in Afghanistan: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 10 (ANI): Terrorists killed in a clash with Pakistani security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Swat district, were in contact with militants in Afghanistan, according to Pakistani media reports.
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Pak senators raise alarm over surge in TTP activities
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 8 (ANI): Amid the surge in terrorist activities by the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) across several provinces in the country, the senators from both the ruling party and the opposition on Friday raised issues about the heightened risk of terrorist at
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Pak senator hits out at govt, says minorities face 'discrimination' in for
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Highlighting that every citizen must have equal status, Pakistani Senator Danesh Kumar raised the issue of job discrimination against minorities in the hiring for posts in foreign missions and said minorities are instead hired mostly for sanitation j
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Pakistan: Unidentified men kidnap PML-N senator's relative
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 13 (ANI): A 31-year-old man, identified as the brother-in-law of a Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senator, was allegedly kidnapped outside a mosque in Islamabad, local media reported citing the PML-N senator.
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