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Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif's 6-day week bitter dose to arrest failing economy
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in one of his first decisions, announced one-day weekly off and changed the government offices' timing to 10 hours, local media reported on Tuesday.
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Pakistan falls to old tricks with Hafiz Saeed sentencing to avoid FATF hea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): The sentencing of seasoned terrorist Hafiz Saeed to 31 years of imprisonment on April 8 amid a political crisis in the country is a seasonal pretence by Pakistan to avoid economic sanctions by the global anti-terror watchdog, Financial Action Task Force
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Pakistan: JUI-F protests against Imran Khan-led PTI for alleged attack on
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): The workers of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) staged a protest against former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) after a mosque and madrassa were vandalised in Timergara, local media reported.
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Five policemen killed in terror attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Five policemen were killed in a rocket attack carried out by terrorists in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Monday.
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Imran Khan demands 'immediate elections' in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 12 (ANI): Ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has demanded an "immediate elections" in the country, hours after Shehbaz Sharif took oath as the 23rd Prime Minister on Monday.
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Pakistan court rejects plea seeking probe into 'threat letter'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a plea seeking to place the names of the former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-ministers on the Exit Control List (ECL) and an investigation into an alleged threat letter, local media reported.
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Every second you protest on road, we are losing dollars: Sri Lanka PM Mahi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 11 (ANI): In a special address to the nation amid the ongoing economic crisis and massive protests calling for his ouster, Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday requested people to remain patient in order to enable the government to resolve the si
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Shehbaz Sharif set to become the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif, the joint opposition candidate, is set to become the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan as the ruling Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government was voted out after losing the n
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Pakistan: Sindh Taraqi-Pasand Party protests against arrest of its workers
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Several workers of Sindh Taraqi-Pasand Party (STP) on Sunday staged a demonstration in Sukkur district of Pakistan's southern Sindh province against the arrest of its workers by police a couple of days ago.
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Members of Imran Khan's party walk out of National Assembly ahead of new P
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) legislators walked out of the country's National Assembly session which is being held to elect the new Prime Minister.
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National Assembly session for election of new Pakistan PM begins
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): The National Assembly session for the election of the new Prime Minister of Pakistan has begun.
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Afghanistan will remain untouched by Pakistan crisis, says Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 11 (ANI): Taliban has issued a statement saying the political crisis in Pakistan seeing a constant soar, will have no effect on Afghanistan. However, analysts predict an impact is inevitable on Afghanistan's situation due to changes in Pakistan's administration.
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