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Pakistan Senate committee passes bill on female voters
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 25 (ANI): A bill has been passed by Pakistan Senate committee which on becoming law will require re-election in a constituency where women voters' turnout remains less than 10 per cent.
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Philippines senator calls for international criminal investigation against
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct. 24 (ANI): A Philippines' Senate member has called for an international criminal investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte in an effort to stop a vicious war on drugs that has killed more than 3,800 people since June.
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Pak IB claims Indian, Afghan counterparts looking to sabotage CPEC
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct.19 (ANI): The Deputy Director General of Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau (IB), Ali Ahmed Sabir, has reportedly told the Senate Standing Committee on the Cabinet Secretariat that intelligence agencies in India and Afghanistan are looking at various options to sab
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Pakistan isolated because it gives freedom to non-state actors: Opposition
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Oct. 6 (ANI): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and leader of the opposition in the Senate, Aitzaz Ahsan, addressing a joint session of parliament on Thursday, said that Pakistan is isolated because it gives freedom to non-state actors.
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Pak Govt. admits being clueless about its role in Pathankot attack
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Sept. 5 (ANI): The Pakistan government has admitted on the floor of the Senate that it is still in dark about Islamabad's involvement in the terror attack on the Pathankot airbase in India.
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US senators urge Pak to cooperate in Uri terror attack probe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Sept. 30 (ANI): Condemning the recent terrorist attack at the army base near Uri in Jammu and Kashmir in which 19 soldiers were killed, US Senators Mark Warner and John Cornyn, co-chairs of the Senate India Caucus have called on Pakistan to cooperate fully and
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Pak Senate committee concerned over recovery of 1200 unclaimed bodies in B
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan]/Geneva [Switzerland], Sept.13 (ANI): The Committee on Human Rights in the Pakistan Senate has expressed serious concern over the recovery of 1200 unclaimed bodies from Balochistan.
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Pak Chairman Senate meets Lord Speaker, discusses about Kashmir situation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 2 (ANI): Mian Raza Rabbani, Chairman Senate of Pakistan, met Lord Fowler, Lord Speaker at the British House of Parliament, and discussed ways and means to enhance mutual cooperation between the Senate of Pakistan and the British House of Lords.
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Pakistan lawmakers say time to shun US diktat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, July 21 (ANI): Pakistan lawmakers in the Senate have unanimously agreed to engage all stakeholders for reviewing Islamabad's terms of engagement with world powers, especially the United States.
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Convincing information that Haqqani network in Pak: U.S. Senate
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad, July 9 (ANI): Maintaining that there is clear and convincing information that the Haqqani network is operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan, Chairman of U.S. Senate's Armed Services Committee Senator John McCain said the insurgent group should not have a safe haven in Islamaba
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Modi the most effective leader India has had: U.S. Senator McCain
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore, July 9 (ANI): Asserting that the fundamental principle of US diplomacy is that it wants improvement in relations between Pakistan and India, Chairman of US Senate's Armed Services Committee Senator John McCain asserted that it was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's co-op
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