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US senators seek temporary protected status for Pakistani immigrants
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): US senators have sought Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Pakistani nationals currently residing in the US due to this year's unprecedented floods.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan's support for Senator Swati takes his fight with Army
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's support for Senator Azam Swati, who was arrested on Thursday, gave an explicit endorsement of what his party member of the Upper House stated against the Army Chief and others, local media reported.
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Swat attack: Protesters end sit-in after talks with Pak authorities
Updated : 3 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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US lawmakers call for investigation into Apple, Chinese chipmaker's deal;
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 28 (ANI): US Senators protest Apple's decision to purchase memory chips from Chinese chipmaker Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) and has ordered an investigation into the threat that the deal poses to national security, media reports said.
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Pak senator hits out at govt, says minorities face 'discrimination' in for
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Ishaq Dar appointed as Pakistan's new finance minister
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) senator Ishaq Dar, who was involved in several corruption cases, was handed the responsibility of finance and revenue on Wednesday, shortly after he was sworn in as federal minister.
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Taliban makes USD 200 mn annually by indulging in criminal activities insi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Taliban has been making around USD 200 million every year by indulging in criminal activities in Pakistan, including extortion, media reports said.
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Pakistan: Unidentified men kidnap PML-N senator's relative
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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