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Pak minster claims 'conspiracy' behind cancellation of NZ cricket tour
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has claimed that there is a "conspiracy" behind the cancellation of New Zealand's cricket tour to Pakistan.
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Taliban should be given time to run Afghanistan: Pak Minister
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the Taliban should be given time to form a government and run their country's affairs.
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Federal leaders criticise PPP chaiman Bilawal Bhutto's US visit
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], July 12 (ANI): Several leaders of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government in Pakistan have criticized the 10 day US visit of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto, who has arrived in New York on Monday.
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Pakistan to emulate Iran model to contain refugees coming from Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): Pakistan may emulate the Iran model to contain refugees coming from Afghanistan by closing the border as the US, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops withdrawal progresses amid the rise in violence by the Taliban.
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Afghan official praises Pak minister for admitting Islamabad provides safe
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): Pakistani interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has received praise from Afghan officials for admitting that Pakistan provides safe haven to Taliban terrorists.
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Families of Taliban live in Islamabad, says Pak minister
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 29 (ANI): Amid the escalating violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan's interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has admitted that families of Afghan Taliban reside in his country, including in the capital city of Islamabad.
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Pak govt to deploy Rangers in occupied Jammu and Kashmir for July 25 gener
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Pakistan government on Thursday informed that Rangers will be deployed for the general elections to be conducted in Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) on July 25.
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Fencing of Afghan-Pakistan border to be completed by June 30, says Pak int
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): The fencing of the 2,600-kilometer Afghan-Pakistan porous border will be completed by the end of June, Pakistani interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told the country's Parliament.
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Pakistan: TLP supporters hold anti-govt protests, gherao interior minister
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Rawalpindi, [Pakistan] April 19 (ANI): A large number of supporters of proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protested outside Lal Haveli residence of Federal Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday in Rawalpindi city and raised slogans against him.
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Pakistan to ban radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Wednesday said that the government has decided to ban the radical Islamist Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), whose supporters and workers have been carrying out violent protests across the country for thr
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Pakistan: Security tightened ahead of Maryam Nawaz's appearance at Nationa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 25 (ANI): The Interior Ministry approved the deployment of Rangers before Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz's appearance at National Accountability Bureau (NAB) outside the Lahore office on March 26 in connection with cases against h
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Pak Minister faces backlash for 'fired little tear gas on govt employees t
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rawalpindi [Pakistan], February 15 (ANI): Days after the Pakistan police fired tear gas on protesting government employees for salary hike, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed made light of the incident, stating that it was "necessary to test the tear gas as it had been unused for a long t
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