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ISLAMABAD: At least 44 people were killed and over 100 injured when a suicide bomber set off explosives at a gathering of a right-wing political party in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD: A powerful explosion ripped through a gathering of right-wing political party in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 150, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD: The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has emboldened a Pakistani militant group that seeks to overthrow the government in Islamabad and poses a growing threat to regional stability, UN experts and member states warned.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling and opposition parties have shortlisted five names for the caretaker prime minister, who will oversee the next general election, a minister said on Friday.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would punish anyone who leaks unauthorized information about the country’s security or military with up to five years in jail, amid a row over former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s alleged disclosure of official secrets.
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ISLAMABAD: China has agreed to defer principal payments on loans worth $2.4 billion to Pakistan for two years, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday, a boost for the cash-strapped country as it tries to rebuild its foreign currency reserves.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to amend the country’s election law, giving more powers to the caretaker government that will oversee the next general election due in November.
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ISLAMABAD: The coalition government postponed its plan to grant sweeping powers to the caretaker administration for the upcoming elections, after facing stiff resistance from opposition and allied parties in a joint session of parliament on Tuesday.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Monday dismissed media reports that the ruling party was considering Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as the caretaker prime minister, saying that no such discussion had taken place within the party.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s ruling party is pushing for its senior leader Ishaq Dar to become the interim prime minister ahead of a general election due by November, but faces resistance from its main coalition partner, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Dawn newspaper reported on Monday.
