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ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan was arrested on Saturday from his residence in Lahore, hours after a court convicted him of corrupt practices in a case related to the gifts he received from foreign dignitaries during his tenure.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will chair a key meeting on Saturday to decide whether to approve the results of the country’s first-ever digital census, a move that could delay the general elections by at least six months.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Senate on Friday approved a bill to establish a new authority to combat money laundering and terror financing, a day after the lower house of parliament passed the legislation amid opposition protests.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran signed a five-year plan on Thursday to boost their trade to $5 billion and agreed to repatriate prisoners serving sentences in each other’s countries, the foreign ministers of both nations said.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Wednesday that three of the five militants killed in a brazen attack on an army garrison in the southwestern province of Balochistan last month were Afghan nationals, and called on Kabul to crack down on cross-border terrorism.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister warned Tuesday that his country could act in “self-defence” against militants hiding in Afghanistan if Kabul failed to crack down on them, amid a surge of cross-border attacks.
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility on Monday for a suicide bombing that killed 54 people at a political rally in northwest Pakistan, saying it was part of its war against democracy.
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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.
