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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: Pakistan’s parliament on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the century-old Official Secrets Act, giving sweeping powers to intelligence agencies to raid and detain citizens suspected of espionage.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the next general elections would be held on the basis of the latest census, sparking a row with opposition and coalition parties who fear a delay in the vote.
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday raised the prices of petrol and diesel by almost 20 rupees per liter or 8 percent, the biggest increase in more than a year, citing a surge in global oil prices and pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase revenues.
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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: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday dismissed speculation that his finance minister would become the caretaker leader ahead of general elections, saying a neutral person would be chosen to ensure a fair vote.
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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: Pakistan’s opposition party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has launched an inquiry into its own senators over their role in passing controversial amendments to the army act, which critics say gives too much power to the military and curbs free speech.
