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5 Killed As Thousands Of Imran Khan’s Supporters Clash With Cops In Pakistan

November 26, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s army has been ordered to “shoot on sight” after clashes with demonstrators killed four soldiers and at least one protester, according to reports. The violence erupted when protesters demanding the release of Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan entered the capital Islamabad late Monday, defying efforts by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government to stifle…

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The Pakistan-China Friendship Is Fast Turning Sour

November 18, 2024 admin

Are Beijing-Islamabad ties under strain? Last month’s bombing near Karachi airport, which killed two Chinese engineers and wounded a third, may well be a turning point. These bombings, claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), were the latest in a string of attacks on Beijing’s interests in Pakistan, which began in 2016. They have angered…

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No respite for Afghanistan as new spate of floods kill 66 people in northern province

May 20, 2024 admin

People remove mud from the courtyard of their houses after floods in Maymana, the capital city of Faryab Province, Afghanistan. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Fresh floods killed 66 people in northern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Sunday, after weeks of flooding that has inundated farms and villages and swept away swathes of communities….

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Mahmood Khan Achakzai nominated by Imran Khan as Pakistan presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari

March 2, 2024 admin

Mahmood Khan Achakzai, center, Pakistan’s newly elected lawmaker from Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party | Photo Credit: AP The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) backed by Imran Khan’s party on Saturday named the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai as their presidential candidate against Asif Ali Zardari, the joint nominee of the PML-N and the…

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China refuses to further expand cooperation with Pak in energy, water, climate under CPEC

September 26, 2023 admin

China has refused to further expand cooperation in the areas of energy, water management, and climate change under the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), it emerged on September 25, signalling a strain in the ‘ironclad’ friendship between the two all-weather allies. Cash-strapped Pakistan also gave up its opposition to setting up a new imported…

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