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One police officer killed, over 100 injured in clashes during protest in PoK

May 13, 2024 admin

One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, were injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, media reports said on May 12. The region witnessed clashes on May 11 between the police and activists of a rights…

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Pakistan’s ruling coalition in Punjab loses 27 reserved seats after SC ruling

May 11, 2024 admin

Representational image of Pakistan Supreme Court | Photo Credit: Reuters The ruling coalition led by the Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) in Pakistan’s Punjab has been jolted as the provincial assembly’s speaker restrained 27 lawmakers on reserved seats after the Supreme Court’s ruling suspending a lower court’s verdict denying the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) its…

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Maulana Fazlur Rehman: India Dreaming Of Becoming Superpower, We Are Begging For Bankruptcy: Pakistan Leader

April 30, 2024 admin

Maulana Fazlur Rehman was speaking in the National Assembly Islamabad: Pakistan’s leading right-wing Islamic leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Monday came out in support of his erstwhile rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, saying the opposition party has the right to hold rallies and even form a government. Rehman, the chief of his faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam…

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Pakistan’s Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz lands in trouble for donning police uniform

April 27, 2024 admin

File photo of Maryam Nawaz. | Photo Credit: Reuters Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has once again landed in trouble, as the Session Court has been moved against her for donning a police uniform while attending a passing-out parade on April 25, according to ARY News. In his plea, the plaintiff claimed that Ms. Nawaz’s…

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Asif Ali Zardari elected Pakistan’s 14th President

March 9, 2024 admin

File photo of Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari. He was elected as the Pakistan’s 14th President becoming the head of state for second time. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was elected as Pakistan’s 14th President on March 9, becoming the head of state for a second time….

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Resolution submitted in Pakistan Senate demanding release of Imran Khan, Qureshi, other leaders

March 6, 2024 admin

Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi. File | Photo Credit: AP Jailed ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has submitted a resolution in the Senate calling for the release of the incarcerated leader, his wife Bushra, his close aide, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and other leaders, saying “political vendetta” has destroyed the…

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Maryam Nawaz’s selection as Punjab CM a ‘milestone’ in Pakistani politics: U.S.

March 5, 2024 admin

Maryam Nawaz. | Photo Credit: AP “The selection of Maryam Nawaz as the Chief Minister of the Punjab province is a milestone in Pakistani politics,” the U.S. has said, asserting that it looks forward to cooperating with Islamabad on integrating women more fully into the country’s political life. Maryam, the 50-year-old daughter of three-time former…

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No Assembly session can be called without notifying reserved seats, says Imran Khan’s party

February 27, 2024 admin

Jailed former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party on Feb. 27 said that no provincial Assembly session can be called without notifying the reserved seats, a day after the Assemblies of Punjab and Sindh were summoned and the Chief Ministers were sworn-in. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, the 71-year-old Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party…

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Ex-Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif To Return Home Today After Four Years Of Self-Exile

October 21, 2023 admin

Nawaz Sharif’s return has been touted for months by PML-N (File) Islamabad: Three-time Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif will return home on Saturday after four years of self-imposed exile, primed to make a political comeback ahead of elections. The South Asian nation is facing overlapping security, economic and political crises ahead of polls already pushed back…

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Cipher case | Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s judicial remand extended till September 13

August 30, 2023 admin

File photo of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. A special court on August 30, 2023 extended the judicial remand of Mr. Khan till September 13. | Photo Credit: PTI A special court on Wednesday (August 30) extended till September 13 the judicial remand of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case related to the…

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