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PM Shehbaz offers condolences to Iranian leadership on Raisi death PM Shehbaz Shehbaz Sharif calls on Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Imam Khamenei in Tehran on May 22, 2024. — X/@GovtofPakistanPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered condolences to the Iranian leadership on the sad demise of late president Ebrahim Raisi and other senior officials who died......
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Stolen artefacts worth millions of dollars returned to Pakistan Pakistan Consul General in New York Aamer Ahmed Atozai poses with recovered artefacts and US officials. — X/@PakinNewYork NEW YORK: The United States returned 133 pieces of stolen antiquities worth over $13 million to Pakistan at a ceremony at Manhattan District Attorney&s office......
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PTI's Yasmin Rashid shifted to hospital from jail after health worsens Incarcerated PTI leader Dr Yasmin Rashid at Services Hospital after being shifted from Lahore&s Kot Lakhpat Jail. — Geo NewsLAHORE: After being declared a "critical prisoner" by jail authorities, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf senior leader Dr Yasmin Rashid has been shifted to Services......
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PTI's Hammad Azhar comes out of hiding on 'Khan's instruction' PTI leader Hammad Azhar speaking to the media at party central secretariat in Islamabad on May 22, 2024. — X/@balochi5252ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf acting Punjab Chapter President Hammad Azhar, who went into hiding to dodge arrest following May 9 riots, came to the fore on......
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Sindh govt warns filing FIR against KE 'if anyone dies of heatstroke' Image taken during a country-wide blackout, on January 10, 2021. — AFPAmid extremely hot weather prevailing in Karachi, Sindh Energy Minister Nasir Hussain Shah warned that a case would be lodged against Karachi-Electric if anyone dies of heatstroke due to loadshedding during the ongoing......
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PTI's Raoof Hasan raises objections to FIR after surviving attack Wounded PTI information secretary Raoof Hasan addresses the press conference on May 22, 2024, a day after being wounded in brutal attack in Islamabad. — Screen grab/Geo NewsISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Information Secretary Raoof Hasan, who survived an attack in Islamabad earlier......
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Senators urge judicial restraint, emphasise respect for elected officials : Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, PML-N's Talal Chaudhry, and MQM-P's Faisal Sabzwari, speaking during a Senate session, on May 22, 2024. — Screengrab/YouTube/GeoNewsISLAMABAD: Denying any rifts between the executive and judiciary, the senators of the ruling coalition called for respective......
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BSEK releases revised schedule for deferred matric exams Candidates are solving their question papers at an unidentified location. — APP/FileThe Board of Secondary Education Karachi has released a revised schedule for the deferred matriculation exams due to expected heatwave in Sindh. As per a notification issued on Wednesday, the matric and......
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Committee formed to probe attack on PTI's Raoof Hasan PTI information secretary Raoof Hasan sits in a room after being injured during an attack in Islamabad, May 21, 2024. — Facebook/@PTIOfficialThe federal government has formed a committee to investigate the attack on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Information Secretary Raoof Hasan after......
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Military urges Afghan rulers to ensure effective border management amid surge in terror attacks A representational image of armed terrorists. — Reuters/FileRAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army on Wednesday called on the interim Afghanistan government to ensure effective border management amid increased infiltration attempts and terrorist attacks by terrorists using Afghan soil.In a statement,......
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Inter exams postponed for four days: BIEK chairman Representational image of students solving exam papers in Karachi on May 9, 2023. — APPKARACHI: The Board of Intermediate Education Karachi exams slated to start on May 28 have been deferred for four days.BIEK Chairman Prof Nasim Ahmed Memon on Wednesday said that the exams will......
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Inquiry committee formed to investigate Bishkek mob attacks Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar speaks during a presser in Islamabad on May 22, 2024, in this still taken from a video. — YouTube/Geo News LiveISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar Wednesday said that the Pakistani government has decided to form a fact-finding committee to probe the......
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PM to convey Pakistan's condolences on President Raisi's death in Iran visit Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is presiding a meeting in Islamabad on April 3, 2024. —Facebook/ Mian Shehbaz Sharif ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay condolences on the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian and others during a......
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FM Dar takes up Pakistani nationals' concerns with Kyrgyzstan govt after mob attacks Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar meets Kyrgyz counterpart Kulubaev Zheenbek Moldokanovich in Bishkek, May 21, 2024. — X/@ForeignOfficePkAfter Pakistani nationals, including students, suffered mob attacks by locals last week, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq......
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Media associations to move court against 'controversial' Punjab Defamation Bill Representational image. — Reuters/FileThe Punjab Joint Action Committee on Tuesday decided to challenge the Defamation Bill 2024 in the Lahore High Court , terming the legislation as &black law&.The controversial bill was passed by the Punjab Assembly on Monday amid a......
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PTI's Parvez Elahi walks free after months-long incarceration PTI President Parvez Elahi. — Online/FilesLAHORE: In a major development on Tuesday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf President Parvez Elahi walked free from Lahore's kot Lakhpat Jail following months long incarceration.The development comes after the Lahore High Court approved the PTI leader's......
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SCO moot: Dar emphasises two-state solution to Palestine issue Deputy prime minister and foreign minister Senator Ishaq Dar addresses the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting being held in Astana, Kazakhstan from May 20-21, 2024. — X/@ForeignOfficePkAt the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers taking place in Astana,......
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Bill seeks ban on appointment of judges holding dual nationality A policeman walks past the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, October 31, 2018. — ReutersISLAMABAD: A Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl Member of the National Assembly , Noor Alam Khan, has proposed a constitutional amendment to ban the appointment of dual national judges in the higher and top......
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Discos subjecting people to 'collective punishment': Sharjeel Memon Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon addresses the Sindh Assembly session on May 21 in this still taken from a video. — YouTube/Geo News Hinting at moving the court against power distribution companies, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon Tuesday said that......
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Govt expresses 'no-confidence' in Faizabad inquiry report Angry mob can be seen during the Faizabad sit-in operation. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: In line with the observations of the Supreme Court on Faizabad inquiry commission report, the federal government on Tuesday termed the probe findings into the 2017 sit-in unsatisfactory and inconsistent with the......
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PTI's Raoof Hasan injured in attack in Islamabad Raoof Hasan, PTI's spokesperson, walks after being injured during an attack in Islamabad, on May 21, 2024. — Screengrab/X/@PTIofficialPakistan Tehree-e-Insaf Information Secretary Raoof Hasan was injured in an attack in Islamabad on Tuesday.As per initial reports, unidentified men attacked......
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Missing persons case: Justice Kayani says 'no objection' over agencies' lawful work Islamabad High Court's Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani. — IHC website/FileISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court's Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani has said that the court only objects to the unlawful workings of spy agencies and not that which they do in accordance with the law.Hearing a case pertaining......
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Inability to recover missing poet will be state's failure: IHC judge Poet Ahmed Farhad seen in this image. — Facebook/Ahmed Farhad Official/FileISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court&s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on Tuesday remarked that the inability to recover a missing person would be a failure of the state, as he presided over a hearing pertaining to the......
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IHC dismisses disqualification plea against Imran Khan in Tyrian White case Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. — Instagram/@imrankhan.ptiISLAMABAD: A three-member bench of the Islamabad High Court dismissed a petition against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan, seeking his disqualification in the Tyrian White case. The new IHC bench......
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Another batch of students land in Islamabad from Bishkek A Pakistani delegation headed by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar meets Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev in Astana on May 19, 2024. —X/ ForeignOfficePKISLAMABAD: At least 347 more students from Kyrgyzstan have arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday, as the return of Pakistanis stranded in Bishkek......
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Heatwave: Summer vacation schedule changed for Sindh schools? A teacher instructs students during class in Lahore on August 21, 2023. — OnlineKARACHI: As heatwave is expected to grip Sindh from today, the provincial government announced Tuesday the annual summer vacations for schools from June 1 to July 31. According to a notification issued......
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Wheat scandal: No bigwig in inquiry committee report Labourers load sacks of wheat flour at a market in Karachi. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: In a major development for the investigation of the wheat import scandal, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved action against responsible officers with no bigwigs of the caretaker government mentioned in......
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Ogra proposes reduction in Sui gas prices The Oil - Gas Regulatory Authority headquarters. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority on Tuesday proposed reduction in gas prices of Sui Northern and Southern gas companies.Ogra said it made this proposal after making an estimate of the revenue requirements for the......
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Defamation Bill 2024 sails through Punjab Assembly amid opposition ruckus The Punjab Assembly building. — Radio Pakisan/File Amid the strong protest by the opposition, the PML-N-led government on Monday managed to bulldoze the controversial Defamation Bill 2024 in the Punjab Assembly.According to treasury benches, the bill is aimed at stopping fake......
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Punjab changes college timings amid scorching heat Representational image of students solving papers at an examination centre. — PPIIn a bid to protect students from scorching heat, the Punjab government on Monday issued new timings for public and private colleges across the province, effective from May 21 to May 31.In a notification issued......
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