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'Potential risk of sanctions': US warns India on Chabahar port deal with Iran Iranian flags flutter during an inauguration ceremony for new equipment and infrastructure on February 25, 2019 at the Shahid Beheshti Port in the southeastern Iranian coastal city of Chabahar, on the Gulf of Oman. — AFPAfter India signed a 10-year agreement with Iran to operate the Chabahar......
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Yasmin Rashid seeks judicial commission on May 9 PTI leader Dr Yasmin Rashid can be seen in the picture uploaded on her social media account on May 3, 2023. —X/ @Dr_YasminRashidLAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf leader Dr Yasmin Rashid on Tuesday appealed to Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa to form a judicial commission to probe May 9 cases as......
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Differences deepen among PTI leaders as Qaiser, Faraz argue over Marwat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders Shibli Faraz , Sher Afzal Marwat and Asad Qaiser. — Facebook ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Asad Qaiser and Senator Shibli Faraz engaged in a war or words over Sher Afzal Marwat's expulsion from party's political committee,......
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Will pen letter to Gen Munir on situation in crises-hit country: Imran Khan Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir and PTI founder Imran Khan. — ISPR/Facebook/Imran Khan official/File Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan has said that he will write a letter to Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir on the worsening economic and political......
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Karachi suffers prolonged loadshedding amid extremely hot weather Image taken during a country-wide blackout, on January 10, 2021. — AFPAfter mercury rose from 35°C to 37°C in Karachi, prolonged power outages added to the miseries of residents of the port city as some areas faced over &12-hour loadshedding& amid extremely hot......
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Pakistan, US term TTP, Daesh 'most pressing challenges' to global security Taliban fighters pose with weapons in an undisclosed location. — Reuters/ FilePakistan and the United States have termed the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Daesh as &most pressing challenges& to regional and global security while underlining the importance of bilateral......
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Intra-party polls: ECP seeks PTI reply over 'party constitution, legal violations' An anti-terrorist force personal uses a metal detector to check the area of the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on August 26, 2008. — AFPISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has shown dissatisfaction over the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf&s documents related to the......
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FM Dar reaffirms unwavering commitment to SCO Charter Picture from the meeting between FM Ishaq Dar and Chinese FM and officials on May 13, 2024. — APPBEIJING: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan's unwavering support to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Charter in a meeting with the regional......
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Nation owes its freedom, security to 'valiant warriors': COAS Gen Munir COAS General Asim Munir heartens an attendee at the GHQ Investiture ceremony on May 13, 2024. — X/@PakistanFaujChief of Army Staff General Asim Munir on Monday heaped praise on the martyrs, saying that the country owed its freedom and security to the virtue of the soldiers of armed forces,......
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Bike scheme: Punjab CM wants LHC not to 'interfere' in executive's affairs LAHORE: In the backdrop of the Lahore High Court&s ruling in connection with the bike scheme for students, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Monday pleaded with the court not to interfere in the executive&s affairs.Her remarks came after the LHC last week barred the provincial......
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Slamming crackdown on PTI, Ayub laments inaction on Benazir assassination protests PTI Secretary-General Omar Ayub is addressing the National Assembly session on May 13, 2024. — Screengrab/PTVParliamentOpposition Leader and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Secretary-General Omar Ayub has reiterated the demand to form a judicial commission on the May 9 riots, saying that his party......
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Imran Khan acknowledges Marwat's 'contributions' to party PTI founder Imran Khan and MNA Sher Afzal Marwat. — Facebook/Imran Khan/ Sher Afzal Khan Marwat/FileIncarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan on Monday said that MNA Sher Afzal Marwat was asked several times not to violate the party's policy before he was expelled from the......
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What are environmental factors behind 'feels like' temperatures? A volunteer showers a woman with water during a heatwave in Karachi. — AFP/FileMeteorologists outlined the science behind varying actual and 'feels like' temperatures as Karachiites braced for a cycle of heatwaves amid predictions of high mercury hovering between 35°C and 37°C which......
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Hazim Bangwar irks Fawad Chaudhry with his 'off-centre attire' Hazim Bangwar seen in eccentrict outfit at a local event. — Instagram/hazimbangwar/FileThe latest attire showcased by former assistant commission Karachi Hazim Bangwar, who is known for his eccentric dressing sense, at a recent fashion event did not sit well with ex-federal minister Fawad......
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After days-long protests, AJK govt accepts AAC's demands, notifies power, food subsidies AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq addresses the press conference in Islamabad on May 13, 2024. — Screengrab/Geo NewsAzad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq has announced that the government accepted &all demands of Awami Action Committee & and......
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PM Shehbaz steps down as PML-N president Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif waves at the crowd during a PML-N gathering. — X/@CMShehbazPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has resigned from the post of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz president, party infromation secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb confirmed on Monday.Aurangzeb shared the......
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ECP suspends lawmakers elected on reserved seats denied to SIC A security personnel stands guard at the headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on September 21, 2023. — AFPISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Monday suspended the lawmakers elected on the reserved seats that were denied to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ......
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Protesters refuse to go home despite PM Shehbaz's approving Rs23bn for AJK Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif presiding over the high-level meeting in Islamabad over unrest in AJK on May 13, 2024. —PMO ISLAMABAD: Participants of Awami Action Committee -led protest on Monday refused to end demonstration despite Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif okayed a Rs23 billion......
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Senator Siddiqui says PTI only interested in Imran Khan PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui can be seen talking to the host in a Geo News programme on December 16, 2023. —Screengrab/ Jirga with Saleem SafiISLAMABAD: Citing the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf 's desire to hold talks with the military establishment, Senator Irfan Siddiqui Monday said the......
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Spreading of 'classified information' to be 'charged' under Official Secrets Act 2023 Defence Minister Khawaja Asif addresses a press conference in Islamabad on May 9, 2024. — OnlineThe government is set to tighten the noose around social media users in Pakistan with Defence Minister Khawaja Asif asserting that strict notice has been taken against the "unauthorised......
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March heads toward Muzaffarabad as strike against inflation enters fourth day A large number of people are marching towards Muzaffarabad in Aza Jammu and Kashmir on April 13, 2024. — Screengrab/ X/ @upuknews1MUZAFFARABAD: The Awami Action Committee -led long march on Monday left for Muzaffarabad, capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir , as the shutter-down strike against......
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Beware Karachiites! A hotter day ahead with 'feels like' temperatures as high as 42-deg;C A large numbers of people are enjoying and cooling themselves during hot weather at the Seaview beach in Karachi on April 28, 2024. — PPIKARACHI: The summer season's feel-like temperature in the port city to fluctuate between 40 to 42 degrees Celsius as residents will experience......
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Video of SSP serving tea to political leaders goes viral A video of a senior superintendent of police went viral on social media on Sunday in which he was seen serving tea to some political leaders during a ceremony. Sindh Inspector General Ghulam Nabi Memon took action against the SSP's action, labelling it as "very wrong". He added that a......
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Bilawal Bhutto honours late mom Benazir in touching Mother's Day post Benazir Bhutto and Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari pose for a photo in this picture from the past — PPP/FilePakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday honoured his late mother, Benazir Bhutto, in a touching social media post on Mother&s Day. World marked the......
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MQM-P abolishes convener's post, appoints Siddiqui as party chairman MQM-P Convener Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui addresses a presser in Karachi on April 20, 2023. — X/@MQMPKOfficialKARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan has appointed Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui as the party&s chairman after a major changes were made in the organisational structure,......
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PM promises unwavering support to Saudi investors Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday met Sardar Ilyas Khan, the president of a well-known Saudi business group in Islamabad. — PID Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday assured the local and foreign investors as well as foreign companies of government's unwavering support, in a......
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Inflation protests: AJK situation 'will hopefully be settled soon', says PM Shehbaz Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting in Peshawar on March 6, 2024. — PIDPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday expressed deep concerns over the prevailing tense situation in Azad Jammu and Kashmir following the recent clashes between the police and the demonstrators protesting......
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Training being imparted to cops to e-tag outlaws: IG Memon Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon speaking to someone at his office in Karachi on April 22, 2024. —Facebook/ Sindh PoliceKARACHI: Sindh Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon Sunday said the law enforcement agency was working on electronic tagging of outlaws and......
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Rangers called in as protests against inflation enter 3rd day in AJK The picture shows people protesting in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. — X/@ansar22522After violent protests erupted in Azad Jammu and Kashmir killing a policeman and injuring many others, the regional government on Sunday has called in the Rangers.The decision was taken on the call of Awami Action......
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Deal struck to deploy early warning forecast system in Pakistan's earthquake prone areas Representational image of a weather forecast equipment installed on a hill. — APP/FileThe China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre for Earth Sciences and the National Disaster Management Institute have formalised an agreement aimed at improving disaster management, especially in......
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