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Imran meets COAS: DG ISPR

Web Desk — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:06:27 +0000

RAWALPINDI – Chairman Pakistan Tehrik e Insaf Imran Khan on Friday called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Chairman PTI Imran Khan called on COAS. Imran Khan felicitated COAS on his prom and appointment. Various issues came under discussion. — Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) March 31, 2017 Imran Khan felicitated […]

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Pakistan is honored by global friends: COAS

APP — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 22:06:25 +0000

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday said those who propagate to isolate Pakistan should see how Pakistan was actually valued and honored by the global friends. The COAS while interacting with foreign military teams participating in second Pakistan Army Team Spirit Competitions (PATS), being organized near Mangla, said that […]

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Pakistan suicide blast targeted Christians: Taliban

AFP — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 10:16:55 +0000

Lahore (Pakistan) – A Taliban suicide bomber who attacked a Pakistani park crowded with families on Easter Sunday was targeting Christians, the group said, as the death toll rose to 72 including many children. Hundreds were hurt when explosives packed with ball bearings ripped through crowds near a children’s play area in the park in […]

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PIA flight from Toronto makes crashes landing at Karachi airport

Agencies — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 10:11:10 +0000

A Pakistan International Airlines flight (PK-1782) arriving from Toronto to Karachi crashed into a jetty soon after landing at the Jinnah International Airport. All passengers on board were rescued safely. Civil Aviation sources said that it has been decided to conduct a medical check-up of the pilot to ascertain his mental and physical health. The […]

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Govt announces cut in prices of HSD, kerosene oil

Web Desk — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:25:53 +0000

The government has slashed the prices of high speed diesel, light diesel and kerosene oil for the next month. Announcing reduction in prices at a news conference here on Thursday, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said the price of high speed diesel has been reduced by three rupees to 80.79 from 83.79, light diesel by 8.29 […]

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Security tightened countrywide on new year’s eve

Web Desk — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:39:47 +0000

Special security measures have been taken in the country to avoid untoward incidents on the eve of New Year celebrations. According to reports, Sindh government has banned pillion riding at midnight tonight. In Islamabad, 1500 police officials will be deployed at various parts of the city to ensure every possible security. Meanwhile, security has been […]

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54% Pakistanis oppose the idea of privatizing state owned industries

Web Desk — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:32:27 +0000

According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 54% Pakistanis said that they would oppose the idea of privatizing state owned factories and industries. A nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked, “Suppose that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif creates a situation where he is […]

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NAP should be implemented in letter and spirit: Bilawal

Web Desk — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:03:26 +0000

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party has stressed that National Action Plan should also be implemented in letter and spirit in Gilgit-Baltistan as well as it a national plan to eliminate terrorism from all over the country. PPP Chairman was talking to the newly-elected Party cabinet of Gilgit-Baltistan led by President Amjad Hussain Azhar, […]

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Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away

Web Desk — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 02:41:30 +0000

Makhdoom Amin Fahim, aged 76, was senior vice chairman of the PPP and member of the National Assembly from Hala (NA-218). Veteran politician and senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim died in the early hours of Saturday at a local private hospital in Karachi, state-owned Radio Pakistan reported. Fahim, 76, was diagnosed […]

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Pakistan army chief to visit US, hold talks on Afghanistan: officials

AFP — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 01:53:32 +0000

Islamabad – Pakistan’s army chief General Raheel Sharif is set to visit the United States next week to hold talks with top officials on security issues including the stalled Afghan peace process, the military said Sunday. The November 15-20 visit comes weeks after a trip by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and is viewed by […]

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COAS arrives in Germany on daylong official visit

Web Desk — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:21:59 +0000

General Raheel Sharif will address the Central and South Asia Security Conference. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has arrived in Munich on a daylong official visit to Germany. During his stay in Munich, General Raheel Sharif will address the Central and South Asia Security Conference on Monday.

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Pakistan provincial minister among 14 killed in suicide attack

AFP — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:46:53 +0000

Shadi Khan (Pakistan) – Two suicide attackers on Sunday killed a Pakistani provincial minister who had campaigned against militants along with at least 13 other people after detonating a bomb at a meeting the minister was attending. “Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada has embraced martyrdom,” said chief rescue official Mohammad Ashfaq. Khanzada, 71, had been […]

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Pakistan minister resigns after BBC claims of ISI coup plot

AFP — Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:14:17 +0000

Islamabad – A Pakistani government minister resigned Saturday, officials said, after a controversial interview with the BBC in which he claimed the country’s former chief spy had conspired to stage a military coup last year. Climate change minister Mushahid Ullah Khan told the British broadcaster in an interview published online on Friday that the retired […]

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Punjab Govt orders probe into huge child abuse scandal

AFP — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 04:11:48 +0000

Lahore (Pakistan) – A Pakistani province on Sunday announced a judicial inquiry into a massive child abuse and extortion scandal allegedly involving hundreds of victims amid mounting calls for justice. At least 280 children were filmed being sexually abused by a gang of 25 men who blackmailed their parents by threatening to leak the videos, […]

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Top Pakistan judges back controversial military courts

AFP — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 08:26:49 +0000

Islamabad – Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday approved controversial new military courts set up to hear terror cases, rejecting an attempt to have them ruled illegal. Lawmakers had voted in January to amend the constitution to establish the military courts, as part of a crackdown on militancy following a Taliban massacre at a school which […]

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Pakistan claims killing of major Al-Qaeda commander in country

AFP — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 04:19:36 +0000

Quetta (Pakistan) – Pakistani security forces have killed a senior Al-Qaeda commander and detained his wife in an overnight raid on his hideout in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, a provincial minister said Sunday. The security forces also took the couple’s two young daughters into custody during the raid in the Chaghi district. “An important […]

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Driver detained for breaching Pakistan PM’s convoy: officials

AFP — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 04:18:05 +0000

Islamabad – Pakistani authorities on Sunday detained a man on suspicion of attempting to ram Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s car as it was travelling in a security convoy, officials said. The man was detained and his vehicle impounded after he tried to get closer to Sharif’s car as the prime minister was returning to the […]

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Pakistan slum demolition drive exposes housing crisis

AFP — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 22:56:38 +0000

Islamabad – Ashrak Khan wore a defeated expression as he surveyed the brownish-grey shanty homes of his neighbourhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, his house marking the border between those still standing and others now reduced to rubble. The 45-year-old fruit vendor and his family have lived in the slum since moving from the Swabi […]

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Taliban deny reports of Haqqani network founder’s death

AFP — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 15:58:42 +0000

Kabul – The Taliban on Saturday denied reports of the death of the founder of Haqqani network, its allied militant group blamed for some of the deadliest attacks in Afghanistan. Some Pakistani media reported the death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, said to be in his 70s, on Friday when his son Sirajuddin was announced as one […]

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Maleeha Lodhi terms the post-2015 Agenda as a roadmap for future development

Web Desk — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 13:23:27 +0000

Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi has termed the post-2015 Agenda as a roadmap for future development. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi has called for children to be “front and centre” of the post-2015 development agenda. In her presidential address of the annual session of UNICEF’s Executive Board in New York, she hoped the […]

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