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Police officer killed, over 100 injured in clashes during protest in PoK
Islamabad: One police officer was killed and more than 100 people, mostly policemen, injured in violent clashes between security forces and protesters agitating against high prices of wheat flour and electricity in…
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IMF doubts cash-strapped Pakistan’s repayment capacity
Islamabad: The IMF has said that Pakistan faces major debt-repayment challenges and expressed serious doubts over the cash-strapped country’s capacity to repay the global lender, according to a media report on Saturday.…
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Pak to seek USD 12B debt rollover from China, Saudi ahead of IMF visit
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to seek a rollover of around USD 12 billion debt from key allies like China in the 2024-25 fiscal year to meet a whopping USD 23 billion worth…
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Imran Khan shows readiness for probe into 2014 sit-in by his party
Islamabad: Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday showed readiness for any inquiry into the 2014 sit-in by his party, a day after the army spokesperson hinted at a judicial…
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‘Won’t tolerate foreign interference in internal affairs,’ Imran Khan’s party tells US
Islamabad: Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Monday claimed to have told the US ambassador in Pakistan that they would not tolerate foreign interference in the country’s internal…
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IMF approves immediate disbursal of USD 1.1 bn loan tranche to Pakistan
Washington: The International Monetary Fund has approved an immediate disbursal of USD 1.1 billion to Pakistan as part of a bailout package and said the country needs to take tough measures to…
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Pakistan’s right-wing Islamic leader says Imran’s party has right to hold rallies
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…
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ICG apprehends Pakistani boat with huge consignment of narcotics
Ahmedabad: In a major success, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), following an overnight aerial-maritime joint operation with the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), on Sunday apprehended a…
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Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar appointed as deputy PM
Islamabad: In a surprise move, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was on Sunday, April 28, appointed as the country’s deputy prime minister. Dar, 73, a chartered accountant and a veteran politician, belongs…
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Judge abducted in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Peshawar: A district and sessions judge was abducted on Saturday by armed men in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. Shakirullah Marwat was kidnapped near Tank and Dera Ismail (DI) Khan…