AT a recent presser, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah had some ominous words for the opposition in Punjab: “We will not let Elahi become the chief minister so easily. If five to seven PTI lawmakers do not show up on Friday, how will the party have its chief minister?” This warning …
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• Parvez Elahi’s supporters number 187, Hamza Shehbaz camp has 179 members • Both sides make hectic last-minute efforts to ensure numbers • Zardari, Shujaat meet twice in span of few hours • LHC asks Punjab IGP, CS to ensure all MPAs cast their votes safely and freely LAHORE: All …
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KARACHI: Expecting it as a major and final push to their campaign for the upcoming local government elections in the city, local leaders and workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) faced a setback to know that party chairman Imran Khan postponed his Karachi visit ahead of Punjab’s chief minister election tomorrow even …
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WASHINGTON: The United States has also removed Pakistan from a list of countries that allow the recruitment of child soldiers. On Tuesday, the US State Department upgraded Pakistan on another list of states that do not take adequate steps to curb human trafficking — removing it from a watch list …
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QUETTA: Adviser to Balochistan Chief Minister on Home and Provincial Disaster Management Authority Mir Ziaullah Langove claimed on Wednesday that five of the nine killed in a recent operation conducted by security forces in Ziarat belonged to a terrorist organisation. However, he said, their names were included in the missing …
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up on Thursday a contempt of court petition against Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz, federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah and Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb for allegedly threatening to make PTI MPAs disappear before the July 22 election for a new CM. The petitioner — Punjab Assembly …
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• Attributes slide of rupee to ‘political turmoil’ • Economic fundamentals on trade front in ‘ideal situation’ • PM briefed on financial situation as economy ‘goes south’ • Economic, political situation tops agenda as cabinet meets today ISLAMABAD: Blaming political factors for the latest downturn in currency and share markets, …
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• Boat meant for 45 people was carrying over 90 people when it capsized • Survivor says plank fell out of the hull DADU/RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least 26 people were laid to rest in their native village Hussain Bakhsh Solangi near Machke in Sindh and 27 remained missing despite …
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IT was a perplexing victory speech and one which is bound to leave a bad taste. Despite the PTI upending the assessments of nearly every observer watching the Punjab by-polls with its unexpected sweep of 15 of the 20 seats up for grabs, party chairman Imran Khan continued to attack Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar …
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The Foreign Office on Tuesday rejected PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s claims that the cypher — at the centre of PTI’s foreign conspiracy claims — received from the Pakistani embassy in Washington was initially hidden from then-prime minister Imran Khan and then-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi. In a short statement issued …
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