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Land possession allegation: Aleem asks Imran to slug it out live on TV


May 7, 2022

LAHORE: Disgruntled PTI MPA Aleem Khan has challenged his party chief Imran Khan for a TV debate with him over the allegations against him so that the people could know truth. Aleem said another disgruntled leader, Jehangir Khan Tareen, should also be part of that sitting on TV so that he could defend himself in the face of Imran Khan’s …

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IHC CJ asks political parties to avoid unnecessary criticism


May 7, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Athar Minallah on Friday advised political parties to refrain from unnecessarily criticising the judiciary and seeking accountability of state institutions under the pressure of political narrative and warned that it would ultimately lead to chaos in the country. The IHC chief justice made the observation during the hearing of a petition filed by former …

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Pakistan delivers relief items for flood victims in Afghanistan


May 7, 2022

Pakistan delivered on Saturday the first consignment of relief goods for Afghan citizens affected by heavy rains and floods in the neighbouring country, according to statements issued by the Foreign Office (FO) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. On Thursday, at least 22 people were reported dead and 40 injured due to floods in Afghanistan while hundreds of homes and crops cultivated over …

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Sirbaz Khan becomes first Pakistani to scale 10 of world’s 14 highest peaks


May 7, 2022

Mountaineer Sirbaz Khan became the first Pakistani on Saturday to climb 10 of the world’s 14 highest peaks — each at a height of more than 8,000 metres — after he scaled the 8,586-metre-high Kanchenjunga mountain in Nepal, according to the Alpine club of Pakistan. Sirbaz was part of a team led by Nepalese mountaineer Mingma Gyalje Sherpa (Mingma G) …

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Rana Sanaullah demands guarantees of ‘peaceful’ PTI march on Islamabad


May 7, 2022

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Saturday warned former prime minister Imran Khan to ensure that PTI’s long march on Islamabad was “peaceful” and “political”, asserting that the government won’t allow an anarchy-like situation to persist in the country. “They will have to give [the government] assurances that the march will be peaceful, political and democratic,” Sanaullah said at a media …

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Zardari sure allies will form govts in Balochistan, KPK soon


May 6, 2022

HYDERABAD/DADU: Former head of state Asif Ali Zardari has said that not he but Bilawal Bhutto Zardari could get the position held by [his grandfather] Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother Benazir Bhutto. “I cannot put my foot in the shoes of Bhuttos,” he remarked. He was addressing party workers in Bandhi town of Shaheed Benazirabad district where former town committee …

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Rashid to move SC against Sanaullah for ‘criminal activities’


May 6, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Thursday vowed to file a reference in the Supreme Court against Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah for his alleged involvement in “criminal activities, including murders”. Talking to journalists, Mr Ahmed said that in a video clip, a former Station House Officer, who mostly served in Faisalabad, the hometown of the interior minister, had …

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NTDC fined Rs50m for failing to restore power in timely manner during last year’s countrywide breakdown


May 6, 2022

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday imposed a fine of Rs50 million on the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) for its “inability to restore power supply in a timely manner” in the wake of the “total power system collapse” that occurred in January 2021. According to the regulator, it took approximately 20 hours to restore the system. …

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KP, Sindh, Balochistan ‘reeling from food insecurity’


May 6, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Multiple shocks, including high food and fuel prices, drought, livestock diseases and widespread loss of income-generating opportunities due to the impact of Covid-19 drove high levels of food insecurity across Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces, says a global report issued on Wednesday. The ‘Global Report on Food Crises’ released by the Global Network Against Food Crises, an alliance …

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Shahbaz Gill says PML-N leaders ‘must be behind’ car accident


May 6, 2022

Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill alleged on Friday that PML-N leaders, including Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah “must be involved” in the car crash — which he claims was an attempt on his life — on the M-2 Motorway in which he was injured a day ago. “Shehbaz Sharif sahab, along with Rana Sanaullah and other friends, must …

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