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PM, PCB hold talks to avoid scheduling clash between PSL and general elections


December 12, 2023

LAHORE: The caretaker government has green signalled the commencement of the ninth season of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) a day after the general elections — which are scheduled for Feb. 8, the day also earmarked for the PSL opener — sources told Dawn. The go-ahead was given by Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar to the Pakistan Cricket Board’s interim management …

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Minorities want bar lifted on non-Muslims from becoming president, PM


August 12, 2023

ISLAMABAD: The Minorities Alliance of Pakistan on Friday demanded more seats in national and provincial assemblies for members of religious minorities besides an amendment to article 41 and 91 of the Constitution to remove the bar on non-Muslims from becoming president and prime minister of Pakistan. Addressing a ‘Jinnah’s Pakistan public rally’ held to mark the National Minorities Day, Akmal …

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PM, wife contract Covid as positivity rate tops 9pc


March 21, 2021

• Modi sends best wishes to Imran • Ministers dispel impression vaccine caused infection • No vaccinations on Sundays, national holidays • Pakistan Day parade to go ahead ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan’s national positivity ratio surpassed nine per cent, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday became the latest head of government in the world to contract Covid-19. His wife Bushra Bibi …

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PM, minister, ARU head liable for Isa reference: SC judge


November 5, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Justice Maqbool Baqar of the Supreme Court has held Prime Minister Imran Khan, Law Minister Dr Farogh Naseem and Assets Recovery Unit (ARU) Chairman Mirza Shahzad Akbar liable under the Income Tax Ordinance (ITO) 2001 as well as the Nadra Ordinance for the institution in haste of the presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. The prime minister is also liable …

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President, PM, ISI chief discuss Covid-19, Indian aggression


April 21, 2020

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed met on Monday and discussed various domestic and international issues, including the Covid-19 pandemic, precautionary arrangements for the forthcoming holy month of Ramazan and Indian aggression against innocent people of occupied Kashmir. According to an official press release, Prime Minister Khan called on …

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PM, Saudi crown prince discuss regional situation


December 15, 2019

ISLAMABAD: In a major outreach to the Arab countries, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday visited Saudi Arabia, while Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa travelled to Abu Dhabi. Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was, according to a diplomatic source, in Pakistan on an unannounced trip. Prime Minister Khan held wide-ranging consultations …

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PM, COAS to meet Chinese leadership on Oct 8-9: FO


October 8, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa will visit China from October 8 to 9, 2019 and hold meetings with the Chinese leadership, including President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. A number of agreements/MoUs are expected to be signed at a ceremony to be witnessed by the two prime ministers, …

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PM, Modi have ‘courtesy’ interaction in Bishkek


June 15, 2019

BISHKEK: When India prepares itself for talks to resolve all outstanding issues with Pakistan, it will find its neighbour prepared, as Pakistan is neither in haste nor troubled, said Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi after the 19th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit concluded in Bishkek on Friday. The foreign minister said: “We need neither to run after anyone nor to …

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PM, aides discuss terms of reference for probe into rise in debt


June 13, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday presided over a meeting to finalise terms of reference (ToR) of a high-powered commission he had announced in his late-night televised address to the nation to probe into a massive rise in foreign debts and misuse of loans, if any, during the last decade. Read: PM Imran vows to go after ‘the thieves …

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PM, army chief discuss security matters


April 5, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa on Thursday held security consultations. In a brief statement issued after the meeting, the PM Office said that the army chief had called on Prime Minister Khan at PM Office where they discussed various important security-related matters. The meeting was held two days after the corps …

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