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The auction for Pakistan International Airlines will occur on Oct. 1, as reported by Ary News. The government plans to sell a majority stake to address ongoing losses, following IMF reform suggestions, according to National Assembly official Farooq Sattar.(Reuters)
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Pakistan to hold bidding for national airline on October 1: Report

Sep 25, 2024 08:16 AM IST Bidding for Pakistan International Airlines is set for Oct. 1. The government plans to sell 51% to 100% of…

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Pakistan PM Sharif to hold talks with Oppn leader again on nominating caretaker premier
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Pakistan PM Sharif to hold talks with Oppn leader again on nominating caretaker premier

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the Leader of the Opposition will hold talks again on Friday over the nomination for a caretaker…

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Pak ex-PM Imran Khan kept in bug-infested jail cell, given C-class facilities: Report
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Pak ex-PM Imran Khan kept in bug-infested jail cell, given C-class facilities: Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been kept in a small bug-infested cell with an open washroom in the high-security Attock jail after…

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Pakistan shelves multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project with Iran under pressure from US: Report
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Pakistan shelves multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project with Iran under pressure from US: Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has temporarily shelved the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project to import cheap energy from neighbouring Iran, apparently under pressure from the US which…

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Ready to hold Pakistan election within stipulated time: Poll panel
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Ready to hold Pakistan election within stipulated time: Poll panel

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan slowly moved towards general elections, the country’s top election body on Thursday announced that it was ready to hold polls within the…

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National Elections: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif will hand over power to caretaker government
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National Elections: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif will hand over power to caretaker government

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he will handover the power to a caretaker government in August, ending speculation that his administration was seeking to…

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IMF raises issues with Pakistan's FY23-24 budget; calls it 'missed opportunity'
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IMF raises issues with Pakistan’s FY23-24 budget; calls it ‘missed opportunity’

ISLAMABAD: The IMF has raised several issues in Pakistan‘s budget for the fiscal year 2023-24, calling it a “missed opportunity” but expressed its readiness to…

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Imran Khan's PTI will be 'ultimate loser' if talks on polls fail: Pak govt
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Imran Khan’s PTI will be ‘ultimate loser’ if talks on polls fail: Pak govt

ISLAMABAD: Dismissing Imran Khan’s demand that the National Assembly be dissolved by May 14 for a successful outcome of talks as “impracticable”, Pakistan’s ruling coalition…

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Shehbaz Sharif: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif wins trust vote after Supreme Court swipes at him
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Shehbaz Sharif: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif wins trust vote after Supreme Court swipes at him

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s PM Shehbaz Sharif won Thursday a trust vote in the 342-member National Assembly, with 180 lawmakers reposing “full confidence” in him as leader…

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Emmanuel Macron to speak as anger smoulders over pension reform
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Emmanuel Macron to speak as anger smoulders over pension reform

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron will give a televised interview, his office said Tuesday, after his government fended off two no-confidence votes in parliament over…

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