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Pakistan: Pakistan: Did not sign newly “passed” laws, says President Arif Alvi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan media reported that the Official Secrets (Amendment) Bill and the Pakistan Army (Amendment) Bill, 2023 were passed and became laws on Sunday after…
Pakistan: 11 labourers killed in bomb attack in Pakistan: official
ISLAMABAD: Eleven labourers were killed in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, a local government official said Sunday. The device…
Why is blasphemy such a sensitive issue in Pakistan?
ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan, a country with a Muslim majority – Blasphemy is a burning issue. Even mere claims of disrespect towards Islam and its Prophet…
Won’t support ‘forces of darkness’, says Pakistan’s caretaker PM Kakar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar on Friday said the interim government would not support “the forces of darkness” in the society as…
Pakistan Finance Minister: Pakistan appoints former state bank chief as finance minister
KARACHI: A former head of Pakistan‘s central bank has been appointed finance minister in the interim government leading the country to an election due in…
Pak police arrest 2 main suspects involved in attacks on churches, homes of Christians
Lahore: Pakistani police have arrested two prime suspects involved in the unprecedented attacks on 21 churches and nearly three dozen homes of the minority Christian…
Pakistan: Dozens held in Pakistan over church attacks
ISLAMABAD: Scores have been arrested from Pakistan’s Punjab province following mob attacks on churches and homes belonging to Christians over alleged desecration of the Holy…
Elections: Pakistan elections delayed as ECP decides to conduct fresh delimitation of Constituencies
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan‘s election commission on Thursday decided to conduct a fresh delimitation of Constituencies on the basis of the new census, delaying the general elections…
Taliban: Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid it
DUBAI: Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the…
Pakistan appoints new caretaker cabinet ahead of elections
KARACHI: Pakistan‘s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Thursday appointed a new cabinet ahead of the national elections due in early November, broadcaster GEO News…