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Pakistan lawmakers voting to elect 13th president
Sep 04, 2018 07:58Voting in Pakistan’s parliament and four provincial assemblies has gone underway to elect the country’s 13th president, following general elections in July that brought former cricket star Imran Khan to power as prime minister.
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Pentagon cuts military aid to Pakistan
Sep 02, 2018 07:17The US military has declared it is canceling $300 million in aid to Pakistan over what it calls Islamabad’s failure to take decisive measures against militant forces, marking a further deterioration in ties.
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Pentagon cuts military aid to Pakistan over failure to act against militants
Sep 02, 2018 01:32The US military has declared it is canceling $300 million in aid to Pakistan over what it calls Islamabad’s failure to take decisive measures against militant forces, marking a further deterioration in ties.
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No 'third country' can mar Iran-Pakistan ties: Zarif
Aug 31, 2018 14:20Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Pakistan is an "important" neighboring country to Iran, stressing that no third country can negatively affect relations between the two countries.
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FM urges closer ties with Islamabad in talks with Pakistan parliament speaker
Aug 30, 2018 14:19Iran and Pakistan have emphasized their will to bolster neighborly relations in all areas, especially in the fight against terrorism, as Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif pays an official visit to Islamabad for high-level talks.
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‘Iran trains Indian, Pakistani, Omani military commanders’
Aug 28, 2018 08:10Head of the Iranian Army Command and General Staff College (DAFOOS), General Hossein Valivand, announced on Tuesday that the country is training army commanders from the friendly states.
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Iran resumes electricity exports to Iraq, other countries
Aug 21, 2018 08:50Iran has resumed electricity exports to neighboring countries, including Iraq, after riding out much of the baking summer heat which saw the mercury hit 50 degrees Celsius in some cities.
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Pakistan to ban jailed former prime minister from traveling abroad
Aug 21, 2018 03:00Pakistan will bar jailed former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, convicted of corruption, and his daughter Maryam from traveling abroad, the government says.
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India's Modi calls for talks with Pakistan's new PM Imran Khan
Aug 20, 2018 16:27Pakistan's foreign minister says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for dialogue with Islamabad in a letter to the country’s newly elected leader Imran Khan.
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New Pakistan PM vows to target graft, govt. expenses
Aug 20, 2018 07:43Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed in his first speech to the nation to fight corruption and cut government expenses, calling on the rich to pay taxes in support of the poor and help decrease the country’s reliance on loans and foreign aid.