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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is Pakistan's new prime minister
Aug 01, 2017 16:32Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, a close ally of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has been elected by the country’s parliament to replace the disqualified premier.
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Pakistan extends house arrest of Hafiz Saeed
Aug 01, 2017 16:24Pakistani authorities have reportedly ordered an extension in the house arrest of Hafiz Saeed, the leader of charity group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and the one accused by the United States and India of orchestrating 2008 attacks on the Indian financial capital of Mumbai that killed 166 people.
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Pakistan’s ousted prime minister nominates younger brother as successor
Jul 30, 2017 04:12Pakistan's deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has nominated his brother to be his successor and a nominee to contest the 2018 general elections and his close ally to be interim premier, as hundreds of supporters of ousted Sharif held a demonstration in the capital Islamabad against a Supreme Court decision that disqualified him on corruption charges.
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Four killed in bombing in Pakistan’s volatile Balochistan province
Jul 29, 2017 12:23At least four people have been killed in a roadside bomb attack beside a vehicle transporting villagers in Pakistan’s southwestern restive province of Balochistan near the border with Iran.
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Pakistan’s Sharif resigns after disqualification by Supreme Court
Jul 28, 2017 06:46Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan has resigned following a Supreme Court ruling that disqualified him from office over corruption charges.
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Iran urges end to use of terrorism as means
Jul 25, 2017 12:16The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has denounced a powerful terrorist explosion in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, saying the only way to fight violence is stopping the use of terrorism as a means.
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Explosion claims 25 lives in Pakistan's city of Lahore
Jul 24, 2017 08:59A powerful explosion has claimed the lives of at least 25 people and wounded nearly 40 others in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
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Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif hearings conclude in Supreme Court
Jul 21, 2017 12:59Pakistan's Supreme Court has finished hearings regarding the family wealth of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and will begin deliberations on whether to disqualify him for corruption.
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Terrorist shoot dead four members of Shia Muslim family in southwestern Pakistan
Jul 19, 2017 16:45Heavily-armed terrorists riding on motorcycles have martyred at least four members of a Shia Muslim family and their driver in southwestern Pakistan.
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Lawmakers grill govt. over ex-army chief's role in Saudi-led coalition
Jul 19, 2017 09:55Pakistani lawmakers have grilled the government by raising objections over the appointment of the former army chief General Raheel Sharif as the commander of a Saudi-led military alliance.