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References filed in ECP, Punjab Assembly to disqualify Imran Khan over Gulalai’s allegations

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Lawyer Raja Basharat has filed a petition in the Election Commission of Pakistan, seeking Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman’s disqualification on the basis of “shameful” allegations of harassment levelled against him by former PTI lawmaker Ayesha Gulalai. PML-N’s Hina Pervaiz Butt, also on Wednesday, submitted a resolution in the Punjab Assembly for Imran Khan’s disqualification on the basis of Article 62 and 63 in light of Gulalai’s allegations. A day earlier, as she announced to part ways with the PTI, Gulalai accused Khan and his “gang” of having an “immoral character”. She…

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وفاقی کابینہ کی تقریب حلف برداری ملتوی، ذرائع

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وفاقی کابینہ کی تشکیل سے متعلق معاملات طےنہ ہوسکے جس کے باعث تقریب حلف برداری ملتوی کردی گئی ۔ ذرائع کے مطابق وفاقی کابینہ نے آج شام حلف اٹھانا تھا لیکن اب حلف برداری کل ہوگی۔ایوان صدر کو اس بارے میں آگاہ کر دیا گیا ہے۔ ذرائع کا یہ بھی کہنا ہےکہ وزارت خارجہ، خزانہ، دفاع، داخلہ اور تجارت کے قلمدانوں کی تقسیم کے حوالے سے معاملات طے نہیں ہوسکے ہیں جس پر مزید مشاورت جاری ہے جو مکمل ہونے کے بعد ہی کل تقریب حلف برداری کا اعلان کیا…

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India should return to negotiating table without preconditions: Basit

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The outgoing High Commissioner for Pakistan in India Abdul Basit on Monday regretted the two neighbours could not start the comprehensive bilateral dialogue as agreed in December 2015 and urged India to return to the negotiating table without further ado and any preconditions. The envoy, in an Op-Ed page article published in the Times of India, reiterated that Pakistan and India cannot live in ‘perpetual hostility’. Basit said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to attend Narendra Modi’s inauguration showed Pakistan’s intent to initiate a new beginning with New Delhi. Also…

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Moody’s expresses fears about continuity of policies

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ISLAMABAD: The New York-based credit rating agency Moody’s on Tuesday expressed fears that Nawaz Sharif’s disqualification as a member of parliament in the Panama Papers case could pose risks to continuity of policies in Pakistan and might impact adversely on its rating. “If heightened political uncertainty and strife among the various branches of government disrupt the administration’s economic and fiscal agenda, macroeconomic stability and the government’s access to external finance could be impaired, weighing on Pakistan’s credit profile,” the agency said. Also Read:Widow of late Edhi Ms Bilquis Edhi to visit Norway soon…

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For Pakistanis, China ‘friendship’ road runs one way

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TASHKURGAN, CHINA: The China-Pakistan Friendship Highway runs over 1,300 kilometres from the far western Chinese city of Kashgar through the world’s highest mountain pass and across the border. For China, the two-lane thoroughfare symbolises a blossoming partnership, nourished with tens of billions of dollars of infrastructure investment. But for many businessmen living and working on the Chinese side of the border, the road is a one way street. Also Read:Shehbaz Sharif advised to stay put in Punjab The project is a crown jewel of China’s One Belt, One Road [OBOR] initiative,…

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Widow of late Edhi Ms Bilquis Edhi to visit Norway soon

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Widow of Late Abdul sattar Edhi Ms Bilquis Edhi will visit Norway shortly. Late Edhi was a Pakistani philanthropist, ascetic, and humanitarian who founded the Edhi Foundation, which runs the world’s largest volunteer ambulance network,along with homeless shelters, rehab centres, and orphanages across Pakistan. Her son Faisal Edhi will also be accompanying Ms Edhi while travelling to Oslo, the Norwegian capital. Both have been invited by Pakistan Union Norway headed by its Chairman Ch Qamar Iqbal. They will be chief guests in a huge gathering in connection with Pakistan National…

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Shehbaz Sharif advised to stay put in Punjab

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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to suggest to the PML-N chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to reconsider his decision to get him (Shehbaz) elected as the next prime minister of Pakistan and to allow him to continue working as chief minister of Punjab. After the apex court on July 28 disqualified prime minister Nawaz Sharif for hiding assets in his nomination papers for 2013 polls, Nawaz had named his younger brother, Shahbaz, as his successor during the PML-N’s parliamentary party meeting. However, as Shehbaz must first…

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The First Lady, Begum Mahmooda Mamnoon Hussain attends UK-APWA Re-Union at the Pakistan High Commission, London

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  The First Lady, Begum Mahmooda Mamnoon Hussain attended the UK-All Pakistan Women Association (APWA), reception as Chief Guest at the Pakistan High Commission London on 31 July 2017. She was invited by Begum High Commissioner Mrs Sadaf Abbas, who is also Patron UK-APWA. The event was held for the Re-Union of UK-APWA Executive Committee.  On her arrival at the High Commission, the First Lady was received by H.E. Syed Ibne Abbas, the High Commissioner and his wife. In her remarks on the occasion, the First Lady dwelt upon the…

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عائشہ گلالئی کا تحریک انصاف چھوڑنے کا اعلان

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پاکستان تحریک انصاف کو ایک اور دھچکا، ناز بلوچ کے بعد عائشہ گلالئی نے بھی پارٹی کو چھوڑ دیا۔ پی ٹی آئی کی رہنما اور رکن قومی اسمبلی عائشہ گلالئی نے کہا کہ میں نے پی ٹی آئی چھوڑ دی ہے، تحریک انصاف میں خواتین کی عزت نہیں ہے، پارٹی ورکرز احتجاج کرتے رہے مگر کسی نے نہ سنی۔ عائشہ گلالئی نے الزام لگایا کہ پارٹی چیئرمین کی وجہ سے ہماری مائیں اور بہنیں محفوظ نہیں ،ان کی حرکتیں ٹھیک نہیں،یہ انگلینڈ نہیں پاکستان ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ جیسی پارٹی وہ…

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Blast at Shia mosque leaves 15 dead in western Afghan city

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HERAT: An explosion in a Shia mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat on Tuesday killed at least 15 people and wounded many others, a police spokesman said. Abdulhai Walizada, a local police spokesman, said there appeared to be more than one attacker, with a suicide bomber who detonated explosives and another who threw grenades at worshippers. Source: Express Tribune

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انڈیا میں وزارتِ گائے قائم کرنے پر غور

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انڈیا کے شہر لکھنؤ میں ایک پریس کانفرنس کے دوران بے جے پی کے رہنما امت شاہ نے کہا کہ گائیوں کے لیے ایک الگ وزارت قائم کرنے کے بارے میں سوچا جا رہا ہے۔ انھوں نے کہا: ‘اس بارے میں بہت سی سفارشات آ رہی ہیں،اور اس پر غور و خوض جاری ہے۔’ اس موقعے پر ریاست اترپردیش کے وزیرِ اعلیٰ جوگی ادتیاناتھ بھی ان کے ساتھ موجود تھے۔ فی الحال یہ واضح نہیں ہے کہ یہ وزارت کیا کام کرے گی۔ انڈیا میں حالیہ دنوں میں گائے کے…

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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi elected prime minister of Pakistan

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PML-N’s nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was elected prime minister of Pakistan after bagging 221 votes during a vote carried out to elect a short-term successor to ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Following the announcement by NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq in this regard on Tuesday evening, the PML-N lawmakers resorted to sloganeering in favour of Nawaz Sharif. The NA session was called by President Mamnoon Hussain following a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the Panama Papers case in which Nawaz Sharif was disqualified as PM after being deemed unfit to hold…

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ڈاکٹر محمد طاہرالقادری ایک ہفتہ کے دورے پر ناروے پہنچ گئے

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ڈاکٹر محمد طاہرالقادری ایک ہفتہ کے دورے پر ناروے پہنچ گئے۔ایرپورٹ پر کارکنان کی بڑی تعداد موجود مقامی قیادت اور کارکنان کی طرف سے شاندار استقبال کیا گیا۔ کارکنان کی طرف سے پهولوں کے گلدستے پیش کیے گئے۔ ڈاکٹر محمد طاہرالقادری دورہ ناروے کے دوران تین روزہ یوتھ کیمپ میں روزانہ ۔خطاب کریں گے۔ ڈاکٹر محمد طاہرالقادری 7 اگست کو پاکستان کے لیے روانہ ہوں گے۔

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کراچی کی زیر زمین لائن سے تیل کی چوری کا تہلکہ خیز انکشاف

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کراچی کے زیر زمین لائن سے تیل کی چوری کا تہلکہ خیز انکشاف سامنے آگیا۔ تفصیلات کے مطابق شاہ لطیف ٹاون پولیس نے تیل کی چوری میں ملوث گینگ کے چار کارندے گرفتار کرلئے، ملزمان کا گروپ آٹھ افراد پر مشتمل ہے۔ پولیس کے مطابق ملزمان نے ایک ماہ میں 52 فٹ کھدائی کرکے کراچی سے ملتان جانے والی ڈیزل کی مین لائن سے لاکھوں روپے کا تیل چوری کیا۔ پولیس نے ملیر ندی سے چار ملزمان دھر لئے، ملزمان چار سو فٹ پائپ کی مدد سے آئل ٹینکر بھرتے…

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PML-N gears up to end PTI govt in K-P

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PESHAWAR: PML-N has finally decided on bringing an in-house change and overthrowing the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government in Khyber-Pakhtunkwa. The provincial leadership said that the PML-N central leadership had turned down a number of parties’ request who wished to form a coalition government in K-P. However, the party had now decided to bring an in-house change. “We could have formed a PML-N government but respected the PTI mandate. However, PML-N provincial assembly members should gear up for an in-house change and soon there will be a change in the K-P assembly,” PML-N…

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