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Imran Khan’s party forms committee to take up rights issues with international community

ISLAMABAD — Hours after PTI founder Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi’s conviction in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case, the former ruling party has constituted a 12-member committee to raise human rights-related issues with the international community. According to a notification issued by PTI Addition Secretary General Firdous Shamim Naqvi on Friday, former […]

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Pakistan PM forms committee to review Imran Khan’s party demands

ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee comprising members from all ruling parties to review demands submitted by the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said PM’s aide on political affairs Rana Sanaullah on Thursday. Flanked by the government’s negotiation committee head Senator Irfan Siddiqui, Sanaullah addressed a press conference in Islamabad to brief […]

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Soldier, six terrorists killed as aid convoy attacked in Pakistan’s Kurram district

KURRAM — A soldier was martyred while six terrorists were killed after security forces retaliated to an attack on an aid convoy carrying essential goods for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s violence-marred district of Kurram, local administration said on Thursday. “A soldier is martyred and four others sustained injuries in the attack,” said Additional Deputy Commissioner Shaukat Ali, […]