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In his address on Saturday, Imran had threatened to file cases against Islamabad’s inspector general of police and deputy inspector general of police and said: “We won’t spare you.”
The former premier had also taken exception to Additional District and Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry, who had approved Gill’s two-day physical remand at the request of the capital police, and said she should “prepare herself as the action would be taken against her”

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The armed forces, which have pledged to stay out of the political feuding, are caught in the middle. The current army chief — widely considered the most powerful person in Pakistan — is due to retire in three months, and the replacement process has sparked a swirl of rumors and criticism. The Army’s image has also come under attack, especially among Khan supporters on social media.

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ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister of the country Khwaja Asif agreed on the agitation against the presence of Taliban in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region following the protests about the matter. Responding to independent MNA from erstwhile Federally-Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) Mohsin Dawar who drew the attention of the house towards the rise in terrorism in KP after arrival of Taliban from Afghanistan, the defence minister admitted that the law and order situation was worsening in the province. He, however, termed it a “national issue”, instead of a provincial matter. The minister regretted that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leadership, including former prime minister Imran…

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ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan Wednesday hinted at a ‘terrible conspiracy’ to show as if his party and the army were each other’s rivals. In a news conference on video-link from his Banigala residence, Imran said he was under 18 when he visited the-then East Pakistan to play a match in March 1970 and stayed there with his cousin Brigadier Shafique to find out how much hatred had spread between the largest party there and the army. “After that, we all know our country disintegrated. Today, the same effort is being made,” he cautioned, referring to…

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The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in a tweet on Sunday, urged for increased security for “minorities” for the Ashura religious ceremony to take place without being attacked again. The recent explosions west of Kabul were referred to as “international crimes” by Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, in a tweet, and it was stated that those responsible will face justice. Two deadly explosions occurred in Kabul’s western neighborhoods of Sar-e-Kariz and Pol-e-Sokhta on Friday and Saturday, respectively, leaving many people dead and injured, primarily Shia Afghans who were observing the Shi’ite Muslim occasion of Muharram. The…

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By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Pakistan felicitated the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States on the 55th ASEAN Day. Founded on principles of cooperation, amity and non-interference, ASEAN has evolved into a dynamic and integrated economic community advancing shared interests of regional peace and development.Pakistan has long-standing cooperation with ASEAN, as the Sectoral Dialogue Partner since 1993, member of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) since 2004, also having acceded to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in South East Asia in 2004. Pakistan appreciates ASEAN’s progress and significant strides in advancing regional cooperation. In line with its…

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By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: In a move that the analysts describe as the beginning of a new wave of terrorism, four soldiers were martyred in a suicide blast at a military convoy in the Mir Ali area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district. Not sure who was the target of the suicide bomber who was apparently intercepted by the military convoy in the middle of the road. The suicide bomber could have caused catastrophe in the city if he was not intercepted by the soldiers on time. However, it was yet to ascertain who was behind the attack. A…

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