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Pakistan PM Khan cabinet to meet as delay continues on ouster vote

ISLAMABAD, April 9 – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan convened a cabinet meeting for Saturday night as delays dragged on over a vote in parliament on whether to oust him. The meeting comes hours after parliament was abruptly adjourned before the vote that Khan was widely expected to […]

Pakistan PM Khan protests to US about alleged interference

ISLAMABAD, April 1 – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said his government handed an official protest to the U.S. embassy on Friday over what it called Washington’s interference in the country’s affairs. “We now have given a demarche to (the) American embassy,” Khan told local television channel ARY […]

Pakistan PM Khan faces toughest test as no-confidence move looms

ISLAMABAD, March 20 – Pakistan’s parliament will convene on Friday to take up a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, the lower house speaker’s office said on Sunday, in what is shaping up to be his toughest test since coming to power in 2018. An alliance of […]

Pakistani dissidents slam PM Khan for calling Osama bin Laden ‘martyr’

Washington, Jun 30:  A group of Pakistani dissidents have expressed dismay over Prime Minister Imran Khan calling slain al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden a “martyr,” saying this could be out of a “sinister reason” of putting the West, especially the US on notice. Under the […]

Pakistan PM says Trump asked him to mediate with Iran

United Nations (US) Sep 25 : Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday Donald Trump had asked him to mediate with Iran to defuse tensions, though the US president later suggested it was Khan who approached him and nothing was final. Khan met Trump and Iranian President Hassan […]

Pakistan considering closing air space to India: minister

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering a complete closure of air space to India and blocking Indian land trade to Afghanistan via Pakistan, the minister for science and technology said on Twitter. “PM is considering a complete closure of Air Space to India, a complete […]

FATF Asia-Pacific Group puts Pakistan in terror ‘blacklist’: Officials

New Delhi, Aug 23: The Asia Pacific Group of the FATF, a global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering, has put Pakistan in a terror ‘blacklist’ for its failure to curb funnelling of funds to groups responsible for scores of attacks in India, officials here said on […]

PM Imran Khan says no militants will be allowed to attack from Pakistani soil

ISLAMABAD  – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said no militant group would be allowed to operate from Pakistani soil to carry out attacks abroad, days after his government announced a sweeping crackdown against Islamist militant organisations. Pakistan faces growing international pressure to rein in Islamist groups […]

Pakistan gets a boost of confidence but IMF bailout still on the cards

    ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani finance minister’s bullish comments declaring the end of an economic crisis have bolstered confidence ahead of crunch talks with the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday, but the country is still likely to need a bailout. Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Tuesday […]

Pakistan to begin talks with IMF over yet another bailout

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan begins nearly two weeks of talks with the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday over what would be the South Asian country’s 13th IMF bailout since the 1980s to help it end a spiralling current account crisis. Finance Minister Asad Umer says $12 billion is required […]

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