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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police reported Wednesday that a day after letters containing a powdery substance and threatening messages were delivered to all judges of Islamabad high court, similar letters were received by four judges of Lahore HC and five of Supreme Court, including Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa.According to the FIR, the letters included a particular
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s consumer price index for February was up 23.1% from the same month last year, marking the slowest rate of annual inflation since June 2022, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday. The country has been struggling with soaring inflation, which last May hit an all-time high of 38% on an
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Sharif-Zardari-Bhutto coalition is on a tricky wicket. Imran’s PTI will likely queer the pitch. Expect little change in New Delhi-Islamabad ties Pakistan’s just been through a rocky general election. Given its fractious politics, it was well known polls couldn’t be free and fair. Yet Pakistan is getting a new elected government, notwithstanding the way Imran
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ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan‘s party on Tuesday demanded chief election commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja’s immediate resignation for failing to hold “free and fair” elections after allegations of massive poll rigging emerged.The 71-year-old’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said that the CEC had “no right to stay in the position for a single
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ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan PM Imran Khan‘s party Sunday demanded a judicial probe into allegations of vote rigging even as two major political parties failed to reach a power-sharing formula to form a coalition govt.Though independent candidates backed by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won the maximum number of seats in Parliament, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN)
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People have voted against the military’s political favourites but General Munir still gets to cook up the next coalition government Pakistanis braved stiff odds on Feb 8 to cast their vote. A strong electoral tsunami, led by young voters, coalesced a distinct anti-army mood with deep anger at economic hardships and a sympathy wave for
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan responded strongly to criticism regarding the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which took place amidst sporadic militant attacks and a complete shutdown of mobile phone services. The Foreign Ministry defended the vote, stating that it was peaceful and successful.The US State Department expressed concern about the elections, citing restrictions on freedoms of expression,
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Gautam Bambawale, Praneet Shukla and Manasi Pendharkar PM-probable Sharif will be junior partner to Pakistan army’s top general. India, far more powerful, needn’t do anything. But it should listen if Rawalpindi reaches out General elections were held in Pakistan yesterday. In a reversal of the situation from last time, Imran Khan is in prison with
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) will approach election tribunals on Monday to challenge the rejection of the nomination papers of scores of its candidates, including party founder Imran Khan, Dawn reported.This comes a day after most of its nominees failed to clear the scrutiny of nomination papers filed for the 2024 general elections.Party’s Central Information Secretary
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan caretaker government slashed the rates of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Pakistan rupees (PKR) 14 and PKR 13.5 per litre respectively for the next fortnight, Dawn News reported.It reported citing a notification from the Pakistan Ministry of finance, the new prices of petrol are PKR 267.34 and PKR 276.21 for HSD.Meanwhile,
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