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Turkish officials to visit Pakistan amid regional tensions: Erdogan

“Ensuring the delivery of urgent supplies to Gaza is of the utmost importance” ISTANBUL: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin will visit Islamabad next week to discuss tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Turkish president announced on Sunday. Speaking to reporters aboard his flight back from Azerbaijan, […]

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Prime Minister withdraws proposed immunity clause

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses a banquet in honor of government and coalition senators in Islamabad. Photo: Express ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday ordered the withdrawal of a proposed clause in the 27th constitutional amendment to grant immunity to the prime minister, stressing that an elected leader must remain “fully accountable”. In a

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Corruption scam shakes up NCCIA

ISLAMABAD: A mega corruption scandal has hit the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), Rawalpindi-Islamabad hard, as two additional directors, along with several other officials, are accused of accepting substantial monthly bribes in exchange for protection and cover for allegedly illegal activities carried out in 15 call centers run by foreign nationals in a private housing

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Opposition calls 27th bill “new 9/11”

ISLAMABAD: The Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) on Sunday denounced the 27th Amendment as an “attack on the Constitution” and “9/11 Pakistan”, as the opposition alliance announced the launch of a nationwide protest campaign to resist the “direct attack on the foundations of the state”. Addressing a joint press conference in Islamabad, alliance leaders, including National

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“Those who harbor TTP and BLA are not friends of Pakistan”

Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday warned that it would treat the Afghan Taliban regime as an enemy if it continued to provide shelter and support to terrorist groups such as the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). “TTP/FaK [Fitna al-Khawarij] and BLA/FaH [Fitna al-Hindustan] are avowed

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