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Pak PM, defence minister exchange words over neglect of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Imran Khan and Pervez Khattak had a heated exchange of words when the latter said he would not vote for him and complained about the neglect of the north western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Imran to attend Beijing Olympics opening ceremony despite West's Boycott

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will attend the scheduled Beijing Winter Olympic ceremony next month despite the West's Boycott

Pak PM Khan to visit China for Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony

The Beijing Winter Olympics will be held from February 4 to 20, followed by the Paralympics Winter Games from March 4-13

Pakistan Oppn parties mull bringing no-confidence motion against Khan govt

Pakistan opposition parties have started to intensify their efforts against the ruling Imran Khan government including the contemplation of a no-confidence motion.Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday announced that a meeting of the senior leadership of the anti-government Opposition alliance will decide to be held on January 25, to look at the option of a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, according to News International.Addressing a press conference, flanked by the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif, Fazl said: "The anti-government alliance parties are considering options for the immediate dismissal of the incumbent government.""We appeal to the coalition parties of the government to think in the national interest of Pakistan and about the common man," Fazl said.The Jamiat Ulema-e Islam chief said that the long march announced against the government has "become inevitable" and the PDM will march

Pak PM Imran Khan briefed on national and regional security: Report

Khan along with key federal ministers visited Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Secretariat in Islamabad

Pakistan to increase exports to stimulate economic growth: PM Imran Khan

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government remained fully focused on increasing exports to stimulate economic growth.

Minorities in India being targeted by extremist groups, alleges Pak PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday alleged that minorities in India were being targeted by extremist groups and warned that such an agenda "is a real and present threat" to regional peace. Khan took to Twitter to make the allegations in the wake of alleged inflammatory and provocative speeches against Muslims at an event in Haridwar in Uttarakhand held in December. On his Twitter handle, Khan also questioned whether the BJP government supports the call for genocide of minorities in India, especially the 200 million Muslim community. It is high time international community took note & acted, he further said. In another tweet, Khan accused the BJP-led government of targeting minorities in India, adding that the extremist agenda is a real and present threat to peace in our region. Last month, the Pakistan's Foreign Office summoned India's Charge d'Affaires and conveyed its concern over the alleged hate speeches made at the Haridwar conclave. Pakistan conveyed to the Indian

Decision on extension for Pak Army chief Gen. Bajwa can wait: PM Imran

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he has not yet thought about an extension to Chief of the Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure

Imran Khan must resign over illegal foreign funding: Maryam Nawaz

Maryam Nawazhas asked Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign from his office immediately following the "damning" report of the scrutiny committee of the Election Commission of Pakistan

Pak SC warns of summoning Imran Khan if detainee not produced

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Gulzar Ahmed has warned that the Supreme Court will not hesitate to summon Prime Minister Imran Khan

PM Imran Khan launches Pakistan-China investment forum

The country's development is linked to industrial development and promotion of exports, Khan said

Pakistan PM Imran Khan's ex-wife escapes gun attack in Islamabad

Reham Khan in multiple updates on her Twitter handle, complained that she and her staff had to wait for hours to get an FIR registered

Amid rising inflation in Pakistan, Imran Khan govt proposes to raise taxes

With rising inflation in Pakistan, the Imran Khan government on Thursday tabled a mini-budget in the assembly, proposing to raise a variety of taxes in the country

Imran reviews Pak's gas crisis, asks officials to fast-track exploration

Amid the ongoing gas crisis, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired a high-level meeting to review what he described as the "gas situation".

Dark clouds loom large over Imran Khan's fourth year amid graft accusations

The report on "expenditures incurred on COVID-19 by the federal government" has shown irregularities in government interventions to ensure the availability of essential food items

Pak PM Khan hopes to host SAARC Summit after removal of artificial obstacle

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday expressed hope that his country would host the SAARC Summit after the removal of artificial obstacle in its way. Khan made the remarks during his meeting with Secretary-General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Esala Ruwan Weerakoon, who paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister here, according to Foreign Office. The Prime Minister expressed hope to host the SAARC Summit in Pakistan when artificial obstacle created in its way would be removed, said FO. The SAARC - a regional grouping comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - has not been very effective since 2016 as its biennial summits have not taken place since the last one in Kathmandu in 2014. The 2016 SAARC Summit was originally planned to be held in Islamabad on November 15-19, 2016. But after a terror attack on an Indian Army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18 that year, India expressed

Pak PM Imran Khan is called 'puppet' in India: Nawaz Sharif's fresh dig

Sharif, who is presently in London getting treatment for a heart condition, attended, via video link, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz's (PML-N) general meeting held in Lahore on Thursday

Pak PM Imran Khan blames US for deteriorating situation in Afghanistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has blamed the United States for creating a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan that is affecting millions of people and allowing it to worsen."A man-made crisis is being created despite knowing that it can be averted if (Afghanistan's) accounts (in the US) are unfrozen and liquidity is put into their banking system," the Prime Minister said, Dawn newspaper reported.The Prime Minister made these remarks at a ceremony held at Foreign Office to celebrate the successful holding of the extraordinary session of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers on Tuesday.On the other hand, amid the deteriorating economic situation in Afghanistan, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday (local time) said that Washington is looking intensely at ways to put more liquidity into the Afghan economy so as to provide money to the people of the cash-strapped nation."We are looking intensely at ways to put more liquidity ...

Imran Khan admits PTI made mistakes after losing local polls

The ruling party faced startling setbacks in most areas with the candidates of the opposition parties managing to defeat its nominees

Imran Khan under fire after Pakistani rupee plunges more than 70%

Pakistan's rupee has plunged more than 70% in the last three years since Prime Minister Imran Khan took over in August 2018