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British Hindus seek UK PM's intervention over Pak minority persecution

British Hindu umbrella organisations have issued a joint letter to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeking urgent action from Pakistan over the rampant persecution of Hindus in the country

Senior Iranian cleric demands Pak PM to end targeted killing of minorities

Condemning recent attack in Pakistan that killed 11 people from the minority Shiite Hazara community, senior Iranian cleric Shirazi demanded Imran Khan to put an end to targeted killing of minorities

7 officials suspended for negligence after power failure in Pakistan

Pakistan's Central Power Generation Company suspended seven officials of Guddu Thermal Power Station on account of negligence during their duties which caused a massive power failure

Pakistan's Covid-19 tally crosses 500,000 as 2,899 new cases emerge

With the Covid-19 situation worsening in Pakistan, the number of coronavirus infections crossed the grim milestone of 500,000 cases on Sunday as 2,899 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours

Relations with Pakistan at 'historic low': French President's top advisor

French President Macron's top advisor, Emmanuel Bonne on Thursday said that the relations between France and Pakistan are at a 'historic low' amid a spat of terror attacks in the former nation

Pakistan cancels 200,000 fake citizen ID cards held by Afghan refugees

Pakistan has cancelled about 200,000 computerised national identity cards (CNICs) fraudulently held by Afghanistan refugees

45 more arrested over attack on Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested 45 more people for their alleged involvement in the vandalisation of a Hindu temple by a mob led by members of a radical Islamist party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Want to learn from China's development model to abolish poverty: Imran Khan

Khan said that Beijing had managed to prove that poverty alleviation is real development

Resign before Jan 31 or will march to Islamabad: PPP chairman to Imran Khan

Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reiterated the demand made by the 11-party opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement seeking Imran Khan's resignation by January 31

Don't need army's support to overthrow Imran Khan, says Maryam Nawaz

Hitting out at the Imran, Maryam also said that "We told you (Imran Khan) the very first day that you have nothing to do with this fight... this is elders' fight and you are only a puppet"

Maryam Nawaz lashes at Imran, asks why he assumed office if wasn't prepared

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday ripped into the government, asking why Prime Minister Imran Khan assumed office when he was not prepared for the challenges

Time for performance has arrived, Pak PM Imran Khan tells his ministers

Imran Khan has said the PTI government has to take its performance to much higher levels in the remaining time of its five-year tenure

Afghan-Taliban delegation meets Pakistan PM Imran Khan, discuss peace

The visit is part of Pak's policy to reach out to key Afghan parties in the Afghan peace process

How a 10 billion-tree plan is restoring Pakistan's lost forests

Pakistan is among the six countries that face the biggest impact from climate change, according to the United Nations, with risks of floods, melting glaciers and droughts

Impossible but Pakistan army wants to wipe out Mohajirs, says MQM founder

The MQM founder stated that "our elders" broke India in the name of Islam and made Pakistan but raised the question as to who got the benefit of making Pakistan

At least 25 injured in an explosion in busy market in Pakistan's Rawalpindi

At least 25 people were injured in an explosion in a busy market near a police station in Pakistan's Rawalpindi, officials said

Pak lawmakers to resign en masse to paralyse govt: PDM chief Rehman

The political crisis in Pakistan has deepened after an 11-party Opposition alliance announced that the lawmakers will resign en masse by the end of this month from parliament to paralyse the government and force Prime Minister Imran Khan to call early snap polls. The decision was taken after the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an alliance of 11 Opposition parties formed in September this year to overthrow Prime Minister Khan's government, held a marathon meeting in Islamabad. PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman announced on Tuesday night that a consensus was reached on resigning from parliament. "All lawmakers will submit their resignation letter to their party chiefs by 31st December," he said, flanked by PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The exact timing of stomping out of assemblies would be decided later, said Rehman. Soon after the election in 2018, he had urged the Opposition leaders not to take oath to join parliament due to alleged rigging. Bu

Imran Khan govt focusing on false propaganda, not real issues: Nawaz Sharif

Former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif said the incumbent PM Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government was solely focusing on false propaganda while choking the poor and their jobs

Pakistan PM Imran Khan appoints his lawyer as head of state-run channel PTV

Bukhari and Nadeem are over 65 and, therefore, the ministry had sought relaxation from the federal cabinet regarding their age

India's neighbours beat first wave, but Covid-19 cases are rising again

The contrasting impact across South Asia has been striking despite sharing common traits of young populations spread across densely packed cities and expansive hinterlands