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Imran Khan wants to ruin Pakistan through agitation: Shehbaz Sharif

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said: "Defeat is the destiny of those who are doing the long march," The News reported.

Pakistan: Imran Khan's party all set to resume stalled long march today

Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is poised to resume its stalled long march on Thursday from Wazirabad in Punjab province, where an assassination attempt was made on the former premier last week. The long march to Islamabad, demanding fresh general elections, was suspended following the attack on Khan. Khan, 70, suffered bullet injuries in the right leg when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others standing on a container-mounted truck in the Wazirabad area, where he was leading the march on November 3. He underwent surgery for bullet injuries at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital owned by his charitable organisation. He is advised to take rest for four to six weeks by doctors. The former cricketer-turned-politician, who is recovering from injuries, had announced resumption of the long march on Tuesday but later the party changed the decision and rescheduled it for Thursday. He would join the long march in Rawalpindi when it reaches there in 10 to 14 days. "PTI

T20 World Cup: Pakistan knocks New Zealand out, books a slot in the finals

Pakistan now waits for the winner of today's tie between India and England to set up the finals clash for the ICC men's T20 World Cup

Imran Khan assassination bid: PTI to approach SC to register FIR: Report

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf will be approaching the Pakistan Supreme Court to register the FIR in the incident of attack on Imran Khan, reported The Nation

Pakistan govt to implement 'interest-free' banking system by 2027

In a significant move, Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dhar on Wednesday announced that the country would move towards an 'interest-free' banking system under the Islamic law by 2027. The announcement came with Finance Minister Dhar conveying the government's intention of withdrawing its appeals against the Federal Shariat Court's April decision of eliminating interest from the country in five years, the Dawn newspaper reported. According to the Federal Shariat Court (FSC), the prevailing interest-based banking system in Pakistan was against the Sharia law as interest was absolute in all its forms according to the injunctions of Islam. "With the permission of the prime minister and consultation with the State Bank of Pakistan governor, I'm announcing on behalf of the federal government that the SBP and National Bank of Pakistan will withdraw their appeals from the Supreme Court and our government will fully try to as quickly as possible implement an Islamic system in Pakistan," Da

Imran Khan rejects police report into shooting, says current PM not named

Police in the Punjab province, where the attack took place Thursday, registered a complaint, known as First Information Report. Khan's party rejected it since it doesn't name current PM Shehbaz Sharif

Zardari calls for impartial investigation over attack on Imran Khan

'I would like to reiterate my unequivocal condemnation of this attack. There must be a free, fair and impartial investigation'

Imran Khan's party Tehreek-e-Insaf to resume long march on Thursday

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's long march, which was suspended after the failed assassination attempt on party chief Imran Khan last week, will resume on Thursday, two senior party leaders said on Monday. Speaking to party workers at Zaman Park in Lahore, Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi announced that the long march will resume on Thursday from the same location where the attack on Khan took place. Another senior leader Faisal Javed Khan also said that the party's long march will resume on November 10. This is the third time that the party has changed the date of the long march which came to a halt after the failed assassination bid on 70-year-old Khan. First, the party had said the march will resume on Tuesday, but later changed the date to Wednesday. Fawad Chaudhry, former information minister and Senior Vice President of the party, earlier in a tweet said that the party's long march will resume on Wednesday instead of Tuesday at 2pm local time. The march was launched on October

Ex-PM Imran Khan committing 'treason' against Pakistan, says minister

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has accused Imran Khan of "committing the crime of treason against the state," and exhorted institutions like the judiciary to stand up against the former premier's "wretched agenda." Speaking during Geo News' programme "Naya Pakistan" on Sunday, Sanaullah said, "Khan only has one demand: he wants to be adopted by the institutions to make him sit on the prime minister's chair." "Institutions, government, Parliament, and the judiciary should stand against his wretched agenda," he said, adding that Khan will never be successful in his agenda against the country and the nation.

T20 World Cup: Super 12 wrapped up, India to fight England in semi-final

Pakistan to face New Zealand in the first semi-final on Wednesday; South Africa out

2 killed, 13 injured in gas explosion in Pakistan's Karachi: Police

Two Pakistani women were killed and 13 others injured in a gas explosion in their apartment in Karachi's heavily populated Gulistan-e-Jauhar area, police said. A senior police officer said that a 40-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter were killed in the explosion on Saturday night. The explosion which took place late at night was so powerful that it also damaged other flats on the floor and left 13 people injured, he said. The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital. SHO Bashir Randhawa said that three injured were critical. The Bomb Disposal Squad confirmed the explosion was caused by a gas leak and said it had destroyed doors and domestic use goods were destroyed.

Police reluctant to file FIR as complaint has army general's name: Imran

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that an FIR has not been registered on the botched "assassination attempt" on his life as authorities are refusing to file the case unless he removes an army general's name from the complaint. Khan, 70, suffered a bullet injury in the right leg on Thursday when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others mounting on a container-mounted truck in the Wazirabad area of Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march against the Shehbaz Sharif government.

500,000 children face physical assaults every year in Pakistan: Expert

About five lakh children are subjected to physical assaults every year in Pakistan, according to a report released by child experts.The report is a grim reminder of Pakistan's human rights situation and rampant prevalence of child abuse in the country, reported Pak vernacular media, Sindh Express.According to the report, around 46 lakh girl children are married at less than 15 years of their age, and about 1.90 crore children are married even before they are 18 years of age."We think the federal government should go for a crackdown against such malpractices; also those pressurizing children for begging be immediately arrested and be it, parents or guardians," said the report.Further, the report suggested that children found begging on roads should be given safe shelter and strategies be made for making them good citizens by getting them education and skill training, reported Sindh Express.It is an admitted fact that whatever atmosphere a child gets from birth till the age of seven ...

Deadlock deepens over filing of FIR over attack on Imran Khan

A deadlock over filing an FIR in connection with an assassination attempt on Imran Khan has deepened when the former premier's party raised questions over alleged police reluctance to register their complaint, while the police denied having received any application, according to a media report on Sunday. Khan, 70, suffered a bullet injury in the right leg on Thursday when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others mounting on a container-mounted truck in the Wazirabad area of Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march against the Shehbaz Sharif government.

What is 'loss and damage' compensation at COP27 and who should pay?

The COP27 summit follows a year of such disasters, from floods that killed more than 1,700 people in Pakistan to drought withering crops in China, Africa and the U.S.

Imran Khan will return to political arena in two to three days: PTI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Hammad Azhar said that former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will return to the political arena in two to three days.Talking to the media at the Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Lahore, Azhar said their part will continue their 'long march' toward Islamabad against the attempted assassination of Imran Khan, Geo News reported.On Thursday, the PTI chief was injured after a man opened fire at him in Gujranwala. The former prime minister sustained injuries on his leg and has been shifted to a hospital for treatment, Geo News reported.The attacker on Imran Khan was "a religious fanatic engineered at a studio," the PTI leader emphasised, adding that the PTI leaders are going to meet in this regard and will brief the media afterwards.Azhar said a total of Rs 15 million will be given to the family of Moazzam Gondal, the youth who lost his life during the gun attack on Imran Khan on November 3 in Wazirabad, reported Geo News.He said he would take the bereaved ...

Pak media watchdog bars TV channels from airing Imran Khan's speeches

Pakistan's electronic media watchdog on Saturday prohibited television channels from broadcasting or rebroadcasting ousted premier Imran Khan's speeches or media talks, saying airing such content would likely to create hatred among the people and endanger national security. The Pakistan Electronic Media and Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) warned that it will suspend the broadcasting licence in case of any violation. In case of any violation, the observed licence may be suspended without any show-cause notice in the public interest along with other enabling provisions of law, it said in a notification. It also said that Khan during his long march speeches and a day ago in an address from hospital made aspersions against the state institutions by levelling baseless allegations for orchestrating an assassination plan. The media watchdog said that airing such content violated several laws and was likely to create hatred among the people or was prejudicial to the maintenance of law and or

Pak receives assurances of $13 bn package from China, Saudi Arabia

The cumulative loan that Pakistan has sought from China amounts to $8.8 billion

Pakistan: Imran Khan's attacker, Naveed, is a drug addict, probe reveals

The suspect told the police that he bought 26 bullets along with a pistol through a man named Waqas from Wazirabad.

Deadlock over filing of FIR over assassination attempt on Imran Khan

A deadlock persists over filing an FIR in connection with an assassination attempt on Imran Khan after the former prime minister refused to withdraw the name of a senior Pakistan Army officer from the complaint, which also carries the names of the Prime Minister and the Interior Minister. Khan, 70, suffered a bullet injury in the right leg when two gunmen fired a volley of bullets at him and others mounting on a container-mounted truck in the Wazirabad area of Punjab province, where he was leading a protest march against the Shehbaz Sharif government.