Sun 10 April 2022: Following Imran Khan’s ouster in a no-confidence vote, Pakistan’s parliament will elect a new prime minister on Monday. Shehbaz Sharif, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is the allied opposition’s joint candidate. The 70-year-old played a key role in the opposition’s attempt to destabilize Khan’s government. He previously […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: A diplomat appointed by the Taliban as their charge d’affairs in Moscow took office on Saturday, an official with the interim Afghan administration said. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, thanked Moscow for “accrediting the Afghan diplomat” and “facilitating the role of the Afghan Embassy in ensuring bilateral relations.” The […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: After a surge in cases in Shanghai caused the American consulate to let some workers leave the city, China blasted the US for making “groundless accusations” regarding its Covid-19 policy. Since March, over 100,000 cases in Shanghai’s 25 million residents have been locked down in phases, causing food shortages and conflicts […]
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Sat 09 April 2022: Prime Minister Imran Khan has dismissed reports of the removal of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Baja, Geo News reported citing well-placed sources. Sources told Geo News that PM Imran Khan, in a conversation with senior journalists, said that he has no plans to make changes to the defence […]
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Sat 09 April 2022: The opposition’s no-trust motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan succeeded an hour past midnight on Sunday, with 174 members in the 342-strong house voting in favour of the motion. PML-N’s Ayaz Sadiq, who was chairing the session, announced the result. Minutes before voting began, National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser resigned from […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque Sheikh Ikrama Sabri says that every morning in the mosque I remember Prime Minister Imran Khan in prayers. Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Noor-ul-Haq Qadri had a video link with Sheikh Ikrama Sabri in which the Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque said that Imran Khan’s unwavering stand on […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Pakistan is going through a constitutional crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided a no-confidence vote on Sunday which was initiated by opposition legislators late last month in an attempt to oust him amid accusations of economic mismanagement and spiralling inflation. In response, Khan claimed that a “foreign conspiracy” was being […]
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Thus 06 April 2022: Pakistan’s Supreme Court says Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to dissolve parliament was illegal and ordered the house be restored. The decision on Thursday came after four days of hearings by the top court. Khan will now face a no-confidence vote by lawmakers that he had tried to sidestep. The assembly will […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: According to the Xinhua news agency, Shanghai has transported 12,111 people who were close connections or had come into touch with COVID-19 positive patients to the province of Zhejiang. According to a Xinhua report, the two neighboring Chinese provinces reached an agreement in the aftermath of the recent spike in cases […]
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Thu 07 April 2022: ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) has called upon YouTube to review its decision to block a TV channel run by the late Dr Israr Ahmed’s foundation over charges of hate speech. “This unilateral shutdown of Dr Israr Ahmed’s channel, a prominent Muslim scholar, raises questions about the arbitrary limits of […]
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