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I was asleep when I fell and sustained injuries: Naeem Bukhari

LONDON: Prominent lawyer and PTI leader Naeem Bukhari has said that he was “asleep” when he fell at a London underground tube station and ended up breaking four ribs and injuries to head.

In an interview with Geo News

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Ahsan Iqbal airlifted to Lahore after assassination attempt in Narowal

NAROWAL: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal narrowly escaped death when he was shot at after a political rally in his hometown Narowal on Sunday evening, officials said.

He escaped the assassination attempt with

Details: Category: Pakistan; Published: 06 May 2018

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Imran, Zardari to suffer defeat in elections: Nawaz

MANSEHRA: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif is confident that PTI chairman Imran Khan and PPP president Asif Ali Zardari will suffer defeat in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Addressing a mammoth gathering of supporters at

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Early summer vacations on the cards in Sindh

KARACHI: The Sindh government may announce annual summer vacations earlier than schedule owing to extremely hot weather and Ramazan.

According to sources, Sindh Education Department has submitted a summary, seeking early summer

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KP govt determined to complete Peshawar BRT in ‘record time’: CM Khattak

PESHAWAR: Failing to complete a major infrastructure project on time, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is in a panic mode and has sacked the chief of Peshawar BRT company blaming

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EXCLUSIVE: British Transport Police says no ‘murder attempt’ on PTI leader Naeem Bukhari

LONDON: The British Transport Police (BTP) have said that no “murder attempt” was made on prominent Pakistani lawyer Naeem Bukhari who remains admitted in St Mary’s Hospital after sustaining

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23 killed after twin coal mine collapses in Quetta

Quetta: Twenty-three people were killed and 11 wounded after gas explosions tore through two neighbouring coal mines in southwestern Pakistan, officials said Sunday.

Shortly before midday on Saturday, a build-up of methane caused

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Female European traveler admires beauty of Gilgit-Baltistan

A European traveler recently travelled to Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan’s Attabad Lake and admired the beauty of the region.

"A young female tourist, Eva zu Beck, all the way from #Europe visited the beautiful landscape

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Naeem Bukhari incident being treated as 'attempted murder': report

Investigators in UK are treating an incident involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Naeem Bukhari as "attempted murder", daily Dawn reported on Sunday.

According to the newspaper, the police in London

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Pakistani man's maiden trip to Europe on foreign airline is the funniest thing on internet right now

Friends of a Pakistani lawyer recently put up a banner congratulating him for his maiden trip to Europe, giving the netizens a good reason to chuckle.

The picture of the banner

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UK MP Naz Shah meets Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: British MP Naz Shah called on PTI Chairman Imran Khan at his Bani Gala residence in Islamabad on Saturday.

“She exchanged views about the relations of Pakistan and England on different levels,” according to a statement issued by the PTI.

Imran Khan warmly

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Indian HC supports revival of cricket to normalize Pak-India ties

KARACHI: Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria on Saturday said there was a lot of positivity among the people of India and Pakistan.

The governments also have positive intentions to normalize the relations.

“There is need for

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Unified MQM factions hold joint rally at Liaquatabad

KARACHI: Two factions of MQM-Pakistan joined hands on Saturday to flex their political might in a joint rally at Tanki Ground in Karachi's Liaquatabad on Saturday.

The rally comes a week after PPP held a rally at the same ground.

“Despite all the o

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Naeem Bukhari rejects propaganda on London accident

KARACHI: PTI leader Naeem Bukhari has rejected rumors circulating on social media with regard to his accident at a London subway on Wednesday.

“I fainted and suffered a collapse at an underground station in London,” Bokhari told media persons on Sat

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Army, PAF test joint conventional fire power capability

JHELUM: Pakistan Army and Air Force tested their joint conventional fire power capability in Central Command exercise at Jhelum firing ranges. Commander Central Command Lt General Azhar Saleh Abbasi briefed the audience about aims, objectives and

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Shehbaz urges Imran to end feud with Nawaz

RAHIMYAR KHAN: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged PTI chairman Imran Khan to mend ties with PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif.

”Khan sahab says that Shehbaz Sharif is more dangerous than Nawaz Sharif. Khan sahab, it took you so long to realize that Nawaz S

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Sixteen killed in coal mine collapse in Marwaarh near Quetta

Quetta: Sixteen miners were killed and nine others were wounded Saturday when a coal mine collapsed due to a gas explosion in southwestern Pakistan, officials said.

The accident occurred in Marwaarh, 45 kilometres (28 miles) east of Quetta,

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International Maritime Symposium 2018 to be held on 07 May 2018

Islamabad: Institute of Maritime Affairs (IMA), BU Islamabad, is holding one day "International Maritime Symposium" on 07 May 2018, in Islamabad.

The main theme of symposium is "Impact of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the

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CJ takes notice of killing of six labourers in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar Saturday took notice on killing of six labourers hailing from Okara while fixing phone tower in area of Liji at District Kharan.

Moreover, it has also been reported that almost one and half years back,

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Adopted son kills mother, two sisters to grab their property

GUJRANWALA: A woman along with two daughters was allegedly killed by her adopted son here in Ghania, an area of Kamonki Tehseel.

It was reported that Adeel, identified as the convict, killed his adoptive mother and her two daughters in his

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No place for politics of hatred, fear in Karachi, says CM

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that Karachi had experienced dark clouds on its political horizon in 1980s and everywhere there was a wave of fear and insecurity but “we have cleared it completely and will not allow a

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Nisar says advised Nawaz to dial back criticism on judiciary, army

ISLAMABAD: Veteran PML-N leader Chaudhry Nisar said that he had advised Nawaz Sharif to tone down his criticism against army and judiciary in the wake of his ouster by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case.

Addressing a press

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Chaudhry Nisar is not joining PTI

ISLAMABAD: Former Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar is not likely to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf after parting ways with the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN), Geo News reported on Saturday.

According to the TV channel, the mercurial leader of the PMLN is d

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PM Abbasi says politicians deserve respect

PASRUR: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Saturday said the politicians deserve due respect as they were mandated by masses to serve the country.

He said country’s progress was linked with this reverence.

He was addressing a gathering after performing the

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Ex-brigadier rejects Imran Khanallegations

Ex-brigadier rejects Imran Khan’s allegations

LAHORE: Brigadier (retd) Muzaffar Ranjah has rejected Imran Khan's claim that he played any role to favour the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz in the general elections of 2013.

Speaking to Geo News on Saturday, he called for formation of a judicial

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Army chief confirms death sentence of 11 terrorists

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentences of 11 terrorists, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.

A statement issued by the ISPR said convicts were involved in attacks on

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PML-N to win 2018 polls with a bigger margin: PM

NARH (Kahuta): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday expressed his confidence that with an exceptional performance over the past five years in government, the PML-N would win with a bigger margin in the 2018 general election than that of 2013 polls.

“Whe

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Tiger of Maysore: Pakistan remembers Tipu Sultan on 218th death anniversary

Pakistan on Friday commemorated 218th death anniversary of 18th century ruler Tipu Sultan.

A tweet on the Government of Pakistan's official handle describes Tipu as an important and influential historical figure who has been

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