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House Will Be Taken On Board Before Availing IMF Loan: Umar

Minister for Finance Asad Umar told Senate on Friday that currently one million people are filling their tax returns and there is room to further enhance the figure to about three million.

August 31, 2018
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Zardari jokes about using a helicopter

Former president and co-chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari joked about using a helicopter after appearing before a local banking court today in connection with the money laundering case.

August 31, 2018
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Army chief, Iranian foreign minister discuss regional security

Army Chief General Qamar Jawed Bajwa met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday.

August 31, 2018
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PM assures MQM-P of support in resolving Karachi issues

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) of the federal government’s support for resolution of problems plaguing Karachi.

August 31, 2018
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Iranian foreign minister, Qureshi discuss regional peace, stability

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday, the Foreign Office said.

August 31, 2018
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One martyred as Pakistan Navy helicopter crashes in Arabian Sea

A crew member of Pakistan Navy was martyred on Friday as their helicopter crashed in the Arabian Sea, a spokesperson said.

August 31, 2018
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Two MQM Workers Sentenced To Death In Zahra Shahid Murder

An anti-terrorism court of Karachi awarded death penalty to two MQM workers in the murder case of PTI leader Zahra Shahid.

August 31, 2018
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Zardari granted interim bail in money laundering case

A local banking court on Friday granted interim bail to former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in connection to a money laundering case.

August 31, 2018
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Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs calls on FM Qureshi

Japan's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Nakane called on his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday, the Foreign Office said.

August 31, 2018
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Abolition of deprivation, backwardness in KP govt's top priority: Speaker NA

Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that Pakistan will sign agreements of mega projects with China and Iran, which will stabilize the country economically.

August 31, 2018
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We'll see how transfers are made through exerting pressure: CJP

The Supreme Court on Friday began hearing a suo motu notice of the transfer of Pakpattan District Police Officer Rizwan Gondal following an alleged altercation with the former husband of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife.

August 31, 2018
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Cancellation of blasphemous contest is moral victory of Muslim Ummah: FM

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said it was a great moral victory of the entire Muslim Ummah that the Dutch anti-Islam damned lawmaker cancelled plans to hold a contest of blasphemous cartoons.

August 31, 2018
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Blasphemous caricatures 'an issue of every Muslim': PM Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan said Thursday he would move the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) in an effort to raise the issue of blasphemous caricatures in the United Nations.

August 31, 2018
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Civil-Military Leadership On Same Page: Fawad Chaudhry

Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that this time both civil and military leadership of the country are on the same page and shares the same book.