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Funeral prayers for Sepoy Maqbool Hussain offered

The funeral prayers for 1965 war hero Sepoy Maqbool Hussain, attended by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa and other high high-ranking military officials, were offered on Wednesday.

August 29, 2018
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FM expressed deep concern over announcement of the sacrilegious competition

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi spoke with his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok over the telephone yesterday to discuss the issue of blasphemous caricatures completion by anti-Islam Dutch parliamentarian Greet Wilders.

August 29, 2018
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Offshore Companies Case: Zulfi Bukhari appears before NAB

Zulfi Bukhari, a close friend of Prime Minister Imran Khan, appeared on Wednesday before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday in a probe related to offshore companies.

August 29, 2018
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Foreign Minister calls for strengthening Pak, UK trade ties

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls for strengthening Pak, UK trade ties.

August 29, 2018
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‘Railways no one’s father’s property': Opposition walks out over Sheikh Rashid’s comment

The opposition walked out of the Senate session in protest on Wednesday after Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid said land belonging to the railway ministry was not anybody’s “father’s property”.

August 29, 2018
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Indiscriminate accountability govt’s top priority: PM Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan emphasised on rooting out corruption from the country during a meeting with the chairman of the National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday.

August 29, 2018
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NRO case: SC summons 10-year record of Zardari, Musharraf's assets

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a 10-year record of the assets and foreign and local bank accounts owned by former presidents Pervez Musharraf and Asif Ali Zardari.

August 29, 2018
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Interpol rejected request for Musharraf's arrest: interior secretary

The interior secretary told a special court on Wednesday that Interpol rejected the request for the arrest of former president Pervez Musharraf.

August 29, 2018
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Pakistan to hold water talks with India today

The talks between Pakistan and India would be held today over reported violation of the Indus Water Treaty, with two controversial water storage and hydro power projects being built by India.

August 29, 2018
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Arif Alvi, Aitzaz Ahsan's nomination papers for presidential election approved

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday scrutinised and approved the nomination papers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Dr Arif Alvi and Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Aitzaz Ahsan for the presidential election.

August 29, 2018
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'Used Google' to calculate per km cost of PM's commute via helicopter: Chaudhry

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said Tuesday he had "used Google to calculate" the per kilometre cost of Prime Minister Imran Khan's commute between his official accommodation and private Bani Gala residence.

August 29, 2018
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Money Laundering Case: Anwar Majeed, Son Sent To Jail

A banking court on Tuesday has sent Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed and his son Abdul Ghani Majeed, to jail on judicial remand in mega money laundering case.

August 28, 2018
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Asif Zardari denies owning of property, bank accounts abroad

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has informed the Supreme Court that he does not own any properties or bank accounts abroad.

August 28, 2018
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Indian Water Commission Delegation Reaches Lahore to Discuss Water Issue

The 9-member Indian Delegation reached Pakistan on Tuesday via Wagha border the construction of two Indian power projects under the ambit of the Indus Water Treaty.