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Page 22 - Latest Updates on Imran Khan

Imran Khan called own legislators for taking bribes: Yousaf Raza Gilani

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Yousaf Raza Gilani, has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan called his own legislators for taking bribes and selling loyalties

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2021 | 7:45 AM IST

Pak PM Imran Khan to seek vote of confidence from parliament on Saturday

The premier will have to dissolve the National Assembly and call for fresh elections if he fails to win the confidence vote

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2021 | 12:36 AM IST

Pakistan opposition parties asks PM Imran Khan to resign honourably

An upbeat opposition asked P "to resign in an honourable way" after the defeat of the govt's candidate at the hands of the PDM candidate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in the Senate elections

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Updated On : 04 Mar 2021 | 10:16 AM IST

Gilgit-Baltistan neglected by Imran Khan despite being a gateway to CPEC

CPEC has saddled Pakistan with debt, it has not lived up to its ambitions, leaving Pakistan to face the inevitability of mortgaging sovereignty further to China

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Updated On : 28 Feb 2021 | 4:30 PM IST

Sri Lanka, Pakistan agree to strengthen cooperation in various areas

The agreement came as visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met here with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for bilateral ties

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Updated On : 25 Feb 2021 | 9:23 AM IST

Imran says Pak seeks to enhance trade ties with Sri Lanka through CPEC

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that he was looking forward to enhancing trade ties with Sri Lanka through the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

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Updated On : 23 Feb 2021 | 10:07 PM IST

Pakistan PM urges world to promote sustainable agriculture to combat hunger

Imran Khan on Wednesday said that 100 million people globally will become poor due to the COVID-19 pandemic, urging the world to promote sustainable agriculture to combat hunger.

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Updated On : 17 Feb 2021 | 11:04 PM IST

Pakistan Army holds month-long war games in Sindh province's Thar desert

"The four-week long defensive manoeuvre exercise is aimed at validating the concept of defence in deserts," the statement said

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Updated On : 14 Feb 2021 | 1:18 PM IST

Broadsheet to seize Pakistani assets after it fails to pay $2.2 million

"Our client has instructed us to seize further assets to satisfy the sums due to it on the outstanding judgments," Broadsheet has said in a letter to Pakistan

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2021 | 6:57 AM IST

Imran Khan should not blame others for his party's actions: PDM Chief

Khan had alleged that Fazl had made "vast amounts of money" while selling votes during the polls for the upper house of the Parliament, reported Geo News

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Updated On : 11 Feb 2021 | 6:57 AM IST

Sharif's party concedes receiving funds from Osama: Ruling party leader

The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader said that the PML-N and the Pakistan Peoples Party had failed to provide the details of their donors

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Updated On : 04 Feb 2021 | 9:57 AM IST

Imran Khan-led Pakistan govt hikes petrol price by Rs 2.70 per litre

Prime Minister Imran Khan led-government on Sunday increased the price of petrol by up to Pakistani Rupees 2.70 per litre

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2021 | 2:09 AM IST

There should be accountability for crimes like Daniel Pearl's murder: UN

Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, had visited Pakistan to report on Islamist militant networks in the country and on the links between ISI and al-Qaeda

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Updated On : 30 Jan 2021 | 10:35 AM IST

Pak to get help from China in improving agriculture sector: Imran Khan

Agriculture is the backbone of the Pakistani economy, and cooperation with China could turn a new page in agricultural modernization and will be a destiny changer for the people of Pakistan, he said

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Updated On : 30 Jan 2021 | 10:06 AM IST

Blinken dials Pak FM Qureshi seeking accountability in Daniel Pearl case

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that Blinken reinforced America's concern over Pakistan Supreme Court's ruling acquitting Pearl's killers

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Updated On : 30 Jan 2021 | 6:35 AM IST

Pakistan: PM Imran Khan angry over reports Arnab Goswami knew about strike

Imran Khan took to Twitter to respond to Indian media reports of an exchange on the WhatsApp messaging service between popular Indian TV anchor Arnab Goswami and Partho Dasgupta

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Updated On : 19 Jan 2021 | 6:33 AM IST

Pakistan PM Imran pitches for border markets with Afghanistan, Iran

The decision to establish border markets was taken in September last year with the objective to provide jobs and promote peace

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Updated On : 18 Jan 2021 | 11:18 PM IST

Pak: Opponents of Nawaz Sharif have fallen in their own traps, says Maryam

Stating that Lahore has been turned "into a pile of garbage", she asserted that the Imran Khan-led government's actions in the Broadsheet charge sheet indicate "foul play"

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Updated On : 18 Jan 2021 | 6:54 AM IST

Imran Khan govt in Pakistan to raise power tariff amid increasing IMF debt

Despite an outcry by its citizens over massive blackout recently, Imran Khan government on Friday has once again planned to raise the power tariffs amid increasing IMF debt

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Updated On : 15 Jan 2021 | 11:56 AM IST

Pakistan's power transmission company blames human error for blackout

The power outage in Pakistan that plunged the country into darkness was triggered by human error that caused a faulty circuit breaker, according to the National Transmission and Dispatch Company

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Updated On : 13 Jan 2021 | 7:18 AM IST