Lahore, May 16
Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer of slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, and his son were kidnapped today by unidentified men from an area near the border with India, officials said.
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Washington, May 15
US President Barack Obama has congratulated PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, set to become Pakistan’s next Prime Minister, on his election victory and pledged to further strengthen friendly ties with Isla...
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London, May 14
British Prime Minister David Cameron has telephoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif to congratulate him on his party’s success in general elections.Cameron, who took...
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Islamabad, May 12
Pakistan’s largest domestic observer mission said today that the county’s landmark polls were “relatively fair” despite some irregularities and violence at the polling stations.In a key dem...
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Islamabad, May 13
China’s new Premier Li Keqiang will arrive here next week to meet Pakistan’s new leadership to give “further impetus” to the strategic ties between the two ‘all-weather’ allies.
Li’s two-...
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Islamabad, May 13
The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N), which is set to form government in Pakistan, will revisit the foreign policy – including all “covert and overt” agreements with the US – while ties with Ind...
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Srinagar, May 12
Hailing the democratic transition in neighbouring Pakistan where Nawaz Sharif appears set to return to power, the BJP today expressed hope that the new government would further strengthen the proc...
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New Delhi, May 12
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today hoped that India will continue to have good relations with Pakistan if former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif comes to power after the general elections...
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Islamabad, May 17
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf is set to form a coalition government in the militancy-hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province with the support of the Jamaat-e-Islami and Qaumi Watan Party.
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Islamabad, May 15
A team formed to investigate former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the sacking and detention of judges during the 2007 emergency had said in a preliminary report that he cannot be tried unde...
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Washington, May 14
Nawaz Sharif’s decision to invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Pakistan is a “positive sign”, the United States has said as it expressed willingness to work with the new government there.
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Washington, May 14
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman, has resigned from her post.
Congratulating the new parliament on its election, Ambassador Rehman has sent in her resignation to the Prime M...
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Karachi, May 13
Buoyed by an emphatic win by Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani stock market on Monday surged to a record high after crossing 20,000-level for the first time in history and added nearly Rs 10,000 crore to th...
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Kolkata, May 13
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Monday that Pakistan's parliamentary election results set the stage for longer-term stability of our 'B-' sovereign credit rating on the country.
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New Delhi, May 12
Reaching out to the new government in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today congratulated Nawaz Sharif and his party PML(N) for their emphatic victory in elections and conveyed desire to w...
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Islamabad, May 12
In an embarrassing setback to the Pakistan Peoples Party that ruled the country since 2008, former Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf lost the election along with his predecessor Yusuf Raz...
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Islamabad, May 12
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan seems to have bowled an over pitched delivery in Pakistan’s general elections by winning far lesser seats than what he expected, but has yorked everyone out...
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