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MQM founder Altaf Hussain’s London home ‘attacked by masked men’
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder and leader Altaf Hussain’s north London home has come under attack after two masked men entered the property and attempted to force their way into the house, according to accounts provided by MQM officials and videos shared showing the two men jumping inside the house and causing damage. Footage…
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Govt finalises plan for specialised recruitment under civil service reforms
Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday led a multi-party consultative process on the long-awaited civil service reforms, with the government finalising a plan for specialised recruitment through either cluster-based examinations or separate tests for each occupational group. Under the proposed reforms, the CSS examination will continue, while candidates will have the option to take…
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JI’s long march to reach Islamabad on Sept 23-24, says Hafiz Naeem
Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Friday said that the party’s march will reach Islamabad on September 23 and 24 and a train march will leave Karachi on September 20 Addressing a press conference in the federal capital, the JI chief said that people would begin arriving in Islamabad from all four directions on…
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Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad’s Vision Shares Common Ground with Pakistan Awami Party’s Position: Muhammad Rizwan Khan
KARACHI: Secretary Information of Meri Pehchan Pakistan (MPP) Muhammad Rizwan Khan, along with MPP leaders Abrar Ahmed Siddiqui, Ayan Sameed and others, met Pakistan Awami Party Chairman Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Secretary General Miftah Ismail and Karachi President Sheikh Salahuddin in Karachi. The meeting focused on Pakistan’s political and administrative situation, relations among the federating units,…
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Sixteen martyred, over 50 injured in Kohat Police Lines explosions
KOHAT: At least 16 people, including five police officials, were martyred and more than 50 injured after explosions targeted a mosque inside Kohat Police Lines during Friday prayers, officials said, prompting condemnation from the country’s top leadership. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hamid told Geo News that an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into…
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UK’s Lambeth Palace withdraws Tahir Ashrafi award on same day over past bin Laden remarks
LONDON: Lambeth Palace, the London residence and office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, has withdrawn the Hubert Walter Award presented to Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC) Chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi over previous remarks about Osama bin Laden. Ashrafi, the religious scholar, was given an award last Friday, on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, by…
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Ten militants killed, six soldiers martyred in KP operations: ISPR
Ten militants were killed and six security personnel were martyred in separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa between Sept 15 and 17, the military’s media wing said on Thursday, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif paid tribute to the security forces and those who lost their lives. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), six militants were…
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Pakistan will go to ‘any extent’ to protect Haramain Sharifain, Saudi Arabia: DG ISPR
Pakistan stands ready to go to “any extent” required to protect Saudi Arabia and the Haramain Sharifain, Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Friday, stressing that Islamabad’s support for the Kingdom was both diplomatic and physical. In an interview with Arab News, the military spokesperson said Pakistan…
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MQM says armed men attempted ‘forced entry’ into Altaf Hussain’s London home
LONDON: Two masked men allegedly tried to force their way into Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain’s home in north London, causing damage to the property, the party’s coordination committee said. According to the MQM, the two men jumped over the front gate of Hussain’s residence in Mill Hill, near Edgware, and attempted to…
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Man accused of killing woman, three children killed in Karachi police ‘encounter’
KARACHI: A man accused of killing a woman and her three children in Karachi’s Surjani Town was killed in an alleged police encounter on Friday, a day after investigators said they had arrested him and obtained a confession to the crime. The suspect was killed when a police team took him to recover the alleged…
