Hafiz Saeed challenges terror financing case against him in Lahore High Court

He also urged the court to declare the first information report registered against the petitioners as void.

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· Jul 12, 2019 · 08:18 pm

Pakistan: High Court orders removal of judge who convicted Nawaz Sharif after video leak

The videos purportedly showed Arshad Malik admitting to have been blackmailed into convicting the former prime minister in a corruption case.

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· Jul 12, 2019 · 07:58 pm

Pakistan says it won’t open airspace till India withdraws fighter jets from forward airbases

Pakistan had closed its airspace on February 26 after the Indian Air Force conducted airstrikes on a terror camp in Balakot.

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· Jul 12, 2019 · 04:34 pm

Maryam Nawaz releases video of judge purportedly admitting he was forced to convict Nawaz Sharif

In the clip, Arshad Malik is purportedly heard saying there was no evidence of corruption against the former prime minister.

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· Jul 07, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed among Jamaat-ud-Dawa leaders booked in terror financing cases

Last month, the Financial Action Task Force had warned Pakistan that it could be blacklisted for not doing enough to curb terror financing.

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· Jul 04, 2019 · 08:04 am

Pakistan to receive $3 billion in investments, deposits from Qatar

The funding takes Qatar’s total investments in Islamabad to $9 billion.

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· Jun 24, 2019 · 09:49 pm

Pakistan: Former Foreign Minister Abdul Sattar dies at 88

Sattar took part in the 2001 Agra summit between then Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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· Jun 24, 2019 · 11:41 am

Global watchdog warns Pakistan after it fails to meet two deadlines of terror funding action plan

Pakistan will remain on the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force.

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· Jun 22, 2019 · 07:56 am

Pakistani military announces cuts in defence budget as country faces economic crisis

However, the military did not indicate to what extent the budget would be slashed.

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· Jun 05, 2019 · 04:18 pm

Pakistan: Retired general gets 14 years in jail, ex-brigadier sentenced to death on spying charges

A civilian doctor also got the death penalty for ‘espionage and leaking sensitive information’.

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· May 31, 2019 · 05:26 pm

Pakistan: Hindu doctor arrested on blasphemy charges in Sindh province

Protestors allegedly set fire to shops owned by Hindus in Phuladiyoon town in Mirpurkhas district.

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· May 28, 2019 · 02:27 pm

Pakistan to get $6-billion bailout from IMF to tackle economic crisis

The financial aid is an attempt to help the country strengthen its slowing economy, IMF said in a statement

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· May 13, 2019 · 12:58 pm