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Friday, Apr 26

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Imran rules out any ‘deal’ in message for PTI’s 28th Foundation Day

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PTI founder Imran Khan ruled out any “deal” in a message released on Friday for the party’s 28th Foundation Day.

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PML-N Punjab calls on Nawaz Sharif to assume party presidency after relief in cases

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PML-N Punjab President Rana Sanaullah on Friday requested party supremo Nawaz Sharif to assume its presidency after his relief in legal cases against him.

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Pakistani guard killed in Sydney mall attack hailed as hero at funeral

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed as a hero Pakistani security guard Faraz Tahir, killed in Sydney while trying to stop a mass stabbing attack, in remarks delivered on Friday at a funeral attended by hundreds.

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PML-N, PPP strike reconciliatory tone in Senate as opposition laments political victimisation

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As PPP Senator Sherry Rehman and PML-N’s Irfan Siddiqui struck a reconciliatory tone with the opposition on Friday, PTI’s Ali Zafar lamented the “political victimisation” of his party.

12

Xi tells Blinken US and China should be ‘partners, not rivals’

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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world’s two biggest economies should be “partners, not rivals”, but that there were a “number of issues” to be resolved in their relations.

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Alarming surge in unwarranted claims by Indian leaders over Azad Kashmir: FO

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The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday said that there had been an “alarming surge in provocative statements from Indian leaders asserting unwarranted claims over Azad Jammu and Kashmir”, adding that Pakistan rejected such claims.

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Indian election resumes as heatwave hits voters

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India’s six-week election juggernaut resumed on Friday with millions of people lining up outside polling stations in parts of the country hit by a scorching heatwave.

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Punjab CM Maryam’s uniformed appearance at parade causes a stir

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LAHORE: Aiming for a 50-50 ratio of men and women in the police force, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif caused quite a stir on Thursday when she arrived at a passing-out ceremony for women constables and traffic assistants decked…

07

DR Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east

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PARIS: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Apple of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said on Thursday.

06

Hot and cold Senate session sees barbs, offers of support

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ISLAMABAD: The first regular session of the Senate after its most recent election turned out to be hot and cold where opposition and treasury benches traded barbs but also agreed on working together to pull the country out of the economic…

No tensions with Pakistan, insists US State Dept

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WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD: The US State Department emphatically declared on Thursday that there’s ‘absolutely no’ undercurrent of discord between the United States and Pakistan, despite recent sanctions imposed on companies allegedly…

05

Court bars Imran’s outbursts against ‘institutions’

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ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi to refrain from speaking against the establishment and the judiciary, and also asked the media not to highlight…

Pro-Palestinian US campus protests grow as police start crackdown

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AUSTIN (Texas): Law enforcement personnel detain a pro-Palestinian protester at the University of Texas in Austin. Over 200 people have been arrested as protests against Israel’s invasion of Gaza spread to more than a dozen campuses in the…

PM seeks ‘cheap power’ plan for industries

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday accorded formal approval to reform the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) and formed a “special cell” to ensure their implementation.

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Tabloid publisher says he killed stories to hide Trump’s affairs

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NEW YORK: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified at Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Thursday that he worked out a deal that would allow Trump to buy the silence of a former Playboy model who said she had an affair with…

Israeli land grabs spike in West Bank amid Gaza crisis

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JIFTLIK: While feeding his sheep pricey fodder, Palestinian farmer Talib Edais wistfully glanced at the hills where his herd used to graze for free. This was up until an Israeli decision, last month.

US, Pakistan renew trade framework

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WASHINGTON: Following Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s extensive visit to Washington, the United States and Pakistan renewed a key framework on Wednesday to promote bilateral trade.

Thursday, Apr 25

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Balochistan Assembly Speaker Khaliq Achakzai reinstated by Supreme Court

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Balochistan Assembly Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai was reinstated on Thursday after the Supreme Court annulled the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) orders to suspend him.

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PPP offered PTI to form govt in Centre: Sherry Rehman

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PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that although her party had offered the PTI to form the government together, the latter did not “take the responsibility”.

Pakistan assails US rights report as lacking objectivity, politicising human rights agenda

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Pakistan has assailed the US 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices as lacking objectivity and politicising the issue of human rights, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday.

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More than 100 pilot whales stranded in Western Australia

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Marine wildlife experts were frantically trying to rescue some 140 pilot whales stranded on Thursday in the shallow waters of an estuary in the southwest of the state of Western Australia.

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3 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in Khyber district: ISPR

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Security forces killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, the military’s media wing said on Thursday.

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Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s conviction overturned by top New York court

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New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned the 2020 sex crime conviction of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, in the case that helped trigger the MeToo movement.

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India’s poll panel seeks responses to complaints against Modi, Rahul Gandhi

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India’s Election Commission said on Thursday it sought responses from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress on alleged violations of poll rules by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition leader Rahul…

155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Africa

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At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Thursday.

SC orders barricade removal from pavements outside all govt, private offices within 3 days

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered private entities and government authorities, provincial and federal, to remove all encroachments made on pavements for security purposes within three days.

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Received ‘not a single complaint’ of interference so far under my watch: CJP Isa

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Amidst the controversy over alleged interference by intelligence in judicial affairs, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday said he had received no complaints of meddling during his tenure so far as the country’s top…

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Defence Minister Asif rejects claim of Imran being pressured to accept ‘deal’

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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has rejected PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan’s claims that former premier Imran Khan was being pressured to accept a ‘deal’.

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Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east

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The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is accusing Apple of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said on Thursday.

IHC suspends city administration’s decision to slash roti price

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended till May 6 a recent city administration notification that had reduced the prices of roti.