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France summons Pakistan envoy to protest President Alvi's remarks
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Paris [France], February 23 (ANI): France on Tuesday summoned Pakistan charge d'affaires to protest comments by President Arif Alvi on the new anti-radicalism bill introduced in the French Parliament and asked Islamabad to adopt a "constructive attitude" to bilateral relations.
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Pakistan slams France's anti-radicalism bill, warns of 'serious re
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 21 (ANI): In remarks that may worsen the already-strained ties between Islamabad and Paris, Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Sunday asked the political leadership of France "not to entrench the discriminatory attitudes against Muslims into laws", warning that su
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Amid opposition uproar in Pak, Imran Khan's govt passes CPEC Autho
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 2 (ANI): Amid ruckus by the opposition members, the Imran Khan-led government on Monday hurriedly passed three bills in the National Assembly, including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Bill, reported Dawn.
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Pak activists, experts term Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 as 'eyewash'
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 16 (ANI): Rights activists and constitutional experts in Pakistan termed the approved Anti-Rape Ordinance 2020 as useless and eyewash and ruled out the possibility of countering the menace through it.
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PPP demands President Arif Alvi's resignation
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 29 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has charged President Arif Alvi of allegedly violating the country's Constitution and asked him to voluntarily step down in wake of the judgment by the Supreme Court in the Justice Qazi Faez Isa case.
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Pak opposition tears into islands ordinance, says will not allow I
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): Pakistan government is under fire from the opposition for taking control of two islands previously under the regional government of Sindh province, with various politicians accusing the Imran Khan-led administration of planning to hand over these strat
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Joint sitting of Pakistan parliament passes 3 FATF related bills
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 16 (ANI): A joint sitting of Pakistan's parliament on Wednesday passed amendments in three bills related to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) as the opposition staged a walk out in protest.
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Mosques to remain open in Pakistan despite surging virus threat
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan President Arif Alvi has announced that congregational prayers, including Taraweeh [evening] and Friday prayers, will be held in mosques across Pakistan during the holy month of Ramadan, which begins next week, Arab News reported.
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Mosques in Pakistan to remain open during Ramzan amid raging coron
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 18 (ANI): Pakistan decided on Saturday that mosques in the country would remain open during the holy month of Ramzan with certain conditions even as the nationwide tally of coronavirus cases has crossed 7, 500.
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Shatrughan Sinha meets Pak President in Lahore
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], Feb 22 (ANI): Congress leader and actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday met Pakistan President Arif Alvi in Lahore.
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Imran Khan seeks power to extend tenure of Bajwa
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 03 (ANI): Just in order to give three-year extension to his favourite Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and to avoid sword of the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Imran Khan hurriedly called an urgent meeting of his Cabinet on Wednesday and got ap
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Pak gives nod to NAB Amendment Ordinance to insulate govt employee
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec 28 (ANI): Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Friday gave his assent to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Amendment Ordinance, 2019, which also got the nod from the federal cabinet earlier in the day. NAB will not have the authority to take action against governm
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