South Asia

South Asia

6 Pak HC judges alleges coercion by spy agency

Six Pakistan High Court judges have accused the nation’s intelligence agency of intimidating and coercing them over “politically consequential” cases in a letter seen by AFP yesterday.

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SUICIDE ATTACK / Five Chinese dam workers, driver killed in Pakistan

A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing six people, police said, the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.

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Bangladesh high commissioner to Pakistan asked to return home

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) yesterday asked Md Ruhul Alam Siddique, currently serving as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan, to return home

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Pakistan ex-PM Imran predicts govt’s fall in 4 to 5 months

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan does not see the incumbent government lasting more than four to five months, and believes that its fall will pave the way for his release from Adiala Jail.

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US warns Pakistan on ties over election irregularities

The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed

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Explosion in Pakistan coal mine kills 12 miners

Twelve miners were killed and eight rescued after an explosion in a coal mine in south-western Pakistan, officials said today

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2 Pakistan miners killed, 8 feared dead in gas explosion

Two bodies have been pulled from a collapsed mine in southern Pakistan, rescuers said Wednesday, with eight more people feared dead

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Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan

Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe

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Post-Polls Pakistan: Imran-backed candidates to join Sunni party

Independent candidates backed by Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister that won seats in inconclusive elections over 10 days ago will join the minority Sunni Ittehad Council Political Party to form a government, the party’s interim chief said yesterday.

25 killed in Afghanistan landslide caused by snow: disaster ministry

A landslide caused by heavy snowfall has killed 25 people and injured eight others in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, a disaster management ministry spokesman said Monday, raising an earlier toll

Pakistan Polls: PTI wants judicial body to probe rigging allegations

A key aide of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party yesterday commented on Saturday’s press conference by the Rawalpindi commissioner — wherein he made rigging allegations in the country’s February 8 elections.

Pakistan Polls: Rawalpindi commissioner says helped in rigging

A senior bureaucrat said yesterday he helped rig Pakistan’s elections, a week after polls marred by allegations of manipulation returned no clear winner.

Pakistan Election: Imran Khan’s PTI to sit in opposition

As the political uncertainty about who will form the government in light of the February 8 general election continues, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) yesterday announced that it would form the opposition in the Centre and Punjab as per party founder Imran Khan’s directives.

Ethnic Violence: Two dead, scores hurt after police open fire in Manipur

At least two people were killed and scores injured in India’s northeastern Manipur state after security forces opened fire at a mob in Churachandpur district late on Thursday, a police official said, as sporadic violence continued in the region.

PTI picks Ayub as Pak PM candidate

A key aide of former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan said yesterday that the jailed leader had nominated Omar Ayub Khan as a candidate in a parliamentary vote to elect a new premier following last week’s national elections.

Imran's party nominates Omar Ayub as Pakistan PM candidate

The Pakistan Tehreek-Insaaf (PTI) party run by former Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated party general secretary Omar Ayub as its candidate for prime minister, another party leader said on Thursday

Turncoats to be disqualified

Former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party yesterday warned that the incoming government was being formed through “horse-trading”.

Nawaz nominates Shehbaz for PM

PML-N, PPP agree to form new Pak govt

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