Tag: Dawn News
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PTI leaders arrested in Gawadar
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) central leader Farrukh Habib, along with eight other people, have been arrested in Gwadar by security forces. Balochistan Caretaker Minister for Information Jan Achakzai confirmed the arrests to Dawn. Security personnel in plain clothes conducted a raid and arrested Farrukh Habib and eight other people from a local hotel in Gawadar after…
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‘TTP may be considered for general amnesty, provided they follow constitution of Pakistan’: Arif Alvi
President Dr Arif Alvi has said that if anyone wants to leave the ideology of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and work as per the Constitution of Pakistan, the government may consider a general amnesty. Speaking on Dawn News programme, ‘Khabar se Khabar’, President Alvi said, “The TTP is a threat to us. We have…
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Fawad Chaudhry condemned for saying Dawn is part of international conspiracy against Pak
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry accused Dawn media group of being part of an international conspiracy against Pakistan. When anchorperson Absa Komal asked Fawad about media freedom in Pakistan and for an update on the investigation related to recent attacks on journalists in Islamabad, Fawad dodged the question and said, “Your institution…
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‘Stop making trends on Twitter, focus on your studies’: Shafqat Mahmood advises students
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood has advised Pakistani students to stop making trends on Twitter against exams and focus on the preparation for the upcoming exams. Speaking on Dawn News programme ‘Live with Adil Shahzeb’ Mahmood said that exams have already started in Sindh and will also commence in Punjab from Friday so there is…
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UK court says Daily Mail allegations against Shehbaz ‘highest level of defamation’
A London court judge, Justice Sir Matthew Nicklin, has ruled that the words used in an article of Daily Mail for Shehbaz Sharif and his son-in-law Imran Ali Yousaf are “slanderous, and constitute the highest level of defamation under United Kingdom (UK) law”. The judge declared that the article against Sharif and Yousaf, written by…