Tag: politics
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Imran Khan hurt Pakistani sports, says Mansoor Ali Khan
Journalist Mansoor Ali Khan has taken exception towards political parties, particularly Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on his podcast, criticising them for trying to take credit for Arshad Nadeem’s big win at Olympics 2024. “Imran Khan closed down all the departments. Go and take a look to find out how many athletes…
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‘Drunk hai, issey nikalo’: KP speaker on MPA Iqbal Wazir
In footage that went viral on social media platform X, MPA Iqbal Wazir of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P) can be seen giving a slurred speech in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly while speaker Babar Saleem Swabi calls him “drunk.” “Iqbal Wazir’s behaviour is not appropriate,” exclaimed the speaker, before calling the sergeant-at-arms to kick him…
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NAB closes half of major corruption cases against politicians
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has eliminated almost half of the 179 major corruption cases against famous politicians in the country. Multiple politicians, including Nawaz Sharif, Shehbaz Sharif, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Firdous Ashiq Awan, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Nawab Aslam Khan Raisani, and others, were facing corruption charges. A case related to…
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How was the performance of 100 days of National Assembly? FAFEN reports details
The Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has released a report on the National Assembly’s performance of the first 100 days. The report underlines that the legislative process was slow in the first 100 days of the National Assembly. The delay in the formation of standing committees also affected performance. In total, the House held…
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Poet Ahmad Farhad abducted from his residence
Well-known poet and media personality Ahmad Farhad has been abducted by unknown men on Wednesday from his house in Islamabad, his wife Ain Naqvi confirmed on X (formerly Twitter). Farhad’s wife wrote on X, “They broke the CCTV cameras of the house and took away the digital video recorder (DVR).” In another post on X,…
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India election chiefs warn political parties against AI deepfakes
India’s election authorities on Monday warned political parties against using artificial intelligence to create deepfake videos and spread misinformation during the country’s ongoing general election. Millions of voters will head to polling stations on Tuesday in the third of seven voting phases in the world’s most populous country. A rash of deepfake and doctored videos…
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Imran went to a Spanish hand reader who warned him about the future: Jugnu Mohsin
We have known since long that our politicians believe in pirs and palmists. Now we have another juicy anecdote about what a palmist told Imran Khan. In the latest episode of Intekhab Jugnu Mohsin Kay Sath on Samaa News, political analyst and Imran Khan’s disgruntled brother-in-law Hafeez Ullah Niazi made an appearance. During the interview,…
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Jobs and rights on young voters’ minds for India polls
New Delhi, India – Around 130 million young adults aged 18 to 22 will be newly eligible to vote in India’s national elections when polls open Friday — more people than the entire population of Mexico. AFP asked four first-time voters who were too young to vote in the 2019 elections about who they would support…
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Is Saudi Arabia going to invest $1billion in Balochistan mines?
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said on Tuesday that the current visit of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to Islamabad will mark the beginning of a fresh era of strategic and commercial partnerships between the two long-standing allies. The Saudi foreign minister came to Islamabad for a two-day visit to boost economic cooperation…
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PTI to register FIR against Sanaullah for threatening Imran Khan
The Karachi leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has decided to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior member Rana Sanaullah for allegedly threatening to kill Imran Khan. In recent interviews with TV channels, Sanaullah termed the mere political existence of Imran Khan a “problem”.The PTI, however, did…