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Pakistani PM to Asharq Al-Awsat: New Cooperation Opportunities with Saudi Arabia

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif places economic reform at the top of his country's priorities, 75 years after Pakistan's independence. Sharif believes a serious dialogue concerning Jammu and Kashmir is contingent on India stopping the "illegal acts" and "brutal treatment of innocent Kashmiris." In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Sharif…

Asharq Al-Awsat

LGBT+ Afghans call on UK to save them from Taliban violence in Pakistan protest

Ozlam, 24, is leading a group of refugees in a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, calling for the UK to offer asylum to oppressed LGBT+ Afghans.

The Independent UK

Flash floods kill over 500 people in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the worst hit, a government agency said.

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Pakistan pulls out of Chess Olympiad over torch relay passing through J&K

India terms the decision surprising, says it is taken after Pakistani team left for the event

The Hindu

Jaishankar to attend SCO conference in Tashkent with Foreign Ministers of Pakistan, China

No confirmation from MEA on any plans for bilateral meetings on the sidelines

The Hindu

Pakistan opposes G-20-linked events in J&K

Islamabad cites ‘disputed’ status of the territory

The Hindu

Pakistan’s economic muddling and the IMF challenge

The falling rupee, depleting foreign exchange reserves, energy shortage, increasing fuel prices and a complicated external support highlight the contemporary economic crisis Pakistan is in. Will Islamabad find a way out?

The Hindu

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Pakistan, IMF say bailout talks make progress

Key progress has been made in talks on the revival of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund bailout programme, both sides said on Wednesday, with Islamabad expecting the lender to increase the size and duration of the 39-month, $6 billion facility.

Reuters

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister makes a pitch for re-engagement with India

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari blamed the previous Imran Khan-led government’s flawed policies because of which Islamabad “is internationally isolated and internationally disengaged”

The Hindu

Thousands of Pakistanis protest against India over remarks denigrating the Prophet

Demonstrators from the Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Party scuffle with police as they try to march toward the Indian Embassy in Islamabad.

ABC News

India monitors security of its mission in Pakistan

New Delhi protests attack on Karachi temple

The Hindu

Pakistanis rally to denounce India over remarks about Islam

Thousands of Islamists have rallied in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, urging Muslim countries to cut diplomatic ties with New Delhi over remarks by two officials from India's ruling party that were derogatory to the Prophet Muhammad

The Independent UK

India-Pakistan ties and the mirror of 2019

There are sound reasons why New Delhi must shift course from the belligerence it once profited from

The Hindu

A rare visit by Pakistanis to Israel has caused furor in Islamabad

Pakistan doesn't recognize Israel. After a delegation visited Israel and even met with its president, Pakistani senators were outraged and one visitor got fired.

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World's loneliest elephant seen splashing in new jungle home after Cher rescue

The 37-year-old male jumbo Kaavan, 37, was rescued by the singer Cher and a team of animal activists to free him from awful conditions in an Islamabad zoo in 2020

The Hindu

Indus water talks held on ‘cordial’ terms, says MEA

Official statements from Delhi and Islamabad indicate assurances on resolving current issues over hydropower projects, flood flow data sharing

The Hindu

PCB shifts ODI series against West Indies to Multan

Former prime minister Imran Khan is planning protest rallies in the federal capital Islamabad

The Independent UK

Pakistan's ex-PM defends decision to call off planned sit-in

Pakistan’s ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan is defending his decision to call off a planned, opened-ended rally and sit-in this week in the capital, Islamabad, saying he wanted to avoid more violence

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The Independent UK

Pakistan's ex-premier calls off planned sit-in, demands vote

Pakistan’s defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan cancelled a planned, open-ended sit-in in Islamabad on Thursday, temporarily assuaging fears of protracted civil conflict after he led thousands on a march toward Parliament demanding the government’s resignation

Reuters

Ousted Pakistani PM Khan calls off protest march after clashes, gives ultimatum

Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan disbanded a protest march by supporters on Thursday after clashes with police outside parliament the previous evening, but he warned that they would return unless an election was called within six days.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan: Khan gives six-day deadline to gov’t to announce polls

Imran Khan warns government to set new polls in six days or he will again march on the capital with millions of people.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan: Clashes as defiant ex-PM Imran Khan marches to capital

Police fire tear gas and baton-charge Khan’s supporters to stop them from reaching Islamabad for already-banned rally.

Reuters

Pakistan police fire teargas, baton-charge supporters of ousted PM Khan

Pakistani police fired teargas and baton-charged supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday to block them from reaching the capital Islamabad, officials and witnesses said.

The Independent UK

Pakistan blocks roads to capital to stop ex-premier's rally

Pakistani authorities blocked off all major roads into the capital Islamabad on Wednesday, after a defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan said he would march with demonstrators to the city center for a rally he hopes will bring down the government and force early elections

The Independent UK

Pakistan's police arrest dozens of supporters of ex-PM Khan

The Pakistani opposition party led by recently ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan is accusing police of detaining dozens of its supporters in an attempt to foil a planned rally in Islamabad

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