Day: July 17, 2025

As the Senate elections approach, the provincial government and opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reached a near-consensus in a late-night meeting and are expected to finalise the agreement today (Thursday), sources said. The two sides in a meeting late on the night between Wednesday and Thursday decided to settle the matter through an unopposed vote, the sources said. According to sources, the negotiations led to a near agreement on a 6-5 formula, under which Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would get six seats and the opposition five. However, some internal issues within…

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Syed Zulfikar Bukhari has told a United States congressional body that the country’s 2024 general elections were “engineered to silence the democratic voices of millions,” calling them the “most brutally rigged elections in Pakistan’s history.” Speaking before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress, Bukhari — a former aide to ex-prime minister Imran Khan — outlined what he described as systematic electoral manipulation and political suppression. “Let me start with the event that shattered whatever remained of Pakistan’s democratic facade — the general…

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A Pakistan Army major embraced martyrdom while three terrorists were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan’s Awaran district, the military’s media wing said Wednesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the incident occurred as the security forces conducted the IBO in the district, on the reported “presence of terrorists belonging to Indian proxy, Fitna al-Hindustan.” “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the terrorist location and resultantly, three Indian sponsored terrorists were sent to hell,” it added. However, during the intense fire…

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has come to the defence of Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Reza Amiri Moghadam, after the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) included him in its “most wanted” list over his alleged involvement in the 2007 disappearance of former FBI agent Robert Levinson. In a statement released on Wednesday, Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan affirmed Islamabad’s position, stating that Ambassador Moghadam is viewed with respect in Pakistan and is a duly accredited envoy of a neighbouring country. nuclear programme By TN Web Desk July 16, 2025 Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan,…

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