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GB people to vote in key elections today amid tight security

396 candidates are in race for 24 general seats of Gilgit Assembly 23 PPP’s candidates and 22 candidates from PML-N are contesting elections n GB Elections: 551 Polling Stations declared highly sensitive.

#GilgitElections #Gilgit

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AJK Police arrest 72 as security crackdown follows JAAC ban

ISLAMABAD/MUZAFFARABAD – The police in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) said on Saturday they had arrested 72 people linked to a banned protest group, the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), during a security crackdown, alleging some detainees posses…

#JAAC #AJK

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NAB freezes Bahria Town’s foreign accounts worth $4.5m

ISLAMABAD – In a significant development in Pakistan’s ongoing crackdown on money laundering and illicit financial flows, authorities have frozen foreign bank accounts worth $4.

#NAB #BahriaTown

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Lady doctor injured in acid attack in Quetta, suspect killed in police shootout

QUETTA – A female doctor at the Provincial Civil Hospital in Quetta was seriously injured on Saturday when an employee of the hospital allegedly threw acid on her, police said.

#Quetta

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Terrorist camps, drug production in Afghanistan pose serious security threats to region

ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi held separate meetings in Bishkek with the interior ministers of Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.

#Afghanistan #IndianTerrorism

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Fitna al-Khawarij militant Umar Din reveals details about the group’s operational structure

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani security forces have unearthed the terror activities of the banned militant outfit Fitna al-Khawarij, following the arrest of a suspected terrorist who made a series of significant disclosures during his confession.

#FitnaAlKhawarij

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Five killed in armed clash between two rival groups in South Waziristan

WANA – At least five people were killed and two others got injured in a deadly armed clash between two rival families over a long-standing land dispute in the Gul Kach area of Toi Khullah Tehsil, Lower South Waziristan, local and police sources sa…

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MQM-P’s senior leadership to hold meeting with PML-N to discuss its main demands

ISLAMABAD – MQM-P’s senior leadership will soon hold a meeting with the main leadership of ruling party [PML-N] to discuss its main demands including Karachi’s share under the NFC Award and reinstatement of Kamran Tessori as the Governor of Sindh.

#MQMP #PMLN

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Hundreds join Cockroach Party protest as India tightens security

NEW DELHI – Indian police tightened security in New Delhi on Saturday ahead of a protest by the satirical “Cockroach People’s Party”, over alleged irregularities in major examinations.

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Jammu and Kashmir will never be an integral part of India, Pakistan tells UNSC

UNITED NATIONS – A senior Pakistani diplomat told the UN General Assembly that the latest Security Council’s annual report has highlighted the longstanding Kashmir and Palestine disputes which he said must be resolved resolved in accordance with t…

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