Imran Khan’s party faces most difficult phase in its 27 yrs of existence after May 9 incidents

Lahore: Twenty-seven-years after its founding, former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is at the crossroads, facing a likely ban by the coalition government following the unprecedented attack on sensitive military installations by his supporters earlier this month. The mainstream parties – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan-Fazl (JUI-F) –…

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China’s first domestically built passenger plane successfully makes its maiden commercial flight

Beijing/Shanghai: China’s first indigenously built passenger aircraft C919 on Sunday successfully completed its first commercial flight, marking its official entry into the civil aviation market as part of the country’s bid to compete with Western rivals like Boeing and Airbus. The first commercial flight of C919 from the eastern metropolis of Shanghai to Beijing was operated…

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Intercepted phone call reveals plot by Imran Khan’s party to stage fake raid, claims Pak minister

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has claimed that the intelligence agencies have intercepted a conversation indicating that Imran Khan’s party was hatching a plot to defame law enforcement authorities. Addressing a hastily staged press conference on Saturday night, Sanaullah alleged that the objective of the move was to falsely implicate the law-enforcement agencies in the…

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Protesting wrestlers detained, police clearing protest site at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: Protesting wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia were detained by Delhi Police on Sunday after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building, where a women’s Mahapanchayat was planned for the day. In chaotic scenes witnessed at the Jantar Mantar, wrestlers and police officers…

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‘Self-glorifying authoritarian’ PM inaugurates new Parliament building: Congress

New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he inaugurated the new Parliament building, saying that a “self-glorifying authoritarian PM with utter disdain for parliamentary procedures” has opened the new complex. Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the new Parliament building on Sunday morning.  Attacking the PM, Congress general…

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