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Pakistani legislators elect Shehbaz Sharif to be PM for second term after controversial vote

Pakistani legislators elect Shehbaz Sharif to be PM for second term after controversial vote

Shehbaz Sharif was elected by a majority vote of the Pakistani legislators as the country’s premier for a second term following the controversial Feb. 8 election last month. Shehbaz won 201 votes in the 336-member National Assembly, comfortably prevailing over…
Pakistan: Security forces kill 3 terrorists, injure 4 others during intelligence-based operation

Pakistan: Security forces kill 3 terrorists, injure 4 others during intelligence-based operation

Three terrorists were killed and four others injured in a clash with security forces in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Xinhua reported. The military conducted the operation in the Karak district based on intelligence, recovering a large amount of arms, ammunition,…
Kashmiri students subjected to violence by extremist Hindus at Chandigarh college

Kashmiri students subjected to violence by extremist Hindus at Chandigarh college

Kashmiri students in an Indian college in Chandigarh were assaulted by extremist Hindus, triggering protests on campus, Kashmir Media Service reported. The incident occurred after a female Kashmiri student was harassed by non-local Hindutva students, leading to a complaint to…
Afghanistan: Blast from unexploded ordnance kills 2 children in Paktia

Afghanistan: Blast from unexploded ordnance kills 2 children in Paktia

Two children lost their lives and four others sustained injuries in an explosion caused by unexploded ordnance in the Jani Khel district of Paktia Province on Saturday, as stated by the Taliban. The Taliban’s security command in Paktia confirmed that…
Taliban targets hundreds of relatives of former government employees, official figures, new report reveals

Taliban targets hundreds of relatives of former government employees, official figures, new report reveals

A new report conducted by the International Organization for Tolerance of Human Rights revealed that the Taliban movement targeted and killed relatives of political opponents and former government military employees, including innocent children and women. The organization stated in its…
Pakistan: Incidents induced by heavy rain take several lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan: Incidents induced by heavy rain take several lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Several people were killed and several others suffered injuries as provincial capital Peshawar and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa received heavy rain and snowfall under extreme weather conditions, local media reported. A young child died due to roof collapse in Badaber…
Heavy snowfalls across Afghanistan claims 15 lives, leaves 30 injured

Heavy snowfalls across Afghanistan claims 15 lives, leaves 30 injured

At least 15 people have died and nearly 30 others were injured due to heavy snowfalls over the last three days across Afghanistan, Amu TV reported. Reports indicate that along with human casualties in the provinces of Balkh and Faryab,…
Turkish airstrike kills 2 Yazidi militiamen in northern Iraq

Turkish airstrike kills 2 Yazidi militiamen in northern Iraq

Two Yazidi militiamen linked to the PKK were killed in a Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq, Xinhua news agency reported. The strike targeted a vehicle carrying members of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), resulting in the death of a…
Pakistani lawmakers sworn in, set to elect new premier on March 3

Pakistani lawmakers sworn in, set to elect new premier on March 3

The newly elected members of Pakistan’s National Assembly were sworn in on Thursday amidst protests from allies of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, claiming that the general elections were tainted by extensive rigging, VOA reported. The elections for the…
Security forces combating terrorists in Pakistan as country’s newly elected parliament set to open

Security forces combating terrorists in Pakistan as country’s newly elected parliament set to open

An intense exchange of fire between Pakistan’s security forces and terrorists resulted in the death of 6 militants and injury of 1 soldier during an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan district, Dawn online newspaper reported yesterday. Meanwhile, Pakistan’s president, Alvi,…
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