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Arif Alvi of PTI Defeats MMA, PPP to Become 13th President of Pakistan

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September 04 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Dr Arifur Rehman Alvi has been elected the 13th President of Pakistan, according to provisional results. The counting of the votes has finished and the tabulation of the results is under way. The Election Commission of Pakistan is scheduled to announce official results tomorrow. However, provisional results have already been announced. Alvi, according to unofficial results, has edged out PML-N backed chief of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Fazlur Rehman and senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan in the presidential race by garnering the most number of votes in five of the six leading parliamentary bodies in the country.

Preparing proposal to resolve the issue of Kashmir: Pakistan

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August 28 The Pakistan Government is preparing a proposal to resolve the Kashmir issue, The Human Rights Minister of Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Shireen Mazari said. The Government, she said, will prepare a proposal on resolving the Kashmir conflict within one week and present it in the cabinet. Khan had also called Kashmir as the core issue of dispute between the two nations and said the only way to resolve Kashmir and other disputes is to sit on a dialogue table. In his first speech after winning the July 25 general elections, Khan reiterated that he wanted good relations with India. India's Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena is expected to reach Islamabad on Monday to begin the two-day discussions with his Pakistani counterpart Syed Mehr Ali Shah on Wednesday. ...

India Pakistan to Resume Dialogue in Lahore this Week

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August 27 India and Pakistan will resume their talks on various aspects of the Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore on Wednesday, the first bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office. India’s Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena is expected to reach here today to begin the two-day discussions with his Pakistani counterpart Syed Mehr Ali Shah on Wednesday, Dawn quoted a government official as saying. The last meeting of the Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission was held in New Delhi in March during which both the sides had shared details of the water flow and the quantum of water being used under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty. The talks will be the first official engagement between India and Pakistan since Khan became prime minister on August 18. In a letter ...

It is Final Now- Imran Khan is the New Prime Minster of Pakistan

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August 17 Pakistani lawmakers have voted for Imran Khan as the new prime minister of Pakistan on Friday. A simple majority in the vote, due to take place in the lower house of parliament on Friday afternoon, brought Khan to power ahead of a swearing-in ceremony set for Saturday. Khan won the July 25 election, but did not have enough seats for an outright majority, forcing him to partner with smaller parties and independents in order to form a government. His only challenger is Shahbaz Sharif, leader of the ousted Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who had called the elections rigged, but reached the Assembly today to prove his majority, but only lost despite having support of MMA. The election was branded “Pakistan’s dirtiest”, after widespread claims in the months leadin...

Imran Khan Likely to Invite Narendra Modi for his Oath Ceremony

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July 31 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI - is considering inviting leaders of SAARC countries, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take part in his oath taking ceremony as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, a party official said today. Imran Khan's party has emerged as the single largest party in Pakistan's national assembly after the July 25 general election in the country. Khan, 65, has said that he would take oath as Pakistan's prime minister on August 11. "The core committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is considering inviting the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) heads including Modi and a decision on this is expected shortly," a leader from Imran Khan's party told news agency PTI (Press Trust of India). Earlier Modi Narendra Modi spoke to...

Khan to Take Oath as Pakistan PM on Aug 11

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July 30 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that he will take oath as Prime Minister on August 11, the media reported on Monday. Talking to the newly-elected members from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Islamabad, he said a decision regarding nomination of the Chief Minister will be taken soon and in the best interest of the people, according to Radio Pakistan. Although PTI has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly in the July 25 polls, it is short of numbers to form its government independently. To meet the required number of votes, the PTI leadership has reportedly approached the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA), PML-Quaid (PML-Q) and the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), as well as Indep...

Indian Media has portrayed me as a Bollywood Villain- says Imran Khan

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July 26 Addressing his first press conference after his party PTI emerged as the single largest party in Pakistan general elections, Imran Khan on Thursday said that Indian Media has portrayed him as a bollywood villain. Imran Khan said that he is in favour of good relations with India but added that Kashmir was the core issue between the two countries which needed to be resolved at the earliest. Imran further said that he'll not live in the PM house and convert Governor Houses into hotels.buy orlistat online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/orlistat.html no prescription Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly on Thursday with its candidates winning 76 seats and leading in 43 others ...

Pakistan Goes to Polls Tomorrow- Elections Explained

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July 24 On Wednesday, nearly 106 million voters will head to Pakistan’s nationwide polls with several key issues weighing on their mind, from a crippled economy, electricity outages, and a worsening water crisis. After four currency devaluations since December, Pakistan’s sputtering economy is grappling with a balance-of-payments crisis, and the new government will look to request relief from the International Monetary Fund or neighboring China — the nation’s No. 1 trading partner. The upcoming election will only be the country’s second democratic power transition, and no prime minister has ever completed a full five-year term of office. Khan, a populist candidate who has campaigned on a staunch anti-corruption message, is widely seen as the front runner, but he will face stiff co...