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Jul272018 by News DeskNo Comments

Hafiz Saeed Won 0 Seats, Jamaat e islami Coalition Down to 10 Seats from 53

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July 27 The Self Claimed Islamist groups in the Muslim Majority Pakistan have failed miserably in Pakistan elections including Milli Muslim League of Hafiz Saeed. Jamaat e Islami, one of the oldest religious organisations contesting the elections entered into an alliance with MMA and won 53 seats in 2002 and in the current elections was leading on ten seats of national assembly despite massive campaign by its leader which included influential Maulana Fazl ur Rehman. Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi whose name was removed from a banned list received more than 45,000 votes but was nowhere close to the victory, Before the elections, concerns have been raised in the country over the participation of hardline Islamist groups in large numbers. Milli Muslim League linked with Saeed f...

Jul262018 by News DeskNo Comments

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 ...

Jul262018 by News DeskNo Comments

Imran Khan Inches Closer to Success

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July 26 Imran Khan was on track to become Pakistan’s new prime minister on Thursday, in an election that has been clouded with accusations of vote rigging. After 16 hours of vote counting, the party of Mr Khan, who entered politics in 1996 after retiring from international cricket, was ahead in more than 113 of the 272 seats, putting him within touching distance of an unexpected majority. But the results are being contested by several of his opponents, who have alleged electoral malpractice both before and on polling day. Members of the incumbent Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, as well as the Pakistan People’s party and two other smaller parties, all say their election agents were expelled from some polling stations during the counting process. This follows a campaign during whic...

Jul252018 by News DeskNo Comments

At least 28 Killed in Blast near Polling Booth in Pakistan

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July 25 At least 31 people were killed, including 28 in a suicide blast outside a polling station in Pakistan's Quetta city and 36 others injured as several incidents of violence were reported as the country went to polls. In Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, a suicide blast targeting a police van killed at least 28 people, including five policemen, and nearly 30 other were injured in a blast near Quetta's Eastern Bypass, The Express Tribune reported. Quetta is the provincial capital of Balochistan province. The blast took place near Quetta's Eastern Bypass when the police van was targeted in the attack. The attack was part of a larger pattern of attacks targeting security forces vehicles and not targeting the electoral process, the report said.

Jul242018 by News DeskNo Comments

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...

Jul242018 by News DeskNo Comments

At least 50 Dead in Greece Forest fire

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July 24 The death toll from twin wildfires that raged through Greek seaside areas looked set to increase to around 50 Tuesday after rescue crews reported finding the bodies of more than 20 people huddled closely together near a beach northeast of the capital, Athens. Greece sought international help through the European Union as fires on either side of Athens left lines of cars torched, charred farms and forests, and sent hundreds of people racing to beaches to be evacuated by navy vessels, yachts and fishing boats. The official death toll stood at 24 early Tuesday. Authorities said that more than 100 people were injured, including 11 in serious condition. They could not immediately confirm reports of many more deaths, but rescue crews working through the charred areas where th...

Jul232018 by News DeskNo Comments

11 ISIS Militants Surrender in Afghanistan

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July 23 At least eleven militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have surrendered to the Afghan armed forces in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, reports said. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the militants surrendered and handed over five weapons and six motorcycles to the Afghan armed forces. The development comes as ISIS militant groups intend to expand their foothold in this province. This comes as sporadic clashes are also underway between the Taliban and ISIS militants in certain parts of Jawzjan province. Over 100 affiliates of both the groups have been killed in the clashes.

Jul202018 by News DeskNo Comments

8 Million People Slaved in India- Survey

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July 20 The Global Slavery Index 2018 estimates that on any given day in 2016 there were nearly 8 million people living in “modern slavery” in India. The report said, there were 6.1 victims for every thousand people. Among 167 countries, India ranked 53 with North Korea at the top of the list with 104.6 per 1,000 and Japan registering the lowest prevalence rate of 0.3 per 1,000. A women working in a slum in one of the richest cities of India (Photo/ Qazi Shibli) India topped the list on prevalence, in absolute numbers The Officials in the Indian Government have rejected the report and questioned the definition adopted for the research and also the sample size for interviews and questions posed to those surveyed. Child Labour/ (A Boy sells Cigarettes in New Delhi- the ca...

Jul202018 by News DeskNo Comments

Syrian Rebels Surrender at Quneitra

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July 20 Rebels in Syria’s south have to the negotiate surrender of a sensitive southwestern zone bordering the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, reports revealed. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the ceasefire deal covering most of Quneitra province would see government institutions return to the area in exchange for rebels handing over heavy weapons. State news agency SANA said it had preliminary information on a deal for the army to return to its pre-2011 positions in the area. The deal came after several thousand residents were evacuated from two towns in northern Syria, bringing to an end one of the longest sieges of the country’s seven-year civil war. The towns of Kefraya and al-Foua in Idlib province were besieged for three years by rebels and the jihadist Ha...

Jul182018 by News DeskNo Comments

Taliban Leader Captured, Beheaded by ISIS- Toll of Fighting Reaches 100

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July 18 The Islamic State militants captured and beheaded a senior commander of the rival Taliban amid fierce fighting continuing between the two groups in Afghanistan Jawzjan province. aliban has been locked in a battle with Islamic State over the past one week in the Darzab district and on Wednesday IS militants killed Mullah Burjan, an Afghan official said. The IS had recently claimed responsibility of blasts killed 125 people in Pakistan that goes to nation wide polls on 25 July amid Political chaos. Earlier on Tuesday, an Islamic State suicide bomber had killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan, including a Taliban commander. In northern Afghanistan, Taliban and the Islamic State group have been waging bitter battles in recent days. As many as 100 insurgents from both t...