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NATIONALFormer finance minister was biggest supporter of Rana Afzal and had scuttled Miftah Ismail's appointment to finance ministryState Minister for Finance Rana Afzal says he agreed to let Mifta
NATIONAL--Legal experts say govt’s move ‘in violation of law’--PM defends Miftah’s appointment, says ‘nothing unconstitutional about it’ ISLAMABAD: The appointment of Miftah Ismail as fe
NATIONALOpposition members stage walkout to protect ‘sanctity of vote’, as PTI's Murad Saeed and PML-N's Abid Sher reach out for each other's throatsPM says it's Miftah’s right to present budge
NATIONAL–Amjad Shoaib urges immediate action in wake of CIA plan to get Afridi released ISLAMABAD: Dr Shakeel Afridi, a doctor who contributed to the CIA operation to track down al-Qaeda supremo Osama bin<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/04/27/shakeel-afridi-shifted-to-safer-place-after-us-plan-to-get-him-released-surfaces/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALImran says another ‘darbari’ of the ‘godfather’Maryam calls Asif’s disqualification a fixed matchISLAMABAD: Major political parties across the spectrum reacted to the disqualifi
NATIONALISLAMABAD: In a rare show of unanimity of views, Pakistani and Russian inter-ministerial level delegations have discussed regional connectivity and the prospects of closer cooperation in the fields o
NATIONALPakistan shows concerns over slow return of Afghan refugees, trade of narcotics, cross-border attacksUS urges Pakistan to take action against Haqqanis, help bring Afghan Taliban for dialogue
NATIONAL--- PM Abbasi and Opposition Leader in NA Khursheed Shah playing instrumental role in holding back-channel talks---Names of Dr Ishrat Hussain, Justice (r) Tasadduq Hussain Jilani, Justice (r) Anwa
ISLAMABADISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing on Friday called for further bridging the peoples of Pakistan and China through promotion of Chinese language in Pakistan as it would prove to be the new stage
NATIONALAnti-graft body to probe Musharraf's alleged misuse of authority, assets beyond meansInvestigations also authorised against Moonis Elahi, Aleem KhanISLAMABAD: In an unprecedented move, t
NATIONALPESHAWAR: Constitutional crisis looms as the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has lost majority in 124-member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly but the number-strong opposition is also in a fix w
NATIONAL---President Ghani and PM Abbasi call terrorism a common enemy and threat to regional stability---Pak-Afghan leadership agree to operationalise five working groups constituted under APAPPS---
