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28Jul/17

Pakistan PM resigns after court order to disqualify him: statement

July 28, 2017PoliticsAsian people, Country: Pakistan, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Kashmiri people, London, Maryam Nawaz, Muhajir people, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pakistani coup d'état, Pakistani people, Pakistani politicians, Panama Papers case, Politics, Prime Minister, Prime Ministers of Pakistan, Punjabi people, Ryan Brooks, Sharif family, Supreme Court of Pakistansmbale

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns from his post hours after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family. Ryan Brooks reports. Continue reading →

04Apr/16

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Tax authorities begin probes into some people named in Panama Papers leak

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The director of a Panamanian law firm that was hacked over the weekend says his firm is investigating and is absolved of responsibility for any potential illegalities associated with clients’ accounts.

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11Aug/15

Child abuse scandal shocks Pakistan, families angry at police

August 11, 2015WorldGanda Singh Wala police station, Government, Government of Pakistan, Husain Khan Wala, Kashmiri people, Latif Sra, Mobeen Ghaznavi, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistani politicians, Prime Ministers of Pakistan, Punjab, Punjabi people, Rai Babar, Sharif familysmbale

Parents at the centre of a growing child abuse scandal in Pakistan accuse police of failing to do enough to break up a paedophile ring in Punjab province, the prime minister’s political heartland.

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24Jun/15

Pakistan heat wave deaths reach 780

June 24, 2015EnvironmentAbdul Sattar Edhi, Asghar Nawaz, Asia, China–Pakistan Economic Corridor, Countries, Disaster/Accident, Edhi Foundation, Government of Pakistan, Karachi, Major General, National Disaster Management Authority, Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan Army, Pakistan floods, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, Pakistani politicians, Prime Ministers of Pakistansmbale

The head of Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) says nearly 800 people have died in Karachi’s heat wave, with around 2000 people being taken to hospital daily.

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