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Banks and countries pledge over $9bn to rebuild Pakistan after catastrophic floods

International funders join Pakistan PM and UN secretary general in Geneva to agree recovery plan following ‘monsoon on steroids’

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan receives over $9bn in aid after devastating floods

As nations pledge support, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urges world leaders to join a ‘new coalition of the willing’ to help his country

The Independent UK

Donors pledge more than $9bn for Pakistan flood recovery

Pakistan official says donors at Geneva conference commit more than $9bn to help it recover from devastating floods.

Al Jazeera

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Donors exceed Pakistan goal with pledge of more than $9 billion for flood recovery

International donors on Monday committed over $9 billion to help Pakistan recover from ruinous floods last year, exceeding its external financing goals and paving the way for a new model on raising funds to fight climate disasters in poorer countries.

Reuters

Pakistan’s finance minister to meet IMF delegation in Geneva

IMF has yet to approve the release of $1.1bn originally due to be disbursed in November last year.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s army chief visits Saudi Arabia amid economic crisis

General Asim Munir heads to Saudi Arabia and UAE as the country faces a crippling economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM

Latest TTP statement explicitly names Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Al Jazeera

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Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan: Defence minister

Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges.

Al Jazeera

Audience interrupt Pakistan PM's speech, Shehbaz Sharif says 'food will be served soon'

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's said that the food will be served soon after being interrupted by an audience, according to a video circulated by PTV news, the Urdu News channel.

The Times of India

Pakistan's Punjab government sacked in blow to ex-PM Khan's snap polls plan

A key ally of Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was removed on Friday as chief minister of the country's largest province, dealing blow to Khan's plans to force snap polls in the South Asian nation.

Reuters

Pakistani journalist's killing in Kenya a pre-meditated murder -report

A team set up by the Pakistani government to probe the killing of a well-known Pakistani journalist in Nairobi said it found several contradictions in the version given by Kenyan authorities, and believes it was a case of pre-meditated murder.

Reuters

Killing of Pakistani journalist Sharif in Kenya ‘planned’: Report

Pakistani investigators say veteran journalist Arshad Sharif’s killing was a ‘planned assassination’.

Al Jazeera

‘Assassination attempt’ on Pakistan envoy in Afghan capital

Attacker failed to harm the Pakistani diplomat, but shot and wounded his security guard outside its mission in Kabul.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif approves early retirement of Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid, who was shortlisted for the post of army chief: Report

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the early retirement application of Lieutenant General Faiz Hamid, a former ISI chief and one of the six names apparently shortlisted for the post of the Army chief, according to a media report on Friday.

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Former China president Jiang Zemin dies, aged 96

Jiang Zemin led China out from political obscurity in the 1990s

The Guardian - AU

Pakistan’s Imran Khan vows to fight to ‘last drop of blood’ in first rally since being shot

Ousted PM calls off march on Islamabad to avoid further chaos but continues to press for early elections, possibly by pulling his PTI party out of regional assemblies

Tribune News Service

Pakistan ex-PM Khan says lawmakers are quitting assemblies

Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan said his lawmakers are quitting regional legislative assemblies, ending his monthslong protest, to mount further pressure for snap elections days after the appointment of a new army chief.

Al Jazeera

Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan calls off march to avoid ‘chaos’

Imran Khan also announced his party will resign from provincial assemblies in first rally since assassination attempt.

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Reuters

Former Pakistan PM Khan calls off protest march to avoid creating 'havoc'

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his first public appearance since being wounded in a gun attack earlier this month, said on Saturday he was calling off his protest march to Islamabad because he feared it would cause havoc in the country.

The Guardian - UK

Imran Khan to resume protests – this time taking on Pakistan’s military

After surviving an assassination attempt, many believe ex-PM could use his support to press army to back a return to power

The Times of India

Imran Khan denied permission to land at Parade Ground on Saturday, says party

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Friday said the Islamabad administration has denied permission to the former Prime Minister's helicopter to land at the Parade Ground in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Saturday to address a protest rally against the Shehbaz Sharif government.

Tribune News Service

Pakistan names new army chief as strife with Imran Khan deepens

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif named General Asim Munir as Pakistan’s next army chief, a choice that could harden former premier Imran Khan’s opposition to the government and stoke his high-stakes clash with the military.

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International: Lt Gen Asim Munir Named As New Pakistan Army Chief

Pak Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb announced on Twitter that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has named Munir as Pakistan's new Army Chief. Read on for details:

Al Jazeera

Pakistan PM names Lt Gen Asim Munir as new army chief: Minister

Information minister announces the appointment on Twitter, ending weeks of speculation over the powerful post.

Reuters

Pakistan's PM names Asim Munir as new army chief-information minister

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday named General Lieutenant-General Asim Munir as the new chief of the country's powerful army, the information minister said on Twitter.

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