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• Ban on PTI: Coalition partners to be taken on board: Dar

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• Five civilians, two soldiers martyred as terrorists attack on health centre in DI Khan

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• New IMF programme to improve Pakistan’s funding prospects: Moody’s

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• Bannu Cantt attack undertaken by Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, which operates from Afghanistan: ISPR

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• Matter of great concern, says US State Dept on govt decision to ban PTI

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• FO says 4 Pakistanis killed, 30 injured in gunfire near mosque in Oman

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