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Pakistan says no finality exists on a reported US visit by Field Marshal Asim Munir and no decision has been taken on sending troops to Gaza, The Thursday Times confirms.

شیر افضل مروت نے تحریکِ انصاف اور علیمہ خان پر مالی بےضابطگیوں کے سنگین الزامات عائد کر دیئے؛ پی ٹی آئی نے 26 نومبر کے نام پر 38 کروڑ روپے اکٹھے کیے جس کا باقاعدہ کوئی حساب نہیں، فنڈز علیمہ خان اور خدیجہ شاہ کے زیرِ انتظام تھے، وکلاء کو 1 ارب سے زائد روپے دیئے جا چکے، علیمہ خان بشریٰ بی بی کیلئے ایک دن کی مار ہیں۔

Speaking to religious scholars in Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan will not progress through “magic” or shortcuts but through hard work, unity and respect for the armed forces. He hailed the army’s performance against India, urged clerics to fight sectarianism and argued that tough decisions by political and military leaders have helped pull the economy back from the edge of default.

Pakistan’s new Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has tied the future of relations with Kabul to the fate of the TTP, warning Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that they must choose between partnership with Islamabad or continued tolerance of Pakistani Taliban networks on Afghan soil, as a powerful new tri service command comes online in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir hails a “victory over India” and invokes faith during a high profile ceremony in Islamabad where President Asif Ali Zardari awards Jordan’s King Abdullah II the Nishan i Pakistan, blending military messaging with diplomatic theatre.