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...Although there are no Sufi shrines in the UK to perform at, there is plenty of demand for the band’s music, for example at religious events such as a celebration in Leicester in the presence of Sultan Shah, a syed...
...Yet Sharif’s days in office may be numbered, with many analysts predicting Khan would win if elections later this year were a free contest....
...Pakistan’s powerful new army chief General Syed Asim Munir is visiting Saudi Arabia, a historic lender to Islamabad in times of crisis....
...“If Sharif or Khan is prime minister, there will be differences in fiscal policies that would affect the viability of an IMF programme.”...
...This contributed to pressure on Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence motion last month....
...“In a country that looks chaotic from the outside, everybody was really focused,” says Vidiya Amrit Khan, director of the family controlled Desh Garments, which supplies brands including Calvin Klein and...
...“It’s worse than the regime of General [Pervez] Musharraf,” said Pakistan journalist Azaz Syed, author of The Secrets of Pakistan’s War On al-Qaeda. Mr Khan’s office denies any censorship....
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Pakistan prime minister talks to the FT about relations with India and China
...His counterpart Syed Kamall, the Tory who led the European Conservatives and Reformists group, lost his seat....
...Syed Kamall, a Tory MEP and head of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, said he wants to know how Facebook could investigate third party apps it suspects of abuse, or whether there are commercial...
...Syed Kamall, the Eurosceptic Conservative MEP for London, is reported to be considering another attempt at mayor. He stood to be the party’s nominee in 2015, but lost out to Mr Goldsmith....
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...Syed Kamall, a UK Conservative MEP who leads the EU parliament’s European Conservatives and Reformists group, said: “Untangling the existing relationship by definition creates a new relationship....
...Nadeem Syed, chief executive of Misys, said: “By coming together, we have the opportunity to create a global fintech leader, positioning us to lead the corporate banking software space, accelerate our cloud-based...
...“This represents a significant opportunity for our business”, said chief executive Nadeem Syed....
...“There is a security dimension to CPEC,” says Mushtaq Khan, chief economist at Bank Alfalah and a former chief economic adviser to Pakistan’s central bank....
...He defeated Syed Kamall, an MEP; Stephen Greenhalgh, deputy mayor for policing; and Andrew Boff, Tory leader on the Greater London Authority....
...Gul Khan, a rickshaw driver who routinely parks in search of passengers on the road leading to Binoria — which claims to provide mainstream education — sees the young students from the seminary as evidence...
...Quetta’s 500,000 Shia are mostly Hazara, who trace their lineage to Genghis Khan’s invading Mongol armies....
...“This disaster has proved that India also accepts the fact that they are not our people, because of the way they behaved,” says Altaf Ahmad Shah, son-in-law of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani....
...Syed Qaim Ali Shah, chief minister of Sindh province, said Sindh could not afford cope with an influx of displaced people as a result of the North Waziristan operation....
...Awami National party say attacks on their election rallies will favour their rivals, including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz of Nawaz Sharif and Tehreek-e-Insaf, or Movement for Justice, party of Imran Khan...
...“Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani stands disqualified as a member of [parliament],” said Iftikhar Chaudhry, chief justice of the Supreme Court. “He has also ceased to be the prime minister of Pakistan”....
...Even Mr Syed laments: “It’s been great for business, but I’ve lived here my whole life and don’t know my neighbours any more.”...
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