Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for taking all possible administrative measures to check the prices of essential commodities and ensure strict action against the hoarders and profiteers. He was presiding over a high-level…
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Saudi Arabia failed in its bid to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday as China and Russia were elected to three-year terms. Human rights groups hailed the snub to Riyadh, which deals a blow to the…
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Pakistan has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) with an overwhelming majority securing 169 votes in the 193-member UN General Assembly. Elections were held in New York earlier today. Among the five candidates…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan's aide Moeed Yusuf said that Pakistan stood firmly for peace in the region through dialogue but New Delhi’s draconian policies towards Kashmiris had made talks impossible. In the first interview by a…
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ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Tuesday proposed slapping fines on people who refuse to wear face masks in public gatherings. . The meeting presided over by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and…
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REUTERS: The United Kingdom may impose stricter COVID-19 lockdown rules if a second wave of the novel coronavirus is triggered in high-risk areas, said a minister on Tuesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced a new tiered system of…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged federal and provincial authorities to take urgent steps to prevent a second wave of the Coronavirus in the coming winter. Chairing a meeting of the National Coordination Committee in…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday categorically rejected the "unwarranted and irresponsible" comments made by Indian Defence Minister Rajanth Singh, insinuating that Pakistan and China were deliberately creating border disputes with India.…
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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said that the arrest of a second suspect wanted by police in motorway gang rape case was a matter of national relief. In a tweet, the president said “An efficient trial of the accused and the ‘severest…
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SANFORD, United States: Immune to COVID! Stronger than Joe Biden! Superman? Not quite, but Donald Trump wants America to know he's back. "Here we are!" he cried with a triumphant roar — made slightly hoarse by his bout with COVID-19 — at…
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday issued a notice to Prime Minister Imran Khan after he recently attended an event at the Convention Centre in Islamabad which was organised by the Insaf Lawyers Forum, with the court calling into…
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LAHORE: Police on Monday arrested the main suspect in the Lahore motorway rape case, Abid Malhi, from Faisalabad and brought him back to Lahore. The other suspect who allegedly raped the woman, Shafqat, is in jail on judicial remand. The…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Science Minister Fawad Chaudhry again accused senior journalist Ansar Abbasi of pushing for Taliban-style curbs on women in Pakistan. "You writings suggest that we are a nation with no moral values and Pakistan women…
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REUTERS: US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is in "great shape" adding that he had recovered from the novel virus and was no longer at risk of infecting others with it. Trump also said, without producing evidence, that he was…
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PPP leader and former president Asif Ali Zardari was taken to a hospital on Sunday evening after he started feeling unwell, said the party. According to the PPP, doctors are taking care of the former president and medical tests including…
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