Pakistan

A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for solidarity and political commitment by…
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ISLAMABADD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that India's belligerence poses a serious threat to peace and security in the region. Addressing a virtual meeting of the Conservative Friends of Pakistan, the foreign minister…
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Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Javed on Tuesday informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that the Indian reply had indicated that it was not serious about the implementation of International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s decision pertaining…
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A treason case has been registered against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at a Lahore police station on charges of provocative speeches. Maryam Nawaz, former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Ayaz Sadiq, Pervaiz Rashid, Khawaja Asif,…
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump drove past supporters on Sunday outside the hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19, after announcing on Twitter a “surprise visit” to his backers. Seen in a dark face mask, waving to…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan could face a new wave of Coronavirus infections if people failed to strictly comply with government's guidelines to control the disease. The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) was apprised that non…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz Sunday asked former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan and face all cases, saying the PML-N leader had "deceived and mislead the whole nation…
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Democrat Joe Biden opened his widest lead in a month in the U.S. presidential race after President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, and a majority of Americans think Trump could have avoided infection if he had taken the…
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Azerbaijan said on Sunday that Armenian forces had fired rockets at its second city of Ganja, killing one civilian and wounding four, and threatened to retaliate by destroying military targets inside Armenia. The developments marked a…
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India's federal investigators will take over the probe into the alleged gang-rape and murder of a low-caste teenaged woman that has sparked nationwide outrage and days of protests. The 19-year-old woman from the marginalised Dalit…
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Saudi Arabia said that the visitors from outside the Kingdom will be allowed to perform Umrah from November 1 after the capacity of the holy site will be raised to 20,000 pilgrims per day. The Saudi ministry added that Umrah, which…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday advised the countrymen to wear face masks in public to avert the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in winter. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister said compared to some other states, Allah…
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Deaths from the novel coronavirus in India passed 100,000 on Saturday, official data showed as the pandemic continued to rage across the world's second most populous country. A total of 100,842 people have now died, health ministry…
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ISLAMABAD: Two hardcore terrorists including an improvised explosive device specialist have been killed during an Intelligence Based Operation of security forces in North Waziristan district. According to ISPR, security forces conducted…
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The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) takes serious exception to the recent order issued by PEMRA, prohibiting news channels from broadcasting interviews and public addresses by ‘proclaimed offenders and absconders’ on national…
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