Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi is visiting Moscow to attend the Meeting of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers (SCO-CFM) on 9-10 September 2020. The invitation to attend the SCO-CFM was extended by Russian…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack targeting the convoy of First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh. In a tweet shortly after the attack on Wednesday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri…
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At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan's vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early Wednesday, officials said. Saleh, who is the senior of Afghanistan's two…
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By Zahid Hussain Khan LAHORE: A Christian man has been sentenced to death on charges of insulting Prophet Muhammad, a capital offense under the country’s blasphemy laws, his lawyer said. Asif Parvaiz Masih, a resident of Lahore, was…
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Rapid population growth, lack of access to food and water and increased exposure to natural disasters mean more than 1 billion people face being displaced by 2050, according to a new analysis of global ecological threats. Compiled by the…
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A video of Prime Minister Imran Khan praising former IG Punjab Shoaib Dastagir has gone viral on the internet with various people slamming the prime minister for taking yet another U-Turn. In the video, the prime minister can be seen…
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LAHORE: In a shocking development on Tuesday, the Government of Punjab transferred former Punjab IG Shoaib Dastagir and appointed Inam Ghani in his stead, after the former allegedly got into a row with Lahore CCPO Umar Sheikh. The…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Monday restricted the entry of people from 23 countries, including Pakistan in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus. The announcement came from Malaysia’s immigration department on social media after the…
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REUTERS: Reporting the lowest number of COVID-19 cases in a week, India could not clamp down on its daily deaths from the virus as the country reported more than 1,100 people succumbed from the virus on Tuesday. The health ministry said…
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As many as 19 workers were killed Monday when a marble mine collapsed in Mohmand District and injured several. Rescue and relief operations began on Monday, carrying on till late into the night with the help of heavy searchlights.…
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Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi has said that Pakistan Navy is fully capable and vigilantly guarding country's maritime interests. In his message on the occasion of naval day, he said today Pakistan Navy is…
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At least 11 people were killed in three separate group killings in Colombia, police said Monday, one of the deadliest days since FARC guerrillas signed a peace accord with the government in 2016. The massacres -- homicides of three or…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday visited the newly upgraded model Panagah at Tarlai Islamabad. Following the PM’s directives to re-model Islamabad based Panagahs last month, this is the first prototype shelter home that has…
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The Indian Army said on Monday it has asked its Chinese counterpart if five Indian civilians who went missing from an eastern border state days ago were in their custody, while tension remains high on the western frontier between the…
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ISLAMABAD: Andrew Forrest, chairman of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday and showed his interest in investing Pakistan's energy sector. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. is a global…
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