Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A senior official of the Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has been reported missing from Islamabad, family and friends say. Sajid Gondal, a former Dawn reporter and additional deputy director of the SECP, was…
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The Indian authorities should prohibit security forces in Jammu and Kashmir from using shotguns firing metal pellets to disperse crowds, Human Rights Watch said today. Indian police and paramilitary forces fired shotguns as well as tear…
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At least 7,000 health workers worldwide have died after being infected with the coronavirus, including more than 1,300 in Mexico alone, the most for any country, Amnesty International said Thursday. "Every health worker has the right to…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday regretting the decision by United Nations Security Council’s Sanctions Committee to block the designation of two Indian nationals as terrorists despite sufficient evidence, said ‘it would continue to expose…
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ISLAMABAD: The opposition parties have announced holding an All Parties Conference (APC) on September 20 later this month at the Zardari House in the capital. Addressing a press conference here in Islamabad, opposition leaders —…
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Thursday night announced he would resign from the post, after recent allegations against him surfaced in a news story by journalist Ahmad Noorani that…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the Ministry of Interior to expedite the process of tabling anti-torture bill. Taking to Twitter on Thursday, PM Khan said that torture was unacceptable in a civilized democratic society.…
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LONDON: The UK government has slapped MQM founder Altaf Hussain with a fine of more than £2 million over tax evasion, a media report said. Further investigation is underway to determine the full extent of Hussain's dues, Geo News reported.…
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The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been hacked, the social media giant confirmed Thursday. Tweets were sent from the prime minister's feed asking for charitable donations using a cryptocurrency, but have since…
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Bilawal Bhutto's spokesman Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar expressed his surprise over government’s silence and inaction on serious allegations against Chairman CPEC Authority and SAPM on Information and Broadcasting Gen (retd) Asim Saleem…
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Opposition leader and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Karachi on a day-long visit to show solidarity with the victims of urban flooding triggered by the record-breaking monsoon rains. Sharif met with residents of…
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From Pakistan to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia is scaling back its famed chequebook diplomacy, a longstanding policy of splashing petro-dollars in exchange for influence, which observers say has yielded few tangible gains. For decades, the…
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Six months after the coronavirus arrived in Pakistan, the country appears to have dodged the worst of the pandemic, baffling health experts and dampening fears its crowded urban areas and ramshackle hospitals will be overrun. Following…
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KARACHI: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that the country's problems were not about non-availability of resources but not setting its priorities right, as he arrived in Karachi on a two-day visit to take stock of the…
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Saudi ambassador to Islamabad Nawaf bin Saeed Ahmed Al-Malki paid a courtesy call on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, according to Foreign Office. Foreign Minister Qureshi underlined deep rooted historic and fraternal ties between…
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