Pakistan

Pakistan on Thursday validated licenses of 166 pilots working in foreign countries amid a scandal involving “dubious” flying certificates, which caused a global alert. Pakistan’s civil aviation ministry grounded 262 pilots for “dubious”…
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AFP: Airlines strapped for cash due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have begged for help from customers and voiced fear that they could go bankrupt as it is becoming increasingly difficult to pay back clients for cancelled flights. "We…
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Thursday that India's "ill-intentions" were exposed when the diplomats who were provided consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav did not meet him. According to the foreign minister, the…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz said Thursday that Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar "is going nowhere", adding that all rumours that he was were contrary to facts. Taking to Twitter, the…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday provided "unimpeded and uninterrupted" consular access to Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav, according to a statement by the Foreign Office. The FO said in its press release that Jadhav's wife and mother…
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BEIJING: The Chinese capital has recorded no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases for the 10th day in a row. The total number of cases stands at 335 since a cluster outbreak was discovered at Xinfadi market on June 11, the…
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The Eti­had Airways said that it would resume its flight operations from Pakistan with a flight to Abu Dhabi. The UAE-based airline had suspended flights to and from Pakistan apparently after some passengers who had travelled to Hong…
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The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending cryptocurrency bitcoin, in a massive hack. The list of accounts commandeered grew rapidly…
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The US has assigned Pakistan a Category 2 rating because it "does not comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) safety standards under the FAA’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (IASA) program." The move…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday condoled the death of the Vice Chancellor of the Nishtar Medical University, Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, who passed away due to the novel coronavirus today. Taking to Twitter, the prime…
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Millions of people went into new lockdowns Tuesday as novel coronavirus cases surged, but in one sign of hope, a US firm said it would soon start final-stage human trials for a possible COVID-19 vaccine. Massachusetts-based Moderna will…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan flew to the site of Diamer- Bhasha Dam to inspect the construction activities. Federal Water and Power Minister Faisal Vawda and Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and…
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Turkey's Hagia Sophia could open to visitors outside prayer times and its Christian icons will remain, religious officials said on Tuesday, after a court ruling paved the way for it to become a mosque. The sixth-century Istanbul…
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Terrorists ambushed a Pakistan Army patrol team in Kahan Valley near Panjgur in Balochistan, martyring three soldiers and injuring eight others, including an officer. According to a statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations…
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Washington - Robotic landers and rovers have been touching down on Mars since the 1970s, but when will humanity finally set foot on the Red Planet? Experts believe the technical challenges are nearly resolved, but political…
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