Pakistan

President Donald Trump on Tuesday formally started the withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organization, making good on threats to deprive the UN body of its top funding source over its response to the coronavirus.…
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The Amnesty International has criticised the government of Pakistan and urged it to review its decision to halt a temple in Islamabad, on Tuesday. A tweet by the international body said that the act to halt construction of the temple in…
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ISLAMABAD: PML-N President and former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday wrote to the National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, urging him to form a committee to probe the atrocities against media. In a letter that he penned to…
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Pakistan’s authorities must protect the right to freedom of religion and belief for the country’s beleaguered Hindu community, including the construction of temples to exercise that right, Amnesty International said today. The human…
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Beijing on Tuesday reported zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the emergence of a cluster in the Chinese capital in June that prompted fears of a domestic second wave. A total of 335 people have been infected since a…
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REUTERS: Chinese social media app Tik Tok has revealed on Tuesday that it is stopping operations in Hong Kong owing to a new security law in the region, as other technology companies stop processing government requests for user data in…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom spoke to Prime Minister Imran Khan and recognised the  "positive trend in disease curtailment" in Pakistan. This was revealed by Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on…
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REUTERS: Torrential rain hit Japan’s southwestern island of Kyushu on Monday, with at least one more river bursting its banks, as the death toll from three days of floods and mudslides rose to 44, including 14 at an old people’s home.…
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KARACHI: Adviser to the Chief Minister Sindh on Law Syed Murtaza Wahab announced on Twitter that he had recovered from the novel coronavirus, revealing that he had tested negative for the infection after isolating. Taking to Twitter on…
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KARACHI: The city received its very first spell of the monsoon rain and Karachiites' worst fears came true. Roads partly submerged in water became a common sight on social media but this one particular video, filmed by an individual,…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday summoned a senior Indian diplomat to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register Islamabad’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on 5th July…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani State Minister for Health Zafar Mirza has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Taking to Twitter on Monday, the state minister said that he was isolating at home and had mild symptoms. "I have tested…
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KARACHI: Pakistan reported another 3,344 cases of coronavirus on Monday, taking the nationwide tally to 231, 817. According to figures updated by the National Command and Control Centre, at least 50 people have lost their lives due to…
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New Delhi - India has overtaken Russia to become the third worst-affected nation by the coronavirus after reporting 24,248 new cases Monday. India has now confirmed 697,413 cases, including 19,693 deaths. Russia has 680,283 cases. The…
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Protesters in the US city of Baltimore pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Saturday, local media reported, the latest monument to be toppled in anti-racism demonstrations. Statues of figures connected to colonialism and…
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