Pakistan

The ECC in its meeting at the Cabinet Division approved the Emergency Cash Assistance (Criteria and Mechanism) to the labour whose livelihoods has been affected by the COVID_19 Pandemic. The announcement was made earlier by the Prime…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood said Thursday that the government had decided to promote students of classes 9, matric and 11 without holding examinations. Mehmood said that all the provincial education…
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Pakistan condemned the brutalization of Kashmiri people in  Jammu and Kashmir and urged the international community to hold India accountable for its crimes in the occupied territory. The Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui in a…
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The Taliban warned Wednesday it was ready to fight back after Afghan forces were ordered to resume strikes in response to a series of deadly attacks, further unravelling a fragile peace process. A brazen daylight assault…
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KARACHI: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet on May 23 to sight  the crescent for Shawwal 1441 AH. The meeting will take place on 29th Ramazan 1441 Hijra at Pakistan Meteorological Department, Camp Office Met Complex, Main…
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ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday slammed the PTI government, saying it had no concrete plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on the floor of the house, Abbasi said: “The prime minister…
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday urged the Afghan government and Taliban to cooperate after grisly attacks on a maternity hospital and a funeral dealt a blow to US efforts to end the war. Pompeo called the twin assaults…
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APP: China asked India to maintain peace at the border on Tuesday, a day after physical altercations and clashes between the two countries' soldiers left at least seven injured. “We hope India will work with China to uphold peace and…
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PM Imran will appear in the Assembly session; he didn’t earlier as he was busy with other matters at hand, says Faraz
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Pakistan strongly condemned the "inhuman and cowardly terrorist" attack on a medical facility in Kabul and suicide attack on a funeral in Nangarhar province, resulting in the loss of so many precious lives. "These terrorist acts are…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday chaired a briefing on national water security strategy and construction of dams to meet agricultural as well as energy requirements of the country. The meeting was attended by Minister for…
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ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan and Iran have expressed the resolve to enhance security measures on either side of the border to ensure border security. According to ISPR, the resolve came during a telephonic conversation between COAS General Qamar…
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Excited children greeted their friends and weary parents got used to early starts again as schools in several European countries reopened after a nearly two-month coronavirus break. Pupils toted their backpacks for the first time since…
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National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday mulled over post May 9 lockdown status and the implementation mechanism for Ramazan standard operating procedures (SOPs) devised by the provinces. The NCOC, which met with Minister…
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Malik Amin Aslam Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change will formally inaugurate Pakistan’s first Urban Slum COVID-19 Response Programme in collaboration with the UN Habitat, formally tagged as the “Pakistan Covid-19 Urban Slums…
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