Pakistan

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the rising wave of state-sanctioned hate crimes and Islamophobia in India has emerged not only as a threat to Indian Muslims but is also a matter of grave concern for the Muslim world at…
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KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman have pledged to protect the 18th constitutional amendment. During a telephonic conversation held between the two leaders about the…
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Pakistan’s well-known Islamic scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel has apologized for his remarks that have drawn the ire of women rights groups. In a message on Twitter, Maulana Tariq Jameel said that that there was no excuse for making any…
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The kingdom has so far recorded the highest number of cases in the Gulf with more than 17,000 infections and 139 deaths. Despite being frustrated by the lockdown, which has forced her and hundreds of thousands of others to abandon their…
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US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world. "We are not happy with China," Trump said at a White…
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KARACHI: Sindh Governor Imran Ismail has announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. "I have just been tested Covid-19 positive, ... Inshallah will fight it out," Governor Ismail tweeted. Prime Minister Imran Khan…
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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has urged India to respect the 2003 ceasefire agreement, investigate  incidents of deliberate ceasefire violations and maintain peace along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary. It also urged the…
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ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Senator Shibli Faraz has been appointed as the new Federal Information Minister. Minister for Science Fawad Chaudhry announced the latest cabinet change through Twitter on Monday. Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa…
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ISLAMABAD: A special aircraft of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) carrying another cache of protective equipment from China reached Islamabad on Monday. Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General…
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The sun is only just rising in Berlin but Lothar Kopp, 65, is already standing in line outside a clinic in the district of Reinickendorf. Along with a handful of mask-clad people standing two metres apart, he is here to give a blood…
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The global death toll in the novel coronavirus pandemic soared past the grim 200,000 milestone on Sunday, as the World Health Organization warned against "immunity passports" for recovered patients, seen as a possible tool for countries…
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Pakistan says Prime Minister Imran Khan's call for a Global Initiative on Debt Relief has been widely welcomed at the United Nations, including Presidents of the UN General Assembly and Economic and Social Council. In a press release…
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Geo News anchor Hamid Mir annoyed a segment on social media after his exchange with Maulana Tariq Jameel on a current affairs programme hosted by Muhammad Malick went viral on Saturday. On his show, Breaking Point, Malick invited Hamid…
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Muslims around the world began marking Ramadan under coronavirus lockdown on Friday with unprecedented bans on family gatherings and mass prayers, while a pushback in some countries has sparked fears of a surge in infections. This year,…
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ISLAMABAD: The National Coordination Committee on Coronavirus extended the partial lockdown in country til May 9. This was announced by Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar while briefing media persons about decisions taken by…
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