Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Dozens of Iranians and Iranian-Americans have reported being harassed or questioned for hours at the US border following heightened tensions over the US killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. The Council on American-Islamic…
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ISLAMABAD: The Executive committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the Cabinet Division approved the Southern Punjab Poverty Alleviation Project (SPPAP)-IFAD that will cost Rs15.52 billion with Rs 7.5 billion as the FEC.…
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ISLAMABAD: The Government of Pakistan yesteray released 20 Indian prisoners (fishermen) to be repatriated via Wagah Border. These prisoners have been released upon completion of their sentences, according to Foreign Affairs Ministry. The…
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The BJP government's mischievous portrayal of isolated law and order incidents in Peshawar and Nankana Sahib as alleged ‘persecution’ of minorities is part of its smear campaign against Pakistan and a desperate attempt to divert attention…
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US President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on a threat to attack Iranian cultural sites despite accusations that any such strike would amount to a war crime. After his top diplomat, Mike Pompeo, had insisted that any military action…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would neither let its soil be used against any other State nor become part of any regional conflict, said Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday. According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, Qureshi…
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SRI NAGAR: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi reaffirmed Pakistan’s political, diplomatic and moral support to the valiant Kashmiri people in their just struggle for human dignity and their inalienable right to self-determination in…
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ISLAMABAD: The provincial authorities in the Punjab province have informed that there was scuffle in the city of Nankana Sahib today, between two Muslim groups on a minor incident at a tea-stall. The District Administration immediately…
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An assertion by US Vice President Mike Pence that Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, who died Friday in an American attack in Iraq, had helped the September 11 terrorists has been sharply challenged in the US press. In a Twitter message…
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President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran and will hit them "very fast and very hard" if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets. In a saber-rattling tweet that defended Friday's US…
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KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the legacy of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was not his name or personality but rather the leftist ideology that saw the largest gains for the people of…
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REUTERS: With shouts of “Death to America”, tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq on Saturday to mourn Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader who were killed in a U.S. air strike that has raised the…
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KARACHI: At a ceremony held in the city Saturday, high-tech maritime patrol and drones were inducted into the aerial fleet of the Pakistan Navy, according to the ISPR. Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi spoke at the…
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MIANWALI: Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday urged the police force to provide masses with a sense of protection and security. The prime minister was addressing participants at the inauguration of a model police station in Mianwali. He…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan, and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed on Thursday held wide-ranging talks focusing on bilateral, regional and…
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