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PAECO summit: PM calls for collective regional progress
Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday stressed upon proper tapping of immense potential and resources of the ten-member Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) for the collective regional progress and prosperity.
Addressing a concluding…
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Pakistan, Tajikistan vow to cement bilateral ties
Prime Minister Imran Khan and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon Wednesday while expressing satisfaction over the excellent bilateral cooperation at the multilateral fora, reiterated their commitment to further strengthen it in the…
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Saeed Ghani says inter, matric exams to be held in June
Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani announced that the upcoming matric and intermediate examinations 2021 will be held in July, and the dates of exams will be decided in the next two days.
Ghani was addressing a press conference at the…
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Sindh govt, Thar Foundation ink MoU to improve family planning indicators
Pakistan’s lowest district in terms of human development indicators, Thar is one of the areas of Pakistan where the teenage pregnancy rate is recorded alarmingly high at 59 percent.
This was revealed during an MoU ceremony aimed at…
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New Covid restrictions leave Pakistanis stranded at Istanbul Airport
The Foreign Office (FO) confirmed that it was in contact with the Pakistanis who were left stranded at the Istanbul Airport due to the new coronavirus restrictions in place since yesterday.
As per Turkey's new coronavirus restrictions,…
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WHO approves China’s Sinovac vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it has approved for emergency use the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac Biotech, making it the second shot that was made in China to be used in poor countries.
A WHO…
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Kuwait to issue visas to Pakistanis in construction sector: Rashid
Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Tuesday said Kuwait was ready to issue visas to Pakistanis in the construction sector.
Addressing a press conference here, he said he had undertaken a successful visit of Kuwait on the…
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China confirms first human case of bird flu strain
Beijing - China reported the world´s first human infection of the H10N3 bird flu strain on Tuesday but said the risk of it spreading widely among people was low.
A 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with fever symptoms in the…
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Tajik President to pay two-day Pakistan visit: FO
At the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon will pay a two-day visit to Pakistan on 2-3 June 2021.
He will be accompanied by a high-level delegation.
Pakistan and Tajikistan enjoy close…
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Imran Khan condemns Quetta, Turbat terrorist attacks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has strongly condemned a terrorist attack which left four soldiers martyred yesterday.
Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, PM Khan said that Pakistan would continue to fight against terrorists and not allow…
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China jails blogger who ‘slandered’ dead in India border clash
China has jailed a popular blogger for "defaming martyrs" after he suggested the death toll of the China-India border clash last year was higher than the official count of four.
Qiu Ziming -- with over 2.5 million followers on China's…
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Bilawal condemns police brutality against KP teachers
Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that police brutality against teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is highly condemnable. He said that on one hand KP government is cutting staff allowances and on the other, the…
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Hamid Mir taken off air after critical comments on the military: CPJ
Washington, D.C., May 31, 2021–In response to the suspension today of Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir, host of “Capital Talk” news program, by the Geo News network following Mir’s critical comments about the Pakistan military at a rally on…
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WHO switches to Greek alphabet for virus variant names
Covid-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatising nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday.
The new system applies to variants of concern -- the most…
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China allows couples to have three children: state media
China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media reported Monday, further unwinding four decades of controls in the world's most…
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