Pakistan

Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has welcomed President Biden’s announcement of withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan by September 2021. The army chief made the remarks in a meeting with Mrs Angela Ageler, US Charge…
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Pakistan on Thursday said that it supported the principle of responsible US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in coordination with Afghan stakeholders. Responding to media queries on US President Joe Biden’s announcement of US troops’…
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The federal cabinet on Thursday approved a summary seeking a ban on the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) under the anti-terrorism law. The ban came after three days of violent protests by the politic-religious group which had paralyzed…
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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced that the federal government would ban Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) under the anti-terrorism law. The decision has been taken on the recommendations of the Punjab government,…
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The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Wednesday issued fresh guidelines to slow the adverse effects of the third wave of coronavirus. A special meeting of NCOC was chaired for this by Asad Umar on Tuesday.…
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Among covid patients, a lack of exercise is linked to more severe symptoms and a higher risk of death, according to a study covering nearly 50,000 people who were infected with the virus. People physically inactive for at least two years…
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Pilgrims immunised against Covid-19 circled Islam's holiest site in Saudi Arabia's Mecca city Tuesday as they performed the year-round umrah pilgrimage on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan. Mask-clad worshippers entered…
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LAHORE: The federal cabinet yesterday approved the deployment of Rangers to deal with violent TLP protests that broke out in several cities following the arrest of their emir Saad Hussain Rizvi in Lahore. At least two police constables…
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President Joe Biden will withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America that were coordinated from that country, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The decision defies a May 1…
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RAWALPINDI: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday to discuss Pakistan's security situation. The meeting comes a day after protests broke out in several cities of Pakistan…
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Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Tuesday he was suing prison officials for denying him access to the Muslim holy book, the Koran, in his penal colony outside Moscow. Navalny, who is serving a two-and-a-half year sentence on old…
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Hundreds of TLP workers protesting the arrest of their leader Saad Hussain Rizvi blocked busy roads in major cities, stranding commuters for hours. The TLP chief was taken into custody in Lahore over his demand to implement an agreement…
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Pakistan would receive 15 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, to be delivered by May 2021, under COVAX, a global initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines. This was announced by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in a…
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A highly contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in Britain does not cause more severe disease in hospitalised patients, according to a new study published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Monday. The…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that his Party has opposed the anti-people deal of PTIMF from day one as the details of the agreement between PTI government and the IMF have neither been laid…
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