Pakistan

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has drawn up a new proposal for peace with the Taliban ahead of an international conference aimed at jump-starting faltering talks between the two warring sides, official sources said. It comes after the…
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India reported a record rise in COVID-19 infections on Monday, becoming the second country after the United States to post more than 100,000 new cases in a day, as politicians stage massive election rallies raising fears of further…
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will send show-cause notices to the PPP and the ANP for allegedly violating the principles and decisions reached through consensus by the alliance. According to details, JUI-F chief…
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MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Chinese foreign minister's statement from the other day about some countries changing their policy towards China "over one phone call" was not a jibe from Beijing directed at Pakistan.…
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REUTERS: Demonstrators in Myanmar held protests demanding the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi government on Monday and called for more coordinated nationwide dissent, defying the military’s moves to suppress attempts to rally opposition to…
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Lahore, 3 April. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) is mourning the untimely passing of Kamran Arif, vice-chair of HRCP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, on 2 April 2021. A senior lawyer and internationally respected human rights defender,…
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Friday on Israel to ensure "equal" treatment of the Palestinians as the new US administration cautiously steps up efforts for a two-state solution. In a telephone call with Foreign Minister Gabi…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed his frustration at Biden administration for excluding Pakistan from a climate change summit. Taking to Twitter, PM Khan said that he was “puzzled at the cacophony" over…
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ISLAMABAD: Saudi Ambassador Nawaf bin Saeed Al-Maliki on Friday called on Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam and expressed interest to learn from Pakistan’s various green initiatives launched under the…
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As the third wave of the novel coronavirus intensifies, Pakistan reported over 5,000 cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday. According to data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the total number of coronavirus cases…
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REUTERS: The train, an express travelling from Taipei to Taitung carrying many tourists and people heading home at the start of a long weekend, came off the rails north of Hualien in eastern Taiwan, the fire department said. Images of the…
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Pakistan on Thursday reported the highest number of coronavirus cases since June 20, as per data from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). According to data from the country's nerve center on the coronavirus, Pakistan…
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REUTERS: Four people were killed and two were injured as shots were fired by a suspect in LA's Orange city on Thursday. Few official details of the violence in the city south of Los Angeles were immediately available, but the Los Angeles…
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French President Emmanuel Macron will make a prime-time television address Wednesday, under pressure to stem soaring Covid-19 cases and respond to criticism that he has allowed the pandemic to run out of control. At the end of January,…
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ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet lifted the ban on import of sugar and cotton from India. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the finance minister said the government had allowed sugar to be imported…
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