Pakistan

Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from WHO and partners. Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an…
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US President Joe Biden will hold first-ever joint talks Friday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, boosting an emerging four-way alliance often cast as a bulwark against China. It will be one of the first summits, albeit in…
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British television host Piers Morgan on Tuesday left his role presenting ITV breakfast show "Good Morning Britain", shortly after sparking 41,000 complaints and storming off the set in a row over Meghan Markle. "Following discussions…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said electronic voting was essential to ensure transparency in next general election and directed the authorities concerned to prepare a feasibility report of the process on priority. Chairing the…
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Multiple Facebook posts have shared a purported statement from “Joseph Hope, editor-in-chief of The New York Times" that praises Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The claim is false; there is no “Joseph Hope” listed as an employee at The…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed his pleasure over the announcement of PDM panel for the chairman and deputy chairman Senate election scheduled for 12 March. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari…
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ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has summoned a session of the Upper House (Senate) on Tuesday at 4pm. Sparks are expected to fly between the Opposition and treasury benches as members from both sides will come face to face for the first…
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The United States on Tuesday said that those visa applicants who were denied the visa due to US President Trump's "Muslim ban" can reapply now. President Joe Biden overturned Trump’s so-called Muslim ban on Jan. 20, his first day in…
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President Joe Biden has suspended drone strikes outside of war zones where US forces are operating, reversing the policy of his predecessor Donald Trump, who had given the military free rein in countries such as Somalia. Any drone…
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Islamabad, 08 Mar 21: Pakistan Navy Ship ALAMGIR with embarked helicopter participated in bilateral exercises with Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force Ship ARIAKE, Royal Oman Navy Ship KHASSAB, Russian Federation Navy Ships STOIKY &…
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The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Monday mulled over deferring the opening up of cinemas, indoor weddings and dinning in the restaurants, which were expected to be allowed with effect from March 15, amid rising positivity…
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The uprising against military rulers in Myanmar's Yangon turned violent on Monday when two protesters died with gunshot wounds to their head as shops and banks were closed in the city. Photos posted on Facebook showed the bodies of two men…
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Interfaith Commission for Peace & Harmony (ICPH) chairman Allama Ashan Siddiqui has felicitated women on the International Women's Day, saying that women are equal partners of men and that the concept of weaker gender is a thing of…
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LAHORE: On International Women’s Day, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) joins the global call to recognize, protect and promote women’s rights. Foremost, we demand an end to gender-based violence in all its iterations—from…
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Sunday asked PTI MPA Abdul Salam to submit evidence he was approached to sell his vote in the recent Senate elections for money. In response, the PTI MPA had said that he was in…
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