Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top court on Tuesday ordered a British-born militant acquitted of murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl to be moved from prison to a "rest house" while fresh legal challenges are heard. The Supreme Court last week…
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AFP - Myanmar´s generals were in firm control Tuesday after a surgical coup that saw democracy heroine Aung San Suu Kyi detained, although her party issued a defiant demand she be released and global outrage built over the power grab.…
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LONDON: MQM founder Altaf Hussain has been shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Barnet Hospital after contracting the novel coronavirus, according to the MQM-London. Altaf Hussain, according to sources cited by Geo News and…
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Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi received a batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine from the Chinese Ambassador Mr. Nong Rong at a ceremony held at the Nur Khan Airbase. The vaccine arrived from Beijing early morning…
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ISLMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his government would try to cover a majority of population by the end of this year. "The first shipment of COVID vaccine had arrived that would be first administered to the frontline health…
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ISLAMABAD: Primary schools and universities have reopened today after a 3-month closure gap due to the coronavirus pandemic. Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood had taken to Twitter to wish "the very best" to all students and teachers…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will entertain questions from the general public today, according to Information Minister Shibli Faraz. According to the government, the premier will interact with the people on the telephone and…
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The United States led governments around the world in calling for the restoration of Myanmar's democracy on Monday after the military staged a coup, arresting civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians. - United States -…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan's health aide Faisal Sultan has said that the the first batch of Chinese Coronavirus vaccine Sinopharm  has reached Pakistan. "Grateful to China and everyone who made this happen," Sultan tweeted.…
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Myanmar's military staged a coup on Monday, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and declaring it had taken control of the country for one year under a state of emergency. The intervention came after weeks of rising tensions…
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ISLAMABAD: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has called on the military establishment to leave political arena to the politicians or risk being drawn into controversies. In a series of tweets on Sunday evening, Bilawal Bhutto said that…
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BEIJING: A special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plane carrying the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine doses is due to arrive in Islamabad from Beijing on Monday China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi during a phone call with…
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Pakistan’s towering philanthropist and humanitarian Bilquis Edhi has been declared the ‘Person of the Decade’, along with human rights rapporteur of the UN Prof. Yanghee Lee and the US ethicist Stephen Soldz. A spokesperson for the Edhi…
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi received a phone call from US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. According to a statement issued by the State Department, Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Qureshi discussed how to…
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The new US government has named Rob Malley, an architect of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as its special envoy to Tehran, but policy hawks say he's too soft on the Islamic republic. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is "building a…
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