Pakistan

Nepali climbers who made history at the weekend by becoming the first to summit the world's second-highest mountain in winter told Wednesday how they battled hurricane-force winds and freezing temperatures to achieve the record. The…
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Joe Biden took charge as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday with an upbeat call to heal a nation torn by deep schisms as he immediately erased some of Donald Trump's most divisive policies. Standing on the steps of a US…
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While the world struggles to meet the challenges of the pandemic COVID-19, the responsibility of defence can neither be relegated nor postponed because existential threats do not diminish with natural calamities. If lessons can be learnt…
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday met with UAE envoy Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al Zaabi and hailed his country's special relationship with the Gulf nation. Foreign Minister Qureshi paid rich tribute to late…
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WANA: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday announced the start of 3G/4G internet in Waziristan region despite security challenges from Wednesday. The PM made the announcement at a ceremony held to distribute cheques among successful…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled to visit South Waziristan in line with his vision to focus on the development of the border districts. The PM will lay the foundation stone for the expansion project of Cadet College…
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Raped at 14, Shazia took the rare and courageous step of reporting the crime to Pakistani police, only to face a traumatic "virginity test" -- a long-standing practice that denies justice to victims. The teenager was still in a daze…
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UMERKOT: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has to give answers regarding questions about funding from India and Israel to PTI, which has formed government in Pakistan.…
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ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Tuesday established a control room to monitor a protest of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) being staged in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to two difference vaccines against Covid-19. A spokesperson of the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan has said that two Coronavirus vaccines have been granted…
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WANA: Two terrorists were killed and one was arrested when security forces launched an intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday. The operation was conducted in in Nargosa area of South…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly condemned Houthi militants’ attack by launching of a military projectile on one of the border villages in Jazan area in Saudi Arabia. The attack resulted in injuries to three civilians. "These attacks…
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PESHAWR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Finance and Health Minister Taimur Khan Jhagra has rubbished reports that his government was planning to eliminate pension for widows and widowers. “There is no intent whatsoever to eliminate pension for the…
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KARACHI: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will finalize its plans today (Monday) to stage a protest outside the office of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad. PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz has traveled from Lahore to the federal…
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LONDON: The United Kingdom is racing to be among the first major countries to vaccinate its population - seen as the best way to exit the pandemic and get the economy going again. Latest figures show the United Kingdom has vaccinated…
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