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Bakhtawar Bhutto to be engaged to US-based businessman’s son on Nov 27
The daughter of former president Asif Ali Zardari and slain ex-prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, is to be engaged to the son of a US-based businessman named Mahmood Chaudhry, revealed the PPP on Saturday.
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Israeli operative killed Al Qaeda number 2: NYT
REUTERS: Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down by two men on a motorcycle in the streets of Tehran on Aug. 7, the Times reported.
The killing of Masri, who was seen as a likely…
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Trust in vaccines vital to halting pandemic: WHO
As the world celebrates advances in vaccines against the novel coronavirus, a top WHO expert warned in an interview with AFP that public distrust risked rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the pandemic.
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Qureshi, DG ISPR present dossier on Indian state terrorism
Pakistan on Saturday presented a dossier with detailed evidence on Indian state sponsored acts of terrorism inside the country, and said there could be a sharp increase in terrorist activities in the coming months, Foreign Minister Shah…
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Imran Khan lauds Kashmore cop, his daughter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday an assistant sub-insector and his daughter who were arresting in arresting a suspected rapist in Kashmore district of Sindh province.
Taking to Twitter, Imran Khan said he spoke to ASI…
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Four civilians, Pakistan soldier martyred in cross-border Indian firing
ISLAMABAD: Four civilians and a Pakistan army soldier have been martyred in cross-border shelling by Indian borders troops in Azad Kashmir, the military's media wing said.
According to the ISPR, Indian border forces targeted civilian…
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China sends ‘congratulations’ to Joe Biden on US election win
China congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday nearly a week after he was declared winner of the American election.
US-China ties have grown increasingly strained in recent years under the administration of incumbent Donald…
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Pakistan records 37 deaths, 2, 304 virus cases in 24 hours
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported 2,304 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 352,296
This is the highest increase in cases in a single day since July 13 It is the first time since July 17 that over 2,000 cases…
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Civilian martyred, three wounded in India border fire
One civilian was martyred and three others were injured when India targeted civilian areas in Azad Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LoC), Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.
The army said Indian troops had…
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Opposition leaders toeing Indian agenda by instigating coup within army: PM
Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said by targeting the military leadership, the opposition leaders were conspiring to instigate a coup within the army and pursue Indian designs of disintegrating the country.
“Their interests are…
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PTI govt must be ousted as condition for talks with establishment: Maryam
ISLAMABAD: PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz said that her party might consider holding holding talks with security establishment if the PTI government was ousted from power.
Maryam Nawaz made the comments while speaking to BBC Urdu on Thursday.…
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Pakistan lodges protest with India over ceasefire violations
Pakistan on Thursday summoned a senior Indian diplomat here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register the country’s strong protest over ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on November…
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Saudi king urges ‘firm stance’ against Iran
Saudi Arabia's King Salman urged world powers Thursday to take a "firm stance" against its arch-rival Iran, as expectations mount that US President-elect Joe Biden will seek to revive a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
Riyadh appears wary…
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EU seals deal with Pfizer-BioNTech for supply of 300 million doses of COVID vaccine
The European Commission said on Wednesday it had sealed a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for the supply of up to 300 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
The move follows Pfizer’s announcement on Monday that its experimental…
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US embassy apologizes for retweeting Ahsan Iqbal’s post
ISLAMABAD: The US embassy in Pakistan tendered an apology on Wednesday for tweeting a political message posted by opposition leader Ahsan Iqbal targeting Prime Minister Imran Khan.
In a message on Wednesday, the US embassy said that its…
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