Earthquake

Magnitude 4.8 earthquake felt in Northern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake has jolted the northern parts of Pakistan Saturday (15th Feb 2025). With epicentre located 8 kms southwest of Rawalpindi, tremors with a depth of 17 kms shook high-rise buildings. Citoyens of Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Azad Kashmir, Samahni, Bhanbar, Chakwal, Murree, Tala Gang, Kallar Kahar, Gujar Khan, Rawat, Kahota, Taxila, Kallar Syedan, […]

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US will extradite 26/11 Mumbai attack suspect to India

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, while talking to journalists at a joint Presser held here Thursday (13th Feb 2025) with Indian PM Narendra Modi, announced that his administration had approved extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin who is a suspect in the 2008 Mumbai attack that claimed 164 lives. It […]

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Urduphones observe Ghalib’s 156th death anniversary

KARACHI: Urduphones all over the globe marked the 156th death anniversary of the illustrious Urdu poet, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib Saturday (15th Feb 2025). The last great poet of the Mughal era Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib – one of the greatest Ghazalgo poets in the history of Sub-Continent – was born in (Akbarabad) Agra on the 27th day […]

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Nothing about Ukraine sans Ukraine: Zelenskyy

MUNICH: As, following the Trump-Putin telephonic conversation, USA is pushing to end the 3-year Kyiv-Moscow War, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he needed security guarantees. Following his Friday (14th Feb 2025) rendezvous with with US Vice President J D Vance at the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky took to the Social Media platform to state: “I […]

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KP: 15 terrorists neutralised in 2 IBOs

KP: Fifteen terrorists, including ringleaders, were neutralised in two separate IBOs carried out by security forces here on Saturday (15th Feb 2025). According to details, the first Intelligence-Based-Operation was conducted in Hathala (area of Dera Ismail Khan district) during which nine terrorists (including ringleaders Farman alias Saqib, Amanullah alias Toori, Saeed alias Liaquat and Bilal) […]

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6th Swap: Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases 369 prisoners

KHAN YOUNIS: In the 6th swap Hamas has handed over three hostages (29-year-old Russian-Israeli Alexander Troufanov; 46-year-old Argentine-Israeli Yair Horn; and 36-year-old American-Israeli Sagui Dekel-Chen) to the Red Cross on Saturday (15th Feb, 2025). 369 Palestinians, who were released from Israeli prisons on Saturday (15th Feb, 2025) included 333 who were incarcerated sans any charge. […]

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