RAWALPINDI: ANF, while conducting five operations across the country, managed to recover over 485 kg drugs and arrested eight accused. ANF informed that: 3.4 kg hashish was recovered from a passenger going to Sharjah at Peshawar Airport. In another operation, 300 kg hashish was recovered from the possession of two accused netted from Indus Highway […]
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NEW YORK: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake, which hit New York City Friday, also interrupted a United Nations Security Council meeting on the worsening situation in the war-ravaged Gaza. As the ‘Save the Children’ representative, Janti Soeripto, was giving a moving description of the way Gaza children were impacted by the war, the tremor was felt […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday (6th April, 2024) denounced the provocative remarks made by the Indian Defense Minister during a recent televised interview, in response to a media revelation regarding India’s clandestine operations within Pakistan. “Pakistan stands resolute in its intent and ability to safeguard its sovereignty against any act of aggression, as demonstrated by its […]
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ISLAMABAD: PM Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday (6th April, 2024) departed to KSA in a commercial airline for a visit from 6th to 8th April. This would be the prime minister’s first foreign visit since his election. He is accompanied by federal ministers Including Ishaq Dar, Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Abdul Aleem Khan, Attaullah Tarar […]
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MANHATTAN: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Friday (5th April, 2024) called on Israel to make meaningful changes in its military tactics in besieged Gaza to avoid civilian casualties while also undergoing “a true paradigm shift” in lifesaving aid delivery. Marking six months of Israeli aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza, the UN chief said that Israel’s […]
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PARIS: In the dead of night a drone hovers over a prison in southern France, secretly dropping packages to inmates inside. But one parcel becomes stuck in the railing outside a cell window, and guards seize three others. Across France, prisoners have been making orders online for drones to illegally bring them everything from drugs […]
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SISTAN (Baluchistan): Rebel Sunni Baluch group Jaish al-Adl launched simultaneous attacks against military posts in Sistan on Thursday (4th April, 2024) killing eleven Irani troopers. State media in Iran say 16 gunmen and 11 security force members have been killed in fighting in the southeast of the country. General Mohammad Pakpour, who heads the Guards’ […]
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ISLAMABAD: On special invitation of Vice Chancellor Federal Urdu University for Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) Prof. Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari, well-known educationist Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Chaudhry (Coordinator General COMSTEC) and Prof. Dr. Masoom YasinZai (former rector of International Islamic University) visited Federal Urdu University here. On this occasion, a meeting was organized at […]
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ISLAMABAD: PM Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (4th April, 2024) said that the government was planning to enter a new program with the IMF which he said, was vital to consolidate the country’s economy. “With the new IMF program, the international institutions will have more trust on us and we will be able to move forward […]
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KARACHI: The soyem of Syed Iqbal Hussain, a senior journalist and member of the Karachi Union of Journalists and the husband of Sheher Bano, (Editor of Supplements and Special Reports at The News), was held at his residence in North Karachi. Earlier, the funeral prayer for Iqbal Hussain took place on Saturday (30th March, 2024) […]
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