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Pakistan asks UN to stop Israel’s ground offensive on Rafah

MANHATTAN: Pakistan has called for preventing Israel’s planned offensive on Rafah, saying it will further intensify the suffering of the Gaza Palestinians and risks widening the conflict.“Israel’s planned offensive in Rafah must be stopped,” Ambassador Usman Jadoon, deputy permanent representative of Pakistani to the UN, told the UN Security Council on Tuesday, while underscoring the […]

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Railways to procure 230 passenger coaches

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is finalizing a plan to procure 230 passenger coaches and 820 High Capacity Wagons under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) aiming help to improve the speed of the trains and ensure adherence to fixed timing. “Out of the total, around 46 Completely-Built-Up (CBU) passenger coaches have been procured up till now […]

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Winners of 11 reserved seats for Balochistan Assembly

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued the notification of the winners of 11 reserved seats for women and three seats for non-Muslims in the provincial Assembly of Balochistan. As per the ECP spokesperson, the PPPP secured three seats for women PML-N also obtained three, JUI-P got two seats while ANP and NP […]

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Indians signed up for Russian army!

NEW DELHI: India’s foreign ministry has confirmed on Friday (23rd of Feb, 2024) that some of the country’s citizens had signed up for “support jobs” with the Russian army and said it was working with Moscow to secure their discharge. The Hindu newspaper reported Wednesday that around 18 Indians were stranded in various border towns […]

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Commercial US spaceship lands on Moon

WASHINGTON: A Houston-based company has landed America’s first spaceship on the Moon in more than 50 years, part of a new fleet of NASA-funded, uncrewed commercial robots intended to pave the way for astronaut missions later this decade. But while flight controllers confirmed they had received a faint signal, it was not immediately clear whether […]

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PSX stays bullish, gains 901 more points

ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Friday (23rd Feb, 2024) gaining 901.48 points, a positive change of 1.46 percent, closing at 62,815.82 points against 61,914.34 points the previous trading day. A total of 377,974,404 shares valuing Rs 16.011 billion were traded during the day as compared to […]

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Biden meets Navalny’s daughter and Widow

SAN FRANCISCO: President Joe Biden had a private, emotional meeting with the widow and daughter of Alexei Navalny in California on Thursday (22nd Feb, 2024) as his administration announced fresh sanctions against Russia over the death of the Kremlin opposition leader. The visit at a hotel in San Francisco came as the White House backed […]

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