PESHAWAR: The process of repatriation of Afghan nationals residing illegally in Pakistan continued peacefully as according to the official statistics, a total of 478300 Afghans have returned to their native country so far. The statistics showed that a total of 2697 illegal Afghans including 914 male, 765 female and 1018 children returned to Afghanistan the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has added as many ten more passenger trains across the country in a bid to accommodate the passengers, provide better felicities to the commuters besides generate more revenue for the department. “Before completing the network of 96 trains over the entire railway network, the last year the figure of trains is 86 […]
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ISLAMABAD: The 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Monday, losing 1,039.34 points, a negative change of 1.63 percent, closing at 62,773.72 points against 63,813.06 points the previous trading day. A total of 317,577,239 shares valuing Rs 10.693 billion were traded during the day as compared to 412,823,322 shares valuing Rs.16.185 […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Iran have resolved to expand their cooperation especially in the political and security domains. The understanding came at a meeting between Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian here on Monday (29th Jan, 2024). Later addressing a joint news conference, Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said that the […]
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ISLAMABAD: ECP has established 90,675 Polling Stations in order to facilitate the voters during 8th Feb, 2024 general elections. Out of the total polling stations, 41, 403 are combined whereas 25,320 are for male and 23,952 for women voters. The total number of polling stations in Punjab is 50,944, Sindh 19,006, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 15,697, and […]
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NEW YORK: In a significant achievement, Pakistan Pavilion has won the “Best In-Show – International Tourism Development” Award at Travel and Adventure Show, 2024 held here. The event, spanning January 27 to 28, 2024, has drawn over 550 leading destinations, tour companies, cruise lines, and travel providers worldwide, with participation from nearly 190 countries. The inauguration […]
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KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi said on Saturday that the nation had the potential to put the country on the path to prosperity and development. While addressing the 31st Convocation of the University of Karachi here, he said that the country could be rehabilitated in five to ten years. He said that humanity is reaching […]
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BEIJING: The first Boeing 737 MAX delivered to China since 2019 landed Saturday at Guangzhou’s Baiyun International Airport, according to tracking website flightradar24. The aircraft, a 737 MAX 8 belonging to China Southern Airlines, landed at 10:23 am local time (0223 GMT). Boeing has rated China a crucial growth market, but deliveries ceased throughout the […]
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Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy): Ragnhild Mowinckel won Saturday’s alpine skiing World Cup downhill at Cortina d’Ampezzo, claiming the honours in a race blighted by interruptions for crashes and driving winds. Norwegian Mowinckel claimed her first ever World Cup downhill win with a time of one minute and 33.5 seconds, beating American Jacqueline Wiles by 0.35sec. “I’m […]
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MANHATTAN: The UN Security Council will meet next week over the decision by the global body’s top court calling for Israel to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza, the council’s presidency announced Friday. The Wednesday meeting was called for by Algeria, whose ministry of foreign affairs said it would give “binding effect to the pronouncement of […]
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