WASHINGTON/BEIJING: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, talked on phone Friday (17th Jan, 2025). They vowed to take a positive approach to improving ties between the two countries. Xi said that he hoped for a good start in terms with the President-Elect Donald Trump. Trump stated that it was his expectation that US and China would […]
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MOSCOW: Russia, that is engaged in a war with Ukraine, and reckons Iran as a strategic partner, signed a new economic and military cooperation treaty here on Friday (17th Jan, 2025). By means of the new treaty Iran and China have pledged to assist each other against common security threats. According to the new agreement […]
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JERUSALEM: PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s bureau has confirmed that the Deal on Ceasefire-Hostage with Hamas has been accepted by the Israeli Security Cabinet here on Friday (17th Jan, 2025). Following the acceptance of the Deal on Ceasefire-Hostage by the Security Cabinet, the Israeli Justice Ministry has published the names of 95 Palestinian women and children to […]
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MUMBAI: Despite CCTV footage, the burglar who had stabbed the 54-year-old Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan with a knife six times outside his residence here in the early hours of Thursday (16th Jan 2024), has not been nabbed yet. Earlier, his wife (Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan), by means of Instagram, informed about the attempted […]
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RAWALPINDI: An accountability court Judge Nasir Javed Rana on Friday (17th Jan 2025), pronouncing the verdict (thrice delayed previously) in the £190m Al-Qadir University Project Trust Case, handed a sentence of 14 years (+Rs. ten lakh fine or incarceration of additional 6 months) to former PM Imran Khan and 7 years sentence (+ Rs. 5 […]
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ISLAMABAD: FO on Thursday (16th Jan 2025), while rejecting the reports apropos annexation of the Wakhan Corridor by Pakistan, proclaimed that it was part of Afghanistan. FO Spox stated: “Wakhan is part of Afghan territory. Afghanistan is a neighbouring country. We recognise its sovereignty and territorial integrity. “There is no question of Pakistan having designs […]
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LONDON: BBC Travel has included Pakistan’s Gilgi-Baltistan region among its list of 25 best places to travel in 2025. “Pakistan is one of the world’s most populated nations, yet it remains one of the great surprises for travellers. “That may soon change, as the country is hoping a slew of responsible tourism initiatives and new […]
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ISLAMABAD: PTI on Thursday (16th Jan, 2025) presented 22-points written Charter of Demands to the government (represented by eight people including Speaker NA) during the 3rd round of parleys. It may be recalled that the negotiations commenced towards the end of Dec last year sans a written Charter of Demands. PTI, among other things, wants […]
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MADRID: 44 Pakistani illegal immigrants died when their boat carrying 86 people capsized after departing from Mauritania on 2nd Jan, 2025 heading towards Spain. It is pertinent to mention here that during 2024 thirty illegal immigrants died per day trying to go to Spain from West Africa. Bewildered by the fact that West African migration […]
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PESHAWAR: CM KP Ali Amin Gandapur and Chairman PTI Barrister Gohar Ali Khan called on COAS Gen. Asim Munir here. Imran Khan, confirming the Gandapur-Gohar-COAS rendezvous, maintained that PTI had been attempting to get the other side on the negotiation table. Gohar (who journeyed to Peshawar by means of a helicopter in order to present […]
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