Celebrating the Transformative Power of US Exchange Programs

KARACHI: Marriott’s Cyrstal Ballroom was the venue where 200 US govt sponsored educational exchanges and English-language programs’ alumni from Sindh and Balochistan converged on Sunday (12th Jan, 2024). Occasion was the annual reunion of Pak-US Alumni Network (PUAN – the largest such networks in the world, harboring 44,000 members), a flagship event that celebrates the […]

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Al-Azhar Uni to establish campus in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Grand Mufti of Egypt Dr Nazir Mohamed Ayad called on Federal Education Minister Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui here on Friday (10th Jan, 2025). Following the rendezvous it was proclaimed that Al-Azhar University will soon open a campus in Pakistan in order to promote women’s edification and understanding the profundity of Islamic teachings and Arabic […]

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Trump, 1st US president with felony conviction

MANHATTAN COURTROOM: President-Elect Donald Trump, [who was sentenced Friday (10th Jan, 2025) to unconditional discharge by Judge Juan Merchan on all 34 charges,] calling the trial a despicable charade, proclaimed that he was innocent and would appeal against the conviction. President-Elect Donald Trump, being in Florida, appeared by means of video link before the court […]

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Pakistani Flag Installed At UNSC

MANHATTAN: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) welcomed Pakistan, Denmark, Greece, Panama and Somalia as the five new non-permanent members for the 2025 -2026 period. It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan began its eighth term as a non-permanent member of the 15-member body. The new members replaced Japan, Ecuador, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland […]

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Cricket: Relocation Of Tri-Nation ODI Series

KARACHI: Since National Stadium in the Port City and Gaddafi Stadium in the Walled City are nearing completion, PCB has decided on Thursday (9th Jan) to relocate the upcoming Tri-Nation ODI series to these venues from Multan Cricket Stadium. PCB stated: “Given the advanced stage of preparations at the Gaddafi Stadium and the National Bank […]

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IPU Observer To Monitor Imran Khan’s Trials

ISLAMABAD: An observer of the Inter-Parliamentary Union* (IPU) will be monitoring the trials against former-PM (PTI founder) Imran Khan. According to details when IKs lawyer briefed IPU about legal and constitutional flaws in Toshakhana and £190 million cases against former PM, the global body decided to send a trial observer in order to monitor the […]

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