UNITED NATIONS: A number of countries maintain sanctions on Taliban, terming it a terrorist group, but Russia is pondering over lifting them. Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Russian Ambassador to UN suggested on Monday (1st July, 2024) that Moscow was considering dropping sanctions against the Taliban as the Afghan authorities met with representatives of the international community […]
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DUSHANBE: PM Shehbaz Sharif and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon talked to journalists at a joint Presser held here on Tuesday (2nd July, 2024). PM, calling for enhancing trade, investment and connectivity between Pakistan and Tajikistan, told: “Today numerous Memorandums of Understanding were signed between the two countries”. He stressed the need for building rail connectivity […]
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KARACHI: A division bench of SHC comprising Justice Zulfiqar Ahmad Khan and Justice Rashida Asad on Tuesday (2nd July, 2024) took up the petition filed against Sindh Government plan to allot 6,000 acres of land to DHA. Following the preliminary hearing, the bench issued notices to the chief secretary, administrator to the DHA and others: […]
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KARACHI: Participants of a forum held here recently have maintained that combating violent extremism was the responsibility of all.Those societies hold prestigious position globally that are characterized by peace, mutual respect, and tolerance. However, global wars and economic and political instability have fostered violent extremism in today’s societies. This complex and destructive trend, marked by […]
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ISLAMABAD (NPTV/IFJ): International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has hosted a four-day (25th-29th June, 2024) Union Organizing and Leadership Training of Trainers here, bringing together young and mid-career journalists and Media workers from across Pakistan. The session included 14 participants from the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Women’s Media Forum Pakistan, and other regional Media […]
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PARIS: Envoy H. E. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad inaugurated Pakistan Pavilion at Texworld Evolution, which is scheduled to continue till Wednesday (3rd of July, 2024). PARIS: Envoy H. E. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad snapped visiting a stall exhibiting Pakistani textile goods. PARIS: A dozen of textile manufacturers from Pakistan are participating in the exposition and couture aficionados […]
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ISLAMABAD: Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, terming the 2024-25 budget as the worst in Pakistan’s history, criticized tax exemptions to Civil and Military bureaucrats. “If you sell land or house, a tax of 2.5 to 4.5 percent has been imposed on it. But there is a clause kept in it which I don’t think any […]
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WASHINGTON: Masood Khan, the outgoing Envoy here has asked on Monday (1st July, 2024) the US Govt. to provide light weapons to Pakistan to contain Terrorism. In his farewell video message here he noted that a robust relationship between the two countries is a work in progress, backed by a history of nearly seventy seven […]
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ISLAMABAD: Government, citing increasing trend of the prices of Petroleum products in the global bazaar, has augmented the price of Petrol by Rs. 7.45 per liter for next 15 days (1st-15th July, 2024). For two weeks citoyens will get a liter of petrol for Rs 265.61 and HSD for Rs. 277.45 (following a hike of […]
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DOHA: Zakir Jalali, director of the 3rd political dept of Afghan Foreign Ministry, took to the X (Twitter) to inform that 3 official meetings were open, ‘the agenda is open, 30 June, local time, 6:45 p.m. and ends at 8:45 p.m’. د دوحه۳ ناستې رسمي پرانيسته د اجنډا له مخې نن د جون پر ۳۰مه […]
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