KARACHI (IFJ/AFP): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned ‘Israel’s seemingly deliberate targeting and killing of Media persons’ in Gaza following a drone strike that killed two and injured one on 7 January. Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman Hamza Al-Dahdouh, son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael Al-Dahdouh, and freelance videographer Mustafa Thuraya, […]
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BANNU: Two cops (Faizuddin and Sikander Khan), who were providing security to a Polio team, were gunned down while two others were wounded by unknown militants here on Tuesday (9th of Jan, 2024). When the terrorists attacked the polio team, Policemen retaliated and during the exchange of fire one of the assailants (who sustained bullet […]
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli command base Tuesday (9 Jan, 2024) in retaliation for the killings of one of its commanders and a Palestinian leader. Hezbollah and its arch-foe Israel have been exchanging near-daily fire across the border since the Israel-Palestine war broke out on 7 October . Hezbollah said it had […]
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PARIS: 34-year-old Gabriel Attal has been picked by Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (9th of Jan, 2024) to head the government just before Olympics 2024 and the European Parliament Polls where centrists have to face Marine Le Pen’s far-right. Presidential statement, while confirming the appointment, held: “The president of the republic appointed Mr Gabriel Attal prime […]
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KARACHI: Ambassador of European Union (EU) to Pakistan, Dr. Riina Kionka, Tuesday (9th Jan, 2024) advised business community of the Port City to broaden and diversify their exports to EU for taking maximum advantage of EU’s GSP Plus scheme for Pakistan which has recently been rolled over for four more years up to 2027. The […]
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LAHORE: Punjab Caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi unveiled a groundbreaking initiative, announcing the distribution of 26,000 electric motorbikes and rickshaws to the public on interest-free basis – a groundbreaking milestone in Pakistan’s history. The announcement took place at a special function organized by the Punjab Transport Department at a local hotel on Tuesday (9th Jan, […]
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NEW YORK: United and Alaska Airlines both reported on Monday (8th Jan, 2024) that loose hardware had been discovered on some of their Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes during preliminary inspections after a dramatic mid-flight incident last week. The disclosures come as US federal transportation inspectors probe what caused a so-called door plug component to […]
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SEOUL: South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday (9th Jan, 2024) passed a bill banning breeding, slaughtering and selling dogs for their meat, a traditional practice that activists have called an embarrassment for the country. Dog meat has long been a part of South Korean cuisine, and at one point up to a million dogs were killed […]
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RAWALPINDI: Former PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi have been indicted by an accountability court here on Tuesday (9th of Jan, 2024) in the Toshakhana Reference filed against the couple by NAB. Newspakistan.tv Sana Mehmood
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HONSHU: According to the concerned authorities here, death toll from the powerful earthquake, that flattened parts of central Japan on 1st of January, passed 200 on Tuesday (9th of Jan, 2024), with just over 100 still unaccounted for. The 7.5 magnitude quake destroyed and toppled buildings, caused fires, and knocked out infrastructure on the Noto […]
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