IK’s Final Call: PTI calls it a day after operation!

ISLAMABAD: Following the Police-Rangers’ operation, (during which Bushra/Gandapur/Omar Ayub’s container was torched) in the early hours of Wednesday (27th Nov, 2024), PTI took a retreat calling it a day: “In view of the government’s brutality and plan to turn the capital into a slaughterhouse for unarmed citizens, (PTI) announces the suspension of the peaceful protest […]

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GAZA: Pakistani Envoy to France Speaks at UNESCO

PARIS: Statement by Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad at the Eighth Special Session of the UNESCO Executive Board Monday (25th Nov, 2024). Pakistan supports continued and unimpeded operations of UNRWA for Palestinian refugees – Calls for accountability of Israel’s war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Pakistan joined other delegations in requesting the Eighth Special […]

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Pakistan-Belarus sign MoUs apropos bilateral trade

ISLAMABAD: Marriott Hotel was the venue where Pakistan and Belarus signed a number of MoUs apropos bilateral trade here on Monday (25th Nov, 2024). The agreements, signed during the Pak-Belarus Business Forum, are meant to realise the true potential between the two countries and pave way for profound economic relationship. According to details the MoUs […]

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Belarus delegation is here ahead of president’s visit

ISLAMABAD: Ahead of President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s formal visit a 68-member ministerial delegation led by Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov arrived here on Sunday (24th Nov) evening. The visit comes after Pakistan and Belarus in September agreed in principle to sign a MoU to establish a trade roadmap for 2025-2027. PM Shehbaz Sharif on 31st May, 2023 […]

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Kurram: Tribes agree to week-long ceasefire

KURRAM: A KP government delegation that met the warring Shia tribesmen Saturday, talked to the Sunni warlords here on 24th November and successfully persuaded the two sides for a week-long ceasefire. According to KP chief minister’s adviser on information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, a ceasefire was agreed for seven days between the tribes, both of […]

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Filippo Grandi

UNHCR’s appeal for stateless people

MANHATTAN: UNHCR has launched a $10 billion appeal for 2025 to meet implement sustainable solutions for 139 million refugees, displaced and stateless people in 136 countries and territories. High Commissioner of UNHCR, Filippo Grandi, pointing towards ongoing conflicts and resulting displacement in countries like Sudan, Ukraine and Lebanon, stated: “We live in an era of […]

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Cricket, 1st ODI: Pakistan beaten by Zimbabwe by 80 runs

QUEENS SPORTS CLUB BULAWAYO: Zimbabwe has beaten Green Shirts by 80 runs in the opening match of ODI series played here on Sunday (24th November, 2024). Earlier, Pakistani spinners restricted Zimbabwe for 205 runs. Green Shirts, after winning the toss, invited the host to bat first. Sikandar Raza made 39 runs while Ngarava faced spinners […]

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IK’s Final Call: Convoys Move Towards Capital

ISLAMABAD: Despite IHC’s orders (that termed PTI’s planned protest march and dharna at D-Chowk) unlawful, huge number of cops/para-military Rangers (duly equipped to tackle mobs), dug out/blocked roads, mobile/internet suspension, convoys have commenced moving towards the Capital (from Punjab and a number of places in KP, including Peshawar) on Sunday (24th November, 2024). While, para-military […]

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