ISLAMABAD: Citoyens of Pakistan’s Capital as well as a number of other KP cities (including n Peshawar) experienced tremors at 10.13am Wednesday (13th November, 2024) after a 5.1 magnitude quake jolted Afghanistan’s Badakshan area. The centre of the quake was located 37 km west-southwest of Afghanistan having a depth of 220.7km.Panicked citizens evacuated the batiments […]
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KARACHI: Though suggestion apropos deploying Chinese troops inside Pakistan to ensure security of its thousands of engineers and other helping staff, was declined earlier, Beijing is pushing the idea with more seriousness. Pakistan with all its paraphernalia repeatedly failed to contain the menace of terrorism, particularly attacks targeting foreigners associated with CPEC projects. After the […]
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RAWALPINDI: Citing violation of Section 144, Police nabbed a number of top PTI leaders from outside the Adiala Jail and after brief detention released them with a warning on Tuesday (12th November, 2024). Conspicuous among others who had been briefly detained were former MNA Aliya Hamza Malik, Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Malik Ahmed Bhachar, Sunni […]
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ISLAMABAD: IMF Mission Chief to Pakistan Nathan Porter heading a delegation met the Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb here on Tuesday (12th November, 2024). In the premature rendezvous aimed at averting any risk to the $7 billion bailout, Fin Min was accompanied by Minister of State for Finance Ali Pervez Malik, Governor State Bank, Chairman FBR […]
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TEL AVEV: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed responsibility for the Exploding Pagers during a cabinet meeting held here on Monday (11th November, 2024). Netanyahu said though senior politicians and defence officers were against the idea of Exploding Pagers he carried out the detonation plan. Meanwhile, Taiwan said it had carried out a probe into […]
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD: 1,79,210 Pakistani pilgrims will perform Hajj in 2025, half of the cases will be handled by private operators. Sponsorship: Five thousand seats will be available for sponsorship under the government Hajj Scheme, while 30,000 seats will be allocated to the private operators. It is mandatory to send foreign exchange through the banking channel to […]
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KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar and IG Sindh Police Ghulam Nabi Memon, while talking to journalists at a Presser held here on Monday (11th November, 2024) claimed that four suspects of the suicide bombing [carried out against Chinese engineers/investors by proscribed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)] outside Jinnah Terminal on 6th October had been taken […]
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PARIS: In order to observe Armistice Day, President Emmanuel Macron hosted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer here on Monday (11th November, 2024). It is pertinent to mention here that Keir Starmer was the first British leader to be hosted for the occasion since 1944 when General de Gaulle hosted Winston Churchill. The event is meant […]
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LAHORE: Toxic air from India has further aggravated the smog crisis in Punjab and KP on Sunday (10th November, 2024). Due to deadly smog that has engulfed the Province of Punjab, govt has barred public from entering public/private parks, zoos, playgrounds, playlands, historical places, monuments and museums till 17th November. Primary/Secondary School and Tuition/Coaching Centers […]
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HYDERABAD: A large number of slogan-raising men, women and children converged at Hatri Bypass to block the highway (causing hours long embouteillage) and stage a sit-in against government’s plan to construct 6 canals over Indus River on Sunday (10th November, 2024). Addressing the protesters, STP chief Dr. Qadir Magsi, said construction of canals over Indus […]
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