A UN Security Council committee on Monday agreed to allow the Taliban administration’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to travel to Pakistan from Afghanistan next week to meet with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China, diplomats said. Muttaqi has long been subjected to a travel ban, asset freeze and arms embargo under Security Council sanctions. According...
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April 30, 2023April 30, 2023World
Another 97 Pakistanis return after evacuation from Sudan
ISLAMABAD: Another group of 97 Pakistani nationals evacuated from Sudan arrived in Karachi on Saturday as people continue to flee the war-torn country which the UN chief said “is falling apart”. This brought the total number of evacuated Pakistanis to 357, as 260 landed in Karachi a day ago. The group was flown from...
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April 29, 2023April 29, 2023World
India arms Hindu militias to combat Kashmiri fighters
Abdul Qayoom, a retired Indian soldier, gives tips to civil servant Sanjeet Kumar (right) about using a bolt-action rifle in Dhangri village of India-held Kashmir.—AFP DHANGRI: Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 Kashmiri villagers who have joined all-Hindu militia units armed and trained by Indian forces to fight off...
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March 30, 2023March 30, 2023World
King Salman Relief Centre Completes another NFIs Project in Pakistan
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has completed distribution of third & forth phases of NFI Kits consisting of 15,000 NFI kits among flood affected people living in Punjab and Sindh. As a result, a total number of kits distributed has gone up to 50,000 and 350,000 Individuals were benefited from these NFI...
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February 23, 2023February 23, 2023World
6.8-magnitude quake hits eastern Tajikistan: USGS
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Tajikistan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck around 5:37 am local time (0037 GMT) at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres (12.7 miles). The USGS estimated that “little or no population” would be exposed to landslides from the quake. Its epicentre appeared to be in Gorno-Badakhshan,...
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February 15, 2023February 15, 2023World
Tax officials raid BBC offices after Modi documentary
NEW DELHI: Indian tax authorities raided the BBC‘s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, weeks after the broadcaster aired a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions in the Gujarat riots. Police sealed off the New Delhi office, which occupies two floors, and half a dozen officers were stationed outside to prevent people...
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February 2, 2023February 2, 2023World
No end to executions in Saudi Arabia, report shows
• 1,243 people put to death in the kingdom between 2010 and 2021, says Reprieve • Pakistanis make up highest number among those executed KARACHI: While the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has rebranded itself as a country open to investment, tourism and engagement with the rest of the world under powerful Crown Prince Mohammed Bin...
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February 1, 2023February 1, 2023World
Blinken meets Abbas, presses for two-state solution
RAMALLAH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken shuttled from Israel to the Palestinians’ West Bank on Tuesday, appealing for an end to resurgent violence and reaffirming Washington’s backing for a two-state solution to the decades-long conflict. Blinken is urging calm on both sides after last week’s killing by a Palestinian gunman of seven people outside...
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January 31, 2023January 31, 2023World
World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next pandemic: Red Cross
GENEVA: All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite three “brutal” years of the Covid-19 pandemic, strong preparedness systems are “severely lacking”, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said. The...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023World
UAE president’s visit to Islamabad postponed due to ‘weather conditions’
UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s one-day visit to Islamabad — scheduled for today — has been postponed due to bad weather conditions, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. “Due to weather conditions, President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to the friendly Islamic Republic of Pakistan scheduled for...