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JAKARTA: At least 54 people were injured in an explosion that occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque located within a school in Jakarta, Indonesia. The incident, which took place at the start of the afternoon prayers, has sparked…

ISLAMABAD: Amid rising border tensions with Afghanistan, Pakistan has handed over evidence-based demands to third-party mediators in Turkey, calling for concrete action to prevent Afghan soil from being used for cross-border terrorism. In…

Special Correspondent UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan sounded the alarm at the UN Security Council over the deliberate weaponization of shared natural resources, condemning India’s unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. In a statement…

WASHINGTON: Thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of Washington D.C. on Friday to demand the resignation of U.S. President Donald Trump. The protest, held under the banner “Trump Must Go Now,” reflected growing public anger over…

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ordered strict action against vehicles that emit smoke, as part of efforts to control smog in the city. During a hearing on the smog control case, the judge said that officers from the Environmental…

QUETTA: In anticipation of a major rally by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aeen Pakistan, the Quetta administration has sealed off the city by blocking all major roads with trucks and containers. Mobile and…

LAHORE: Punjab government has finalized an agreement with Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahl-e-Sunnat to gradually take over the management of 177 seminaries and 330 mosques previously run by the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). According to…

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has rejected most clauses of the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment, except for Article 243, which relates to the command and functions of the Armed Forces. A…

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened on a positive note today as the KSE-100 Index gained 296 points, reaching 159,393 points during early trading. The market showed an upward trend following yesterday’s close at 159,096…

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Kazakhstan is set to join the Abraham Accords, a U.S.-brokered initiative aimed at normalizing relations between Israel and Muslim-majority countries. The announcement followed Trump’s…