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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif are scheduled to meet at the Presidency this evening to discuss the formation of a new government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), sources confirmed on Thursday.…

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has suspended a Peshawar High Court verdict that had granted Pakistani citizenship to an Afghan national on the basis of his marriage to a Pakistani woman. A three-member bench, headed by Justice…

SIALKOT: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested six passengers at Sialkot International Airport who were allegedly trying to travel illegally to Italy via Qatar and Libya. According to the FIA Gujranwala office, the suspects…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to resume talks with the Afghan Taliban at the request of host countries, media reported on Thursday. According to reports, the Pakistani delegation, which was preparing to return home from Istanbul, will now…

RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday that security forces killed 18 terrorists during two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan on October 28 and 29. According to the ISPR, the…

KARACHI: Flight operations at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport were disrupted on Thursday due to technical and operational issues, leading to the cancellation of seven outgoing flights. According to airport authorities, Emirates…

PESHAWAR: A by-election for the vacant general seat of the Senate from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is being held today, as announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). According to the ECP, polling will start at 9:00 AM and will continue…

BUSAN (SOUTH KOREA): U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held an important meeting in Busan, South Korea — their first encounter in six years. The discussion focused mainly on trade relations between the two…

Special Correspondent UNITED NATIONS: While calling for full compliance by all states with their respective safeguards obligations, Pakistan has stated that International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) safeguards should not be used to serve…

NEW YORK: The Consul General of the Russian Federation in New York, His Excellency Alexi Markov, paid a courtesy call on H.E Aamer Ahmed Atozai, the Consul General of Pakistan in New York. His Excellency Markov, who recently assumed his…