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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar met with a UNICEF delegation led by Country Representative Pernille Ironside to explore new avenues of cooperation in advancing child rights in Pakistan. Senator Tarar…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Pakistan–Thailand Parliamentary Friendship Group was held at the Parliament House in Islamabad. The session was chaired by the group’s Deputy Convener and MNA, Nawabzada Mir Jamal Khan Raisani, with the…

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) reached a new all-time high on Friday as the benchmark KSE-100 Index surged past the 153,000-point level. At the start of the final trading session of the week, the index gained over 900 points,…

ISLAMABAD: In a significant development in the case concerning the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has constituted a four-member larger bench to hear contempt proceedings against the Prime Minister and members…

SANA'A: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have detained 11 employees of the United Nations on suspicion of spying for the United States and Israel, international media reported. According to foreign news agencies, the detentions took place earlier…

South African batter Matthew Breetzke has etched his name into the record books by becoming the first player in One-Day International (ODI) history to score fifty or more runs in each of his first five matches. The 25-year-old continued…

SRINAGAR: Days of relentless monsoon rains have unleashed destruction across Indian-occupied Kashmir and northern India, displacing hundreds of thousands and leaving dozens dead. In occupied Kashmir, authorities said nearly 10,000 people…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Japan reviewed the full spectrum of their bilateral relations at a meeting, reaffirming a shared commitment to deepen cooperation in trade, investment, development, education, and people-to-people exchanges. The…

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Owais Leghari has directed departments concerned to complete the Gilgit-Baltistan Solarization Project on time. The minister said that the project marks a significant move toward clean and…

CAIRO: Israeli air and ground attacks on Gaza have killed at least 79 Palestinians in the past a couple of days. Authorities say around 200,000 people remain in Gaza City despite evacuation orders. Civil defense officials report that about…