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RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has imposed a temporary visa ban on 14 countries, including Pakistan, during the Hajj season. According to officials, the ban will apply to Umrah, business and family visas. The visa restrictions are likely to end in…

WASHINGTON: Some 1,200 demonstrations are planned across the U.S. on Saturday in what organizers expect to be the largest single day of protest against President Donald Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk since the administration…

Special Correspondent NEW YORK: Pakistan was elected as a member of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs for a four-year term. Pakistan was elected to the commission at a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social…

Special Correspondent UNITED NATIONS: At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Pakistan has called for global action against weapons seized by terrorist groups. In the meeting, Pakistan expressed deep concern over the…

KARACHI: Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) has said Pakistan will send two astronauts for training in China, as it becomes the first foreign country to participate in Beijing’s space station training…

ISLAMABAD: While the federal government has launched an operation to deport all illegal Afghan nationals, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Friday announced that no Afghan will be forcibly evicted from his province.…

PESHAWAR: Arbab Niaz Cricket Stadium in Peshawar has been renamed after PTI founder and jailed former prime minister Imran Khan. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of the PTI displayed the board of Imran Khan Cricket Stadium despite…

The chief of the interim government of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Thailand today and asked him to extradite ousted prime minister Hasina Wajid. This was Yunus's first meeting with Modi after the…

RAWALPINDI: Corps commanders at a conference chaired by Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir on Friday expressed their resolve to use full force against those trying to destabilize Pakistan by disturbing peace in Balochistan. According…

BEIJING: China on Friday retaliated to the US and announced the imposition of heavy tariffs on American products in response to the trade tariffs imposed by the United States. US President Trump imposed a 54% tariff on the import of…