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ISLAMABAD: As the number of Pakistanis leaving the country seeking jobs abroad continued to increase with their frequent deaths in boat/ship accidents, many  black sheep in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) have been found involved in…

JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israel's cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday, a day before the agreement's…

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Pakistan may not achieve its economic growth target set for the current fiscal year. The international lender has revised Pakistan's economic growth forecast for the current…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani mountaineer Asad Ali Memon has added another feather to hus cap by scaling Mount Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica region. Already, Memon has climbed the sixth peaks in the pursuit of teaching the tops of  seven…

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration will take place inside the U.S. Capitol on Monday rather than outdoors because of severe cold, the first time in 40 years that U.S. presidential inaugural ceremonies will be moved…

M irshad Ullah PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly witnessed intense protests on Friday as government members staged demonstrations inside and outside the assembly hall against a recent judicial verdict. Lawmakers chanted slogans,…

Monitoring Desk  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has apologized for an advertisement about the resumption of its flights to Paris. According to a foreign news agency, a spokesperson for the national airlines said that the…

ISLAMABAD: Oxford University Press (OUP) is thrilled to announce the winners of the 9th Oxford Big Read (OBR), a prestigious global literary competition aimed at instilling a lifelong passion for reading among students. Our National…

RAWALPINDI: An accountability court on Friday sentenced former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment and his wife Bushra Bibi to seven years in jail  in the 190 million pound corruption case. Accountability…

Mumtaz Hussain  UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has stressed the need for allowing the reinvestment of frozen assets of Libya in order to preserve its values and utilize it for the benefit of the people of the country. "The assets freeze…