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CAIRO: Israel airstrikes killed at least 70 people in Gaza overnight on Thursday, residents and authorities in the enclave said, hours after a ceasefire and hostage release deal was announced to bring an end to 15 months of war between…

PESHAWAR: Terrorists on Thursday attacked an aid convoy going from Tal Cantonment to the restive Kurram district of Khyber Pakthunkhwa, as a result of which one official was martyred and six terrorists were killed by security forces.…

ISLAMABAD: In a major development, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the departments concerned to increase the loan amount from Rs0.5 million to Rs1.5 million under the government's youth loan program. The prime minister added…

Mumtaz Hussain UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has thrown its back behind United Nations and regional countries, particularly Saudi Arabia and Oman, in their efforts to reach a political settlement of the Yemeni conflict. In a statement during…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the Gaza ceasefire deal and called for its immediate and full implementation. The Foreign Office in a statement expressed the hope that the agreement would lead to permanent ceasefire and help in…

ANTWERP (BELGIUM): After expressing their love and support for their country in Barcelona Spain, Brescia of Italy and Belgium's capital city of Brussels, overseas Pakistanis held a Pakistan Zindabad and Pakistan Army Zindabad rally in the…

DOHA: Israel and Hamas agreed to a deal to halt fighting in Gaza and exchange Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that…

SHANGHAI: Users of the Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed “TikTok refugees” from the United States with selfies and messages on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties with other countries in response to the…

ISLAMABAD: Over 10,000 Pakistanis are currently languishing in different jails in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the National Assembly was told on Wednesday. During the question hour in the lower house of parliament, Deputy Prime Minister…

PESHAWAR: Blue Veins and the Provincial Alliance for Sustainable Tobacco and Nicotine Control have called upon the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department to introduce a PC-1 for tobacco control in the provincial budget 2025-26. The proposed…