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Special Correspondent UNITED NATIONS: Representatives of several UN Security Council members have reiterated strong opposition to the annexation of any part of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and to the forcible displacement of…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has officially confirmed that proposed peace negotiations between Iran and the United States will be hosted in Islamabad. The announcement came after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif shared Pakistan’s…

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar held separate high-level meetings with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zedong and British High Commissioner Jane Marriott in Islamabad on Tuesday. The meetings focused on the…

MANILA: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced a comprehensive financial aid package to assist its developing member countries facing economic and fiscal challenges due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The initiative…

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has approved the partial reopening of the Torkham border to facilitate the phased return of Afghan refugees residing in the province. The first stage of the repatriation process will focus…

MALDIVES: In the opening match of the SAFF Under-20 Football Championship, Bangladesh secured a 2-0 victory over Pakistan in a thrilling encounter held at the National Football Stadium in Malé, Maldives. The tournament features seven…

BEIJING: Alibaba on Tuesday revealed its next-generation XuanTie C950 5-nanometer processor at an internal conference, the company said in a blog post, as the Chinese tech giant gears up ‌for the shift towards agentic AI. The 3.2 GHz…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday that Pakistan is ready to host negotiations between the United States and Iran aimed at ending the ongoing war.  The Foreign Office has confirmed that, following Pakistan’s…

RAWALPINDI: The President of Pakistan has granted military awards to the officers and soldiers of Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force. According to the ISPR, 11 Sitara-i-Basalat, 475 Tamgha-i-Basalat, 130 Imtiazi Asnad, 378 COAS…

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Pakistan as the most smog-affected country in the world in 2025. The report revealed that the concentration of hazardous fine particles (PM2.5) in Pakistan was nearly 13 times…