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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Syed Asim Munir held a meeting with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Rodolphe Haykal at the General Headquarters (GHQ), where both sides agreed to enhance defense cooperation and strengthen military ties.…

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has announced an ambitious plan to train one million people in Artificial Intelligence over the next three years, aiming to prepare the workforce for the rapidly evolving digital future. Federal Minister…

MUZAFFARABAD: Authorities have placed the Mirpur and other areas on high alert ahead of a protest movement and shutter-down strike call by the Joint Action Committee, leading to a large-scale security crackdown across multiple areas.…

Special Correspondent UNITED NATIONS: At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Pakistan called on the Afghan Taliban to take decisive and verifiable action against terrorist organizations operating from Afghan territory,…

BOSTON: A federal judge on Monday struck down a $100,000 fee U.S. President Donald Trump imposed on new H-1B visas for highly skilled ‌foreign workers, concluding that it constituted an unlawful tax Congress never authorized. U.S. District…

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting at Aiwan-e-Sadr and discussed matters of national security as well as the internal and regional…

Special Correspondent UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, represented the country at the United Nations Annual Memorial Service held at UN Headquarters. During the…

Nasira Jabeen Even before Pakistan’s inception as a dominion state the would-be Pakistani nation had an intimacy (perverse though) with a foreign language that was to occupy an important space in its curricula and to play a major…

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday issued a strong statement addressing recent remarks by certain members of the British diaspora and Members of Parliament concerning Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The ministry expressed concern over what…

TEL AVIV: An emergency has been declared at Ben Gurion Airport following reported Iranian missile attacks targeting key Israeli military installations. According to Iranian media, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed…