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WASHINGTON: The United States has clamped a ban on as many as 19 Indian companies for supplying arms and ammunition to Russia. According to international media reports, the US has banned over 400 firms and individuals for providing modern…

NEW YORK (Reuters): New York City Mayor Eric Adams will go on trial on corruption charges starting April 21, 2025, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday, placing the proceedings in the middle of what promises to be a bruising reelection campaign for…

ISLAMABAD: The government has claimed that the fruits of the visit to Qatar of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have started appearing as Qatar has announced to make an investment of three billion dollars in Pakistan.  After the visit, a…

LFAFAR, SPAIN (Reuters): Spanish rescuers opened a temporary morgue in a convention centre and battled to reach areas still cut off on Friday as the death toll from catastrophic floods rose to 205 people in Europe's worst weather disaster…

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has signed an agreement with a private sector company to establish its own power transmission lines. A formal ceremony in this regard was held at the Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar where…

ISLAMABAD: The visit of President Asif Ali Zardari to China in the middle of this month has been delayed. The decision was taken after President Zardari landed in hospital in Dubai after he got his foot fractured at Dubai airport a day…

MASTUNG: Seven people lost their lives, including three schoolchildren, in a bomb blast in Mastung, Balochistan, on Friday. Officials said the bomb was planted at Hospital Chowk in Mastung and remotely exploded targeting a police van. As a…

NEW YORK: Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh met with leaders of the Pakistani American Community of Long Island (PACOLI) to strengthen U.S.-Pakistan ties, explore economic opportunities, and support the local Pakistani-American community.…

Officials say that bidder has refused to hike offer from 10 billion rupees for 50pc shares against govt's expectation of over Rs.85bn.

By Khesraw Hayat Kakakhail The Liberation War of Gilgit in 1948 was a pivotal conflict fought between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir, including present-day Gilgit-Baltistan. This war marked the first…