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WASHINGTON: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has arrived in Washington DC on a weeklong visit to the United States of America. According to sources in the PML-N here, Mr Sharif will stay in Washington DC for two days and will proceed to…

JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside the country, alarming some of Israel's Western allies who fear it will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in…

ISLAMABAD: Speaker of the Federation Council of Russian Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko who reached Islamabad on a three-day official visit of Pakistan on Sunday addressed a special sitting of the Senate on Monday. The Russian speaker…

ISLAMABAD: Imaan Mazari, lawyer, human rights activist and daughter of former PTI federal minister Dr Shireen Mazari, has been arrested along with her husband by the Islamabad police. The police in a social media post said that Imaan and…

ISLAMABAD: The Asia-Pacific meeting of International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG), hosted by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) as its regional chair, opened in Islamabad on Monday. The opening session was…

QUETTA: Laborers have refused to start work at the coalmine in Duki area of Balochistan following the gruesome killing of 21 workers by armed persons about three weeks ago. The workers have been demanding proper security measures but the…

ISLAMABAD: Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of Russia Valentina Matvienko set to address a special session of Senate on Monday. Valentina Matvienko arrived in Islamabad on Sunday evening on a three-day visit on the invitation of…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto met here on Sunday and discussed a number of issues following the 26th amendment to the constitution. According to Geo TV, the two sides in principle agreed to bring…

PESHAWAR: In a significant step towards enhancing child protection and welfare in the merged districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a two-day capacity-building training was arranged for the Social Service Workforce (SSWF). The training sessions…

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Mohammed Aurangzeb Khan has said that Pakistan's economy was on the right track and this has been endorsed by different international rating agencies. Speaking at press conference in Washington, the minister at…