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WASHINGTON (Reuters): Two NASA astronauts who flew to the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing's (BA.N) faulty Starliner capsule will need to return to Earth on a SpaceX vehicle early next year, NASA chief Bill Nelson said,…

ISLAMABAD: The aircraft of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used Pakistani air space while returning to his country from Poland. However, he did not send any goodwill message to either the people of the government of Pakistan. Media…

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday met Jamiat Ulama-i-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman at the latter’s residence in Islamabad. The meeting is being seen in the context of the government's plan to amend some laws or…

PISHIN (BALOCHISTAN): Two children lost their lives and 10 people including four policemen were injured in a blast in the Pishin town of Balochistan on Saturday. According to media reports, the blast occurred at a Bazaar near the police…

ISLAMABAD: Minister for power division Mr Owais Ahmed Khan Laghari has once again ruled out the possibility of terminating the agreements signed with independent power producing companies.  In an interview with a foreign media channel, the…

ISLAMABAD: While floods in northeast of Bangladesh have left at least 15 people dead and properties worth billions of dollars damaged, prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday offered assistance from his country to cope with the situation.…

JACCOBABAD: The dead bodies of 28 Pakistani pilgrims, who lost their lives in a bus accident in Yazd city of Iran on Aug 21, were brought to Jaccobabad in a C-130 plane on the direction of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The bus was…

M. Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Friday appealed to the public, especially traders, to make the nationwide shutter-down strike on August 28 a success. Addressing a news conference here, he…

ISLAMABAD: According to a report, 58 percent of Pakistan’s districts have been found falling in the education performance index (DEPIx) and the remaining were  under-performing. At the launch of the DEPIx 2020-23 report, Minister for…

RAWALPINDI: Bangladesh scored 316 runs for the loss of five wickets at the end of the third day of the Test match against Pakistan's 448 on Friday. The visiting team started the day with its second day's total 27 runs and Zakir Hassan was…