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ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Buddhist leaders met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here on Wednesday and discussed steps to cement and enhance interfaith dialogue and opportunities for cultural and academic exchanges between Pakistan and the…

ISLAMABAD: The mystery shrouding the disappearance of a poet and journalist ended on Wednesday when the federal government informed a court that he had been arrested by the Azad Kashmir police. Ahmad Farhad Shah went missing from Islamabad…

CAIRO (Reuters): Israeli tanks mounted raids across Rafah in defiance of the World Court for a second day on Wednesday, after Washington said the assault did not amount to a major ground operation in the southern Gazan city that U.S.…

QUETTA: At least 28 passengers were killed and scores of others injured in a road traffic accident in Washuk district of Balochistan on Wednesday. The bus was coming to Quetta from Gwadar when it skidded off the road and fell into a ravine…

PESHAWAR: A girls school was burnt down by unknown persons in the Razmak subdivision of North Wazirstan, local people told police of the area on Wednesday morning. They said that school building along with records of students, computers…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has decided to make no-objection certificate (NOC) mandatory for students going abroad for medical education. In a statement, the PMDC said that students desiring to go to different countries…

LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was on Tuesday elected as president of the PML-N six years after being disqualified by Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Panama leak case. Speaking at a general council meeting of the party, Nawaz…

MADRID/DUBLIN/OSLO (Reuters): Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognised a Palestinian state on Tuesday, prompting an angry reaction from Israel, which has found itself increasingly isolated after more than seven months of conflict in…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif here on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to immediately end unannounced loadshedding across the country to provide relief to the masses in the scorching heat. He was chairing a meeting held…

ISLAMABAD: On the 26th anniversary of Pakistan's historic decision to go nuclear as a tit for tat against India, a public holiday has been announced in the country by the federal government of the PML-N. It was during the tenure of the…