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CAIRO (Reuters): Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks…

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has directed the National Database and Registration Authority to finalize a plan to launch the facility of issuance and renewal of computerized national identity cards (CNICs) at the union council…

THE HAGUE (Reuters): Israel defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and asked judges to throw out a request by South Africa to order it to halt operations in Rafah and withdraw from…

KARACHI: Prolonged power outages in the city and its suburbs amid a heatwave have made life miserable with many areas reporting shortage of water as well. The residents said that as the heatwave hit the metropolis, power outages increased…

PESHAWAR: The Department of Economics, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto women University (SBBWU), on Friday organized a seminar on “women financial literacy and Islamic banking” here. The event was attended by faculty and students of various…

KARACHI: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has wrapped up its sponsorship of four more medical camps in Pakistan, marking the second phase of a vital project aimed at combating blindness and eye diseases.…

SRINAGAR: Indian occupation forces continue their killing spree in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir with impunity as the world witness the massacre as a silent spectator. According to Kashmir Media Service, the occupation forces martyred two…

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, inaugurated a new branch of BPO facility in Islamabad to boost the region's ICT sector and create 1,000 more job opportunities. The inauguration ceremony…

THE HAGUE (AP): Israel will respond to charges of genocide at the United Nations’ top court on Friday, after South Africa filed an urgent request with the court to order a cease-fire in Gaza. It’s the third time that the International…

NEW YORK: A delegation of the National Defence University Islamabad visited the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations. The delegation, led by Chief Instructor NDU Major General Naeem Akhtar, consisted of 12 participants, who…