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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will elect the leader of the house at its session to be held on Sunday. Shehbaz Sharif of the PML-N and Umar Ayub Khan of Sunni Ittehad Council have filed nomination papers for the slot of the prime…

QUETTA: Sarfraz Bugti of Pakistan People's Party was on Saturday selected as the chief minister of Balochistan. The session of the Balochistan Assembly was held with Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai in the chair to elect the leader of the…

Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: In the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, tragic incidents of roof collapse have resulted in the loss of nine lives and injuries to 11 individuals due to continuous rainfall since yesterday. According to reports…

ISLAMABAD: Ayaz Sadiq of the PML-N was on Friday elected Speaker of the National Assembly for the second time. Sadiq was a joint candidate of the PML-N and PPP and received 199 votes against 91 of Muhammad Aamir Dogar of the Sunni Ittehad…

DHAKA (Reuters): A massive fire in Bangladesh that raced through a six-storey building home to restaurants where many families with children were dining has killed at least 45 people and injured dozens, the health minister said on Friday.…

Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Newly-elected members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ali Amin Khan Ghandapur as the chief minister on Friday in what was a one-sided contest against PML-N candidate Dr…

ISLAMABAD: Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sheherbano Naqvi will visit Saudi Arabia along with her family as a royal guest, according to media reports. ASP Sheherbano shot to prominence and received accolades for saving a young…

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has announced his decision to form his own political party. Talking to media here, he said he would soon come up with the details and plan of his party. He said…

RAFAH: Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City. Witnesses told AP news agency that more than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing the death toll since the start of…

MOSCOW (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin told Western countries on Thursday they risked provoking a nuclear war if they sent troops to fight in Ukraine, warning that Moscow had the weapons to strike targets in the West. The war in…