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ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government has increased the prices of 146 life-saving medicines before a new elected government takes in over within a few weeks.  According to a notification issued by the Ministry of National Health Services,…

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on Wednesday seemed miffed over unauthenticated news run by TV channels. During the hearing of a petition filed seeking re-elections in the country, the chief justice said that a…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday rejected the apology of deputy commissioner Islamabad in a contempt of court case and retrained him from going abroad. Justice Babar Sattar on Tuesday had issued warrants for the arrest of…

LAHORE: There seems no respite from pneumonia cases in Punjab with health department officials reporting that 15 more children died of the disease in the last 24 hours in the province. The health department said that during the last 24…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters):The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body…

MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin gave Kim Jong Un a luxury Russian Aurus limousine as a gift because the North Korean leader liked the car when the Russian president showed it to him last year, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. When Kim visited eastern…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday issued warrants for the arrest of Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Irfan Nawaz Memon in a contempt of court case. Justice Babar Sattar of the IHC directed the inspectors general of Islamabad and…

KARACHI: The chairman of a union council died after two groups of neighbors opened firing on each other following a fight among children in a street. The incident occured in street No 19 of Bhitai Abad, according to the area police. They…

LONDON/CAIRO (Reuters): Yemen's Houthi militants said on Monday they had attacked the Rubymar cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden which was at risk of sinking. This raised the stakes in their campaign to disrupt global shipping in solidarity…

MARDAN: The second largest city of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa province - Mardan - is faced with a myriad of issues such as lack of cleanliness, drinking water. The supply of electricity and gas, the basic needs of human life, was erratic…