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ISLAMABAD: The ambassador of the United States in Pakistan Donald Bloom met caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani in Islamabad on Tuesday. A senior official said that the two foreign ministers discussed a range of issues related to…

PESHAWAR: As many as six persons belonging to different parts of Punjab were found murdered at Mir Ali area of North Waziristan early on Tuesday, police said. A senior police official said that the dead bodies were recovered from an…

ISLAMABAD: Protesters from Balochistan holding a sit-in in the federal capital on Tuesday called for a countrywide demonstrations against the government and its security institutions for labelling their movement as a propaganda. The…

ISLAMABAD: As many as 28 members of the Senate of Pakistan have failed to submit the details of their assets to the Election Commission of Pakistan. An official of the ECP said that the 28 senators included former prime minister Yousuf…

SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern city of Busan on Tuesday and was airlifted to a university hospital for treatment, party and fire…

ISLAMABAD: A large bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan will start from today hearing of a petition to decide if a politician can stand disqualified for life or for five years. The seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan…

ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) at a press conference in Islamabad expressed deep concern over the overall deterioration in human rights in the country. “Foremost is the blatant manipulation of the electoral…

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Monday condemned India's illegal decision to outlaw Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Party in Jammu and Kashmir for five years. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs notified the ban for five years under the Unlawful…

TOKYO (Reuters): A powerful earthquake struck central Japan on Monday, killing at least one person, destroying buildings, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes and prompting residents in some coastal areas to flee to higher…

PESHAWAR: A meeting was held here to review progress on the caretaker provincial government's initiative of human resource export with caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Arshad Hussain Shah in the chair. Besides caretaker…