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SRINAGAR: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has announced that a strike will be held in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Friday against a blasphemous video posted deliberately on social media by a Hindu student aimed at…

CONNECTICUT ( USA) (Reuters): Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday warned that the court will order an FIR against the caretaker prime minister and the interior minister if missing Baloch students were not recovered by January 10. Justice Mohsin Akhtar…

KUWAIT CITY: During the visit to Kuwait, caretaker prime minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar inked seven agreements and three MOUs to attract investments in different sectors in Pakistan worth billions of dollars.   Kakar held talks with First…

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israel and Hamas were negotiating through mediators on Wednesday over another potential extension of the Gaza truce, with hours left to reach a deal before fighting was due to restart after a six-day pause.…

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday acquitted former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield reference case registered against him by NAB.  After the court verdict, Mr Sharif, who was present in the…

ISLAMABAD: Senator Ali Zafar on Wednesday confirmed that Barrister Gohar Ali Khan will contest for the post of PTI chairman in the intra-party election. Addressing a press conference along with Gohar Khan, Mr Zafar said that the Election…

RAHIMYAR KHAN: Five persons, including a girl, lost their lives when armed men opened indiscriminate firing on them in Machkala village located in the district of Rahimyar Khan. Police said that the armed men were hiding in a sugarcane…

PESHAWAR: A Schools Literary Festival under the patronage of Al-Khidmat Foundation was held at Muslim Education Complex Peshawar. Students from 22 schools across the province participated in eight categories and showed their talents with…

UNITED NATIONS (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that Hamas’s October 7 operations “cannot justify” Israel’s collective punishment of Palestinian people” in the war-torn Gaza Strip. In a statement issued for the…