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QUETTA: An operation for the recovery of six kidnapped footballers was under way in Balochistan’s Dera Bugti on Sunday, interim Interior Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said a day after the athletes were abducted while on their way to Sibi. The…

Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has surged in recent years, even as the Taliban have curbed heroin trafficking since taking power, a United Nations report said on Sunday. “The surge in methamphetamine trafficking in…

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has announced a new easy visa regime for foreign businessmen desiring to visit Pakistan. In a statement after the fifth meeting of the Apex Committee of Special Investment…

LAHORE: Jhelum police have interrogated 10 to 15 relatives of Urfan Sharif, the father of Sara Sharif, a 10-year-old girl who was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her family home in Woking, Surrey last month. Urfan and his…

 

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has moved the Supreme Court against the Official Secrets Act and the Army Amendment Act.  The former prime minister has knocked on the door of apex court through Advocate Shoaib…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says the people and government stand in solidarity with the Kingdom of Morocco and express their heartfelt sympathies and condolences at tragic loss of lives caused by the earthquake. In a statement, Foreign Office…

BEIJING: India has been trying to take advantage of its role as the host of the G20 Summit to promote its own agenda and harm China's interests, a Chinese think tank affiliated with the country's top spy agency said on Saturday. The harsh…

NEW DELHI: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived Saturday for the G20 Summit in India, television broadcasts showed, as the bloc prepares to discuss issues from Ukraine to climate change. The head of the Arab world’s…

A powerful earthquake shook Morocco and killed nearly 600 people, according to a preliminary government count, with terrified residents fleeing their homes in the middle of the night. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck 72 kilometres (around 45…