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UNITED NATIONS: Hundreds of thousands of people are being coerced in Southeast Asia by criminal gangs into carrying out online scams, often under the threat of torture, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said. Many have been…

ISLAMABAD: People's Democratic Party (PDP) President in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has said the arguments by India’s solicitor general in the Indian Supreme Court during the hearings on a petitions against…

ISLAMABAD: A two-day ministerial meeting of UN Peacekeeping Missions titled "Security and Safety of the UN Peacekeepers" started at the Center for International Peace and Stability in Islamabad on Wednesday.          The meeting, which…

ATTOCK: A special court, recently established to hear cases filed under the Official Sec­rets Act, extended the judicial remand of jailed PTI Chairman Imran Khan till September 13 on Wednesday, his lawyer told media. It comes a day after…

QUETTA: In Balochistan, four most wanted terrorists of a banned organization have been killed in an exchange of fire with security forces in Pishin district. According to a spokesman of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), an encounter took…

TOBA TEK SINGH: While the caretaker government failed to priveide even a meager relief to masses protesting against inflated electricity bills, a man today committed suicide after receiving a bill of Rs40,000. The man allegedly committed…

WASHINGTON: Acting deputy secretary US Victoria Nuland has congratulated Pakistan’s caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, US State Department said. Nuland and Jilani discussed the importance of “timely, free and fair elections” in…

NEW YORK: Muslims in the New York city of the USA would have the liberty of using loudspeakers for Azan (call to prayers) in mosques on specific days. This has been announced by New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The mayor said that under…

A former Pakistani international cricketer went on trial on Tuesday in the Netherlands for allegedly attempting to incite the murder of anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, with prosecutors demanding a 12-year sentence if convicted. Dutch public…

The Miss World beauty contest will be held in occupied Kashmir as part of a month-long series of events across India. India has been promoting tourism in the disputed region — home to spectacular mountain scenery — and more than a million…