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Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday arrived in Islamabad on a three-day visit during which he will attend a ceremony planned to mark 10 years of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. A statement issued by the Foreign…

The UN Security Council members called for the immediate and unconditional release of Niger’s democratically-elected President Mohammed Bazoum and underscored the need to protect him, his family and members of his government.…

Israel will build a 100 billion shekel ($27 billion) rail expansion that will connect its outlying areas to metropolitan Tel Aviv and, in the future, could provide overland links to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on…

Morocco earned a surprise victory over South Korea on Sunday to secure the country’s first win at a Women’s World Cup in a match where Nouhaila Benzina also made history. Striker Ibtissam Jraidi scored the only goal of the match in a 1-0…

BAJAUR: A blast at a Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) convention in the Khar tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Sunday left 35 people dead and more than 200 injured, according to media reports. Bajaur District Emergency…

Italy made an “improvised and atrocious” decision when it joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) four years ago as it did little to boost exports, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview published on Sunday.…

ISLAMABAD: The Senate was told today that foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan have swollen from eight billion dollars to around 14 billion dollars due to prudent economic policies of the government. This was stated by Finance Minister…

ABU DHABI: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday on a day-long official visit. High officials of the UAE and Ambassador of Pakistan to the Emirati state Faisal Niaz Tirmizi received the…

RAJANPUR: Five people were killed and 20 others injured when a bus overturned in the Fazilpur area of Rajanpur in Punjab Sunday morning. With the devotees of a Sufi saint aboard, the bus was on its way back to Jacobabad from Sakhi Sarwar,…

LAHORE: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has formed a five-member fact-finding committee to probe sexual harassment allegations against faculty members of Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB). The committee will ascertain any…