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ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to continue supporting the Palestinian cause and increase the prosperity of Palestinians. Addressing a news conference with his Palestinian Counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara, he…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will host the third "D-8 Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation" on August 4 in Murree. The two-day meeting organized by Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation is being held for the first time in Pakistan. It was…

WASHINGTON: Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan says database of Pak-US businesses will lead to exponential growth in bilateral trade and investment. He made these remarks while talking to President and Chief Executive…

WASHINGTON: Dr. Zenab Mansoor, a Pakistan-origin pediatric physician currently residing in Seattle Washington, made Pakistan proud by scaling the world's highest peak, Mount Everest recently. Summiting the highest mountain of the world…

ISLAMABAD: Nearly 80pc of doctors worldwide mistakenly believe nicotine causes lung cancer, thwarting efforts to hold one billion smokers quit, according to a survey conducted in 11 countries.   The survey of 15,000 doctors in 11 countries…

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday appeared before a team of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and was questioned for more than two hours in a case related to a cypher that according to the former prime minister…

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Asad Majeed Khan and UN Special Coordinator on Afghanistan Feridun Sinirlioglu on Tuesday discussed the importance of a coherent international strategy to engage with the Afghan interim government. During a…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed a host country agreement. The agreement was signed by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and IFAD President Alvaro Lario. Under the…

GALLE: Abdullah Shafique and skipper Babar Azam steered Pakistan to a 12-run lead but rain halted their charge early on day two of the second Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The tourists were 178-2 after resuming under gloomy skies on…

COPENHAGEN: A small group of anti-Islam activists set fire to the holy Quran in front of the Egyptian and Turkish embassies in Copenhagen on Tuesday after similar protests in Denmark and Sweden over recent weeks that have enraged Muslims.…