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ISLAMABAD: Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Dr Sulaiman Al Jasser assured Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of continued financial support to Pakistan. In a telephonic conversation with Mr Shehbaz, the IDB president termed Pakistan a…

Flooding in parts of New Delhi forced the city government to close all education institutions in India’s capital on Thursday and advise people to work from home, while warning that there would be water rationing after the Yamuna river broke…

STRASBOURG: The European Union parliament on Thursday called on India to end violence and protect minorities in the Manipur state, slamming the "nationalistic rhetoric" it said was adding to tensions. The motion came as Indian Prime…

ISLAMABAD: World Bank will provide one hundred million dollars to Punjab government for improvement of family planning services in the province. Country Director of World Bank for Pakistan Najy Benhassine in a statement said the…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called for a swift investigation into the killing of 87 civilians in Sudan following the discovery of a mass grave in West Darfur.…

UNITED NATIONS: The forced eviction and displacement of the Ghaith-Sub Laban family and many other Palestinian families in east Jerusalem by Israel may amount to a war crime of forcible transfer and must be immediately reversed, UN experts…

PESHAWAR: Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins met caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan at Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar on Thursday. Both discussed in details matters related to…

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar says Pakistan has received the first tranche of 1.2 billion dollars under the stand by arrangement reached with the IMF. In a televised message today, he said the IMF's Executive Board meeting approved…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said power will be handed over to an interim setup in August 2023 after the completion of the tenure of the assemblies on Aug 14. “We cleaned up the mess of four years in 15 months and…

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan wants to expand bilateral ties with the Philippines, Iran and Rwanda in the fields of trade, economy, investment, culture, and people-to-people contacts. He made these remarks while…