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Scientists believe that our solar system may contain planets the size of Jupiter and Uranus, likely at its edge. The planet may be much further away than planet X, which refers to planets that exist beyond Neptune, according to scientific…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said Pakistan was keen to expand its cooperation with partner countries to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030. The prime minister virtually participated in the first…

Senior UN officials and donor partners visited the Palestinian refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, where they witnessed the “shocking” damage sustained during the Israeli incursion this past week.…

TASHKENT: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has secured a landslide victory in the presidential election held on July 9, being re-elected as the President of Uzbekistan with an overwhelming 87.1% of the vote. The Central Election Commission of…

ISLAMABAD: A high-level mission from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)met Secretary Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Amer Ali Ahmed to discuss various initiatives of the programme. During the meeting,…

LONDON: A former Pakistani CNN reporter is suing the news channel for unfair dismissal and racial discrimination after she was severely injured while on assignment in Israel. Saima Mohsin was left disabled after an accident while reporting…

At least 300 passengers who were travelling on three migrant boats from Senegal to Spain's Canary Islands have disappeared, migrant aid group Walking Borders said. Helena Maleno of Walking Borders told Reuters that two boats, one carrying…

ISLAMABAD: Three Islamabad courts extended on Monday PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s interim bail in 11 cases till July 19. The cases were among 16 registered against Imran for allegedly inciting violence, defaming institutions and violating…

MIRPUR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry said that the media should play its role to highlight the issue of Kashmir at the global level. Talking to a delegation of journalists which called on him in the…

ISLAMABAD: Global rating agency Fitch on Monday elevated Pakistan’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to ‘CCC’ from ‘CCC-’, citing improved external liquidity and funding conditions.  Pakistan was able to secure the…