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UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Friday appealed for sustainable funding for its agency that supports Palestinian refugees which is on the brink of financial collapse. Chronic under-funding over the past decade and resultant severe…

MOROCCO: Minister for Information Technology Syed Aminul Haque has said Pakistan is emerging as an important center of IT and providing wide opportunities and incentives for international investors. He was speaking in a panel discussion at…

ISLAMABAD: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and Ministry of National Food Security and Research at a workshop in Islamabad shared findings of an assessment of Pakistan’s existing animal disease surveillance…

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi was re-arrested in another corruption case shortly after being discharged in Rs70 million embezzlement case by a local court in Lahore on Friday. The police took the former…

ISLAMABAD (APP): The 36th death anniversary of famous film, TV actor and comedian Rafi Khawar known as ‘Nanha’ was observed on Friday. Born on August 3, 1942, Rafi Khawar started his career in 1966 by featuring in the Urdu film `Watan Ka…

ISLAMABAD:  All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) senior leader Professor Abdul Ghani Butt has said the Kashmir dispute was the main cause of tension between Pakistan and India and the two countries should resolve it through a peaceful…

QUETTA (APP): Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Pakistan Tehereek-e-Insaf leader Usman Buzdar on Friday announced to quit politics, becoming the latest PTI leader to say goodbye to mainstream politics. Addressing a press conference at…

BEIJING (APP): A truck loaded with cold chain containers from Pakistan has arrived at Kashgar city in northeast China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region via a cross-border land route. This is the first time that seafood containers from…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Germany have agreed to enhance cooperation in the areas of film, art and culture. The understanding came at a meeting between Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb and German Ambassador Alfred…

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for further intensification of cooperation among developing counties to complement North-South cooperation, calling it critical as the world contends with interlinked crises of finance, food and climate…