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KARACHI: Early morning torrential rain in Karachi on Sunday put traffic in the city out of gear with water accumulating on roads and entering houses in low-lying areas. Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab urged the citizens to avoid unnecessary…

Forest fires raging in central Chile have killed at least 51 people and the death toll is likely to keep climbing, authorities said as emergency services battled to snuff out flames threatening urban areas. Black smoke billowed into the…

ISLAMABAD: The US embassy in Islamabad has asked American citizens living in Pakistan to be vigilant of locations of political rallies as the February 8th general elections near. “On February 8 elections day areas around polling stations…

BENONI (SOUTH AFRICA): Pakistan team thrashed Bangladesh in the quarter-final of the under-19 cricket world cup at Benoni city of South Africa on Saturday. The green shirts will now encounter Australia in the semi-final to be played on…

ISLAMABAD: The government is setting up Kashmir learning centres in universities across Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, said Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Human Rights and Women Empowerment Mushaal Hussein Mullick. The…

KARACHI: Pakistan and UAE signed a memorandum of understanding for outsourcing operations of bulk and general cargo terminal at East Wharf of Karachi Port. Under the MoU, the operations will be outsourced at seven berths of the port.  The…

RAWALPINDI: Former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were sentenced to seven years in jail each in the illegal marriage case here on Saturday.  The verdict was announced by judge Qudrat Ullah in the central jail of Adiala…

PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Saturday said it has put in place all arrangements for holding general elections on February 8 (Thursday). It said iver 92,000 polling stations have been set up for the national and…

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker federal cabinet has taken an abrupt u-turn on the ongoing repatriation of Afghan nationals illegally living in Pakistan. According to media reports, the Afghan nationals whose proof of residence cards had expired…

PESHAWAR: Police in the capital of Khyber Pakthunkhwa province have expressed their inability to provide security to candidates taking part in the October 8 general elections. The police said it would provide security to corner meetings…