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‘We expect justice,’ says Bilawal ahead of hearing on case against Zulfikar

Peshawar: Pakistan People’s Party chairman and ex-foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said his party expected “justice” to be served in a case on revisiting the controversial death sentence given to its…
Netanyahu speaks to Putin amid growing tensions with Russia over Gaza

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday spoke with the Russian President Vladimir Putin over phone amid growing tensions between the two countries over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “The…

Pakistan stock market soars to all-time high

Karachi: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) wrapped up the trading week on a historic note as the benchmark KSE-100 index soared to an unprecedented all-time high above 66,000 points, a media outlet…
Doctors remove over 60 live worms out of woman’s eyes in China

New Delhi: Doctors have extracted more than sixty live worms from a patient’s eyes during an operation in China. The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, had been experiencing itchy eyes…
Blow to Biden as poll shows Trump in lead for US presidential election

New York: Donald Trump has nudged ahead of Joe Biden in national polling for the 2024 presidential election, a survey revealed, a day after the US president branded his predecessor as “despicable”…
Raisi, Putin calls cooperation with Russia important in Iran’s neighbourhood policy

Moscow: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow. During the meeting, Raisi expressed his satisfaction with the growing ties between Iran and Russia and termed…
Transport sector decarbonization must to reduce emissions, says India at Dubai climate talks

Dubai: Decarbonization of the transport sector is essential to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to meet the ambitious target of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 set by the Indian government,…

Sri Lanka faces nationwide power outage, disruption of internet

Sri Lanka is facing a nationwide power outage owing to a system malfunction. Disruptions to the internet were also reported from several places in the island country. According to news agency Reuters,…
PM Sunak’s officials in Delhi to discuss India-UK FTA: Report

London: Senior officials from British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s team are in New Delhi this week to add momentum behind the ongoing round of negotiations for an India-UK free trade agreement (FTA),…
US embassy in Baghdad attacked with rockets

Baghdad: Rockets were fired at the US Embassy in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Friday, an Iraqi Interior Ministry source said. The attack took place before dawn when the…
Some political dissidents had links with terror entities inside country: Pakistan

Islamabad: Pakistan has acknowledged that some of the political dissidents, who have sought asylum in the United Kingdom and other countries, had links with terrorist entities inside the country. Foreign Office spokesperson…
COP28: Close to USD 7 tn invested globally in nature-negative activities, says UNEP

Dubai: Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature from both public and private sector sources –equivalent to roughly seven per…
US blocks UN resolution demanding immediate ceasefire in Gaza

United Nations: The US has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, drafted by the UAE and backed by more than 100 countries, gained support…
Israel-Hamas conflict: Jaishankar expresses concern over deteriorating security situation

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra was expelled on Friday from the Lok Sabha after the House adopted the report of its Ethics Committee that held her guilty of accepting gifts…
Pakistan issues visas to 104 Indian pilgrims

New Delhi: The Pakistan high commission on Friday said it issued 104 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to facilitate their visit to Shadani Darbar in Sindh. Under the provision of a…