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No back-channel diplomacy underway between India, Pakistan: Hina Rabbani Khar
Islamabad: Minister of State on Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday dismissed claims of backdoor diplomacy with India stating that at this stage, no dialogue was taking place between the two…
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Pakistan’s economy at risk of collapse
Karachi: British publication Financial Times has warned that Pakistan’s economy is at risk of collapse with the government’s “failure to revive” an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal, Geo News reported. According to…
- Middle East
UAE hints at huge investment in Pakistan amid economic turmoil
Islamabad: United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has dropped clues that his government is planning to broaden its investment footprint in Pakistan as the country drastically needs…
- World
India, Pakistan came ‘too close’ to nuclear conflagration: Pompeo
New York: India and Pakistan came “too close” to a nuclear conflagration during the 2019 confrontation with both sides believing the other was preparing to deploy nuclear weapons, according to former US…
- World
Ex US secy says Pak was preparing for nuke war post Balakot strike
Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that he was awakened to speak to his then Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj who told him that Pakistan was preparing for a…
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Pakistan to conduct 1st digital population census
Islamabad: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) is preparing to conduct the country’s first-ever digital population and housing census later this year, which would also be the seventh overall census of the…
- India
India invites Pak Chief Justice, Foreign Minister for SCO meetings: Report
Islamabad: India has invited Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta Bandial and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to attend meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) that also includes Russia and China,…
- India
LUDO game to police custody: Journey of Pakistani girl who crossed border for UP lover
A Pakistani girl who had fallen in love with UP youth while LUDO game online and crossed the border to meet him finally end up in police custody after getting arrested in…
- India
India issues visa to 249 Pakistani pilgrims to visit Ajmer Sharif
Islamabad: India has issued visas to 249 Pakistani pilgrims to visit the tomb of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, Rajasthan, an official said on Sunday. Citing a spokesperson of the Ministry…
- Kashmir
Kashmir has almost totally mainstreamed: former RAW chief AS Dulat
Jaipur: Kashmir has “almost totally mainstreamed”, with Pakistan out of Kashmiri minds and separatism and the Hurriyat “all finished”, former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A S Dulat said on Sunday.…
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Pak: Married Hindu girl raped after refusing to convert to Islam
Karachi: A married Hindu girl abducted from Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has said she was threatened by her kidnappers to convert to Islam and raped after she refused to change her religion,…
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Pakistan condemns desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden
Islamabad: Pakistan has strongly condemned the “abhorrent” act of the desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden, stressing that the move hurt the sentiments of the 1.5 billion-strong Muslim community across the…
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Exiled former Pak PM Nawaz likely to return, lead poll campaign: Minister
London: In exile since 2019, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) supremo Nawaz Sharif is likely return to Pakistan, Geo News reported, adding that once back, he may chair the party’s parliamentary board for…
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Azam Khan sworn in as caretaker CM of Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar: Former bureaucrat Muhammad Azam Khan was sworn in as the caretaker chief minister of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at a ceremony held here on Saturday. Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji…
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Pakistan to pay for Russian oil in currencies of friendly countries
Islamabad: Pakistan will pay for energy purchases from Russia, when they start in late March, in currencies of friendly countries, a top energy official said on Friday. The development came at the…