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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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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…
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Putin views Pakistan as ‘key partner in South Asia’
Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has received a special message from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who views Islamabad as Moscows key partner in South Asia and the Islamic world, reiterating his…
- Middle East
25 Pakistani bikers en route to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah
A group of Pakistani bikers comprising 25 pilgrims are on their way to Saudi Arabia via road to perform Umrah pilgrimage. Bikers decided to embark on the journey after the Saudi government…
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Pakistan urges Iran to investigate cross-border terrorist attack
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday called upon the Iranian authorities to investigate the cross-border terrorist attack in the Panjgur district of Balochistan province and bring the perpetrators to task, local media reported. Pakistan…
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WB delays loans approval for Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistans worsening economic situation, political uncertainty and reluctance of the current government to fulfil the pre-conditions to revive the IMF programme, coupled with delays in taking these decisions has added to…
- Middle East
UAE rolls over $2 billion loan to Pakistan
Islamabad: In a move that would create some much-needed room for Pakistan’s cramped fiscal space, the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) on Thursday rolled over their deposit of USD 2 billion…