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Pakistan

Mufti Abdul Qavi’s Ruet-i-Hilal membership formally suspended after viral selfies with Qandeel Baloch

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Yousaf suspended Mufti Abdul Qavi's membership of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee after pictures of him…

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Pakistan’s NSA sees ‘greater design’ behind US govt’s support for India’s NSG membership

National Security Adviser Lt-Gen (retd) Nasser Janjua earlier on Tuesday viewed American efforts to include India in the Nuclear Suppliers…

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Pakistan seek improvements in UN resolution 1540 to prevent nuclear weapons’ spread

The head of a Pakistani think-tank earlier on Tuesday called for revamping U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540 that aims to…

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‘Only 200 snow leopards left in Pakistan’

Islamabad: According to estimates, there were 400 to 600 snow leopards in Pakistan a few years ago. But a climate…

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Pakistan defeats India in UK court in Hyderabad Fund case

A British high court on Tuesday rejected an Indian attempt to strike out Pakistan’s claim to the Hyderabad Fund, an…

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UK to support new motorway construction

The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) on Monday signed an agreement with the Government of Pakistan for a…

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39pc of Pakistanis live in poverty; Fata, Balochistan worst hit

Islamabad: Nearly 39 per cent of Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty with the highest rates in the Federally Administered Tribal…

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SC reserves judgement on five death sentences awarded by military courts

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgement on five appeals against death sentences announced by military courts after hearing detailed…

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Pakistan unlikely to budge on new border rules

Islamabad: Pakistani anare scheduled to discuss last week’s border skirmishes today (Monday) but Islamabad is unlikely to budge on a new…

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