Gulf allies back Riyadh on Khashoggi murder report

Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday supported Saudi Arabia in rejecting a CIA report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The move came a day after the CIA released an unclassified report that blamed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]

Armenian president rejects army chief’s dismissal

Armenian President Armen Sargsyan on Saturday rejected a prime ministerial order to sack the army’s chief of General Staff. “The sole purpose of the President is to protect the country from threats against the constitutional order and security, to ensure stability in the country and the […]

$1.9 trillion Covid plan clears US House, heads to Senate

Washington-The US House passed an enormous, $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, hailed by Democrats as a critical step in funneling new funding toward vaccinations, overburdened local governments, and millions of families devastated by the pandemic. Four days after the Covid-19 death toll surpassed 500,000 in […]

UN rights chief concerned over Kashmir restrictions

Raids on human rights defenders in Indian-administered Kashmir show continued restrictions on civil society, which impair the public’s rights to impart and receive information and debate the government policies affecting them, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said in a statement on Friday. Bachelet said […]

Pakistan reports 1,176 coronavirus cases in one day

Pakistan has reported 23 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 579,973. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 12,860 on Sunday. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) […]

Citizens mark Surprise Day with national pride

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan on Saturday celebrated the second anniversary of the “Operation Swift Retort’ that its brave air force had launched against intruding Indian jets in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on February 27, 2019, shooting down the adversary’s aircraft and arresting a pilot. The main ceremony […]

PMC serves notices to private medical colleges

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has served at-least fifteen notices to one dozen private medical colleges on alleged violation of preparing merit lists and taking huge amounts of donations from aspirant medical graduates, The Nation learnt on Saturday. According to the documents available with […]

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