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Israel concerned over Biden’s stance on Iran, Palestine

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Israeli officials expressed concern Thursday over the new US administration’s plan to revive a nuclear deal with Iran as well as reengaging in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, Israeli dailies reported.  This follows the swearing-in on Wednesday of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the […]

US resumes WHO support, launches $1.9 trillion virus plan

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Geneva   –  The United States on Thursday said it would resume its funding of the UN’s health agency as President Joe Biden shifts towards greater international cooperation in the fight against Covid-19, while also launching a $1.9 trillion plan to tackle the pandemic at home. […]

Powerful earthquake jolts Indonesia’s Sulawesi island

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A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on Thursday, according to the country’s volcanology authority. The country’s Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency said the quake struck at 7.23 p.m. local time (1223GMT) and the epicenter of the quake was 134 kilometers (83.26 miles) northeast […]

Foreign funding case would be Panama 2, predicts Sh Rashid

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KARACHI – Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said Thursday that the government wanted to make the whole Karachi a ‘Safe City’ by installing CCTV cameras and hoped that the Sindh government would provide funds for it to resolve the issue of security permanently as the provincial […]

India trying to damage Afghan peace process: FO

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ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Thursday urged the world to act against India as it had endangered the regional and global peace. Speaking at a weekly news briefing here, Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri demanded of the international community, especially the United Nations and Human Rights […]

China to provide 0.5m Covid vaccines free of cost: FM

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ISLAMABAD – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said yesterday that China will provide 0.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the government of Pakistan free of cost by January 31. Speaking to journalists here after holding telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, he […]

SC issues notices in NAB appeals in Agha Siraj assets case

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ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan yesterday issued notices to the respondents in the appeals of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) seeking cancellation of bails to Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Khan Durrani and others in a corruption case. A three-member bench of the apex court headed […]

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