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China to allow WHO probe into COVID-19 origins

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China announced Monday that a team of foreign experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) would be visiting the country to probe the origins of the novel coronavirus next Thursday. A 10-member team of international experts is due in Wuhan city, where the virus was first reported in December […]

Elated Qataris stream into Saudi after border re-opened

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Salwa border crossing, Saudi Arabia    –   Qataris celebrated crossing their border with Saudi Arabia Sunday, calling the kingdom “our second country”, as Doha readied its strict coronavirus measures for Saudis to enter following a Gulf diplomatic thaw. Drivers arrived at the Salwa border crossing in Saudi Arabia, 500 kilometres […]

Qatar ruler meets Hamas chief in Doha

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Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Sunday met in Doha with Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Palestinian group Hamas, the Amiri Diwan said in a statement. Talks between the two sides dwelt on regional and international issues of mutual concern, the statement […]

Trump still has nuclear codes, Democratic lawmaker claims

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Last week, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President Donald Trump of being an “unstable” person who she claimed should be prevented from using “the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike”. House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries has lashed out at President Donald Trump, […]

Power restored after hours-long nationwide blackout

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ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Energy (Power Division) Omar Ayub Khan has said that system had stabilised following nationwide power blackout on Saturday night and inquiry will be made to investigate cause of tripping. Addressing a press conference along with Minister for Information and Broadcasting Syed […]

Maryam herself responsible for PML-N’s ‘destruction’: Rashid

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ISLAMABAD – Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said yesterday that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President, Maryam Nawaz, is responsible for her party’s ‘destruction’. Addressing a gathering here, he said it was Maryam Nawaz who took the party on the brink of destruction. “Had she shown foresightedness, the […]

Asif Zardari re-elected as PPPP President

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ISLAMABAD – Asif Ali Zardari has been re-elected as President of the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians days after his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was elected again as PPP chairman. The elections for office-bearers of PPP and PPPP were held at Bilawal House Karachi, said a […]

Sanjrani to draw world’s attention towards HR violations in IIOJ&K

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ISLAMABAD – Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani Sunday vowed to draw world parliamentarians’ attention towards brutalities, being committed by the Indian forces in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K).   He expressed the resolve during a meeting with Tehreek-e-Kashmir (TeK) United Kingdom (UK) President […]

Pakistan launches first polio vaccination campaign in 2021

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ISLAMABAD – A five-day national polio immunization drive will start from January 11 (Monday) to vaccinate over 40 million children under the age of five across Pakistan.  According to an official of National Emergency Operations Centre, Polio Eradication Initiative (PEI), a supplementary dose of Vitamin […]

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