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Pirates kidnap six crew from Danish ship off West Africa

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Copenhagen, March 31 (AFP/APP):Pirates who seized a Danish oil tanker off Congo last week have kidnapped six crew and abandoned ship, the French navy said Friday. The Monjasa Reformer had 16 sailors when it was boarded by pirates on March 25. The remaining crew were […]

DGI&P reduces passport backlog to 0.3 million

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ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): The Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGI&P) on Friday announced that it has successfully reduced a backlog of 0.6 million pending issuance of passports to 0.3 million. The backlog was cleared by expanding production capacity and increasing staff duty hours, […]

Bilawal, Chairman IPO discuss ways to protect intellectual property

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ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): Chairman Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan Ambassador Farukh Amil called on Minister of Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, here on Friday. They discussed ways to strengthen the intellectual property ecosystem in Pakistan, the necessity of accession to international intellectual property treaties […]

Qadir inaugurates Regional Blood Centre

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ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): Minister for Notational Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel along with His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Bin Juma al Maktoum, Chairman of Hayat Bio-Tech and other delegation members on Friday inaugurated the Regional Blood Centre. Addressing on the occasion, […]

Police sign MoUs for women protection

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LAHORE, Mar 31 (APP): The Punjab Police on Friday signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with six public and private institutions for the protection and assistance of women victims of domestic violence, exploitation, rape and other gender-based crimes. On behalf of Punjab Police, Inspector General of […]

Cricket: South Africa v Netherlands 2nd ODI scores

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Benoni, South Africa, March 31 (AFP/APP): Brief scores from the second World Cup Super League one-day international between South Africa and the Netherlands at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Friday: Netherlands 189 in 46.1 overs (T. Nidamanuru 48, V. Singh 45; T. Shamsi 3-25, S. […]

Several hurt in separate Swiss train derailments

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Geneva, March 31 (AFP/APP): Several people have been hurt in two separate train derailments that happened in quick succession in bad weather in northwestern Switzerland, police said Friday. The incidents took place about 30 kilometres apart, north of the Swiss capital Bern, and rescue operations […]

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