Greek trains partially resume after rail disaster

Athens, March 22 (AFP/APP): Some intercity rail travel resumed in Greece on Wednesday for the first time since a head-on collision killed 57 people in the nation’s worst rail disaster more than three weeks ago, operator Hellenic Train said. Several passenger services were back on […]

ECP postpones Punjab elections due to security concerns

ISLAMABAD, Mar 22 (APP): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has postponed the upcoming elections in Punjab, which were scheduled for April 30, due to security concerns. The ECP has issued a notification explaining the reasons for the postponement and has set a new date […]

UK lawmakers overwhelmingly back key element of N.Irish trade pact

London, March 22 (AFP/APP): UK lawmakers endorsed Wednesday a crucial part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit deal with the EU to overhaul Northern Irish trade rules, despite a rebellion by ex-leader Boris Johnson and other Conservative eurosceptics. The vote on the so-called “Stormont brake” […]

Ramazan moon sighted as holy month to start from tomorrow

PESHAWAR, Mar 22 (APP): The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Maulana Syed Muhammad Abdul Khabir Azad on Wednesday night announced that the crescent of the holy month of Ramazan 1444 AH had been sighted. Addressing a press conference here, he, on the basis of some solid […]

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