Iqrar-ul-Hassan hospitalized after suffering from dengue

KARACHI – September 28 (ONLINE) Popular media personality Syed Iqrar-ul-Hassan has been moved to hospital after the “Sar-e-aam” host suffered from dengue, it emerged. “Dengue is the worst thing that can happen to you. Please Ehtiyat (Take care),” Iqrar wrote in his social media post […]

UNESCO meeting discusses threats to cultural heritage

Mexico City, Sept 28 (AFP/APP):Unequal access to new technologies, illicit trafficking and other threats to cultural heritage were among the issues on the agenda for international culture ministers who met Wednesday in Mexico. Representatives of around 160 UNESCO member states were participating in the three-day […]

Saudi ambassador calls on Ishaq Dar

ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (APP):Saudi Ambassador Nawaf Bin Said Al-Malki on Wednesday called on Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Ishaq Dar here and congratulated him on assuming the charge of Finance Ministry. During the meeting, Ishaq Dar felicitated the ambassador on Crown Prince Mohammad Bin […]

BNP chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal, minister call on PM Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (APP): Chief of Balochistan National Party (BNP) and Member of the National Assembly, Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Federal Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif. During the meeting, overall situation in the […]

Farmers stage sit-in at Blue Area

ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (APP):Farmers led by the `Kissan Ittehad’ on Wednesday staged a sit-in at the Federal Capital’s business hub of Blue Area after the authorities barred them to enter Red Zone. When the farmers rally reached Faizabad, its participants were pursued by the local […]

One killed in Belgium anti-terror raids on far-right

Brussels, Sept 28 (AFP/APP):Belgian police killed a man in a shootout on Wednesday during raids on a suspected extreme-right group thought to be planning a “terrorist attack”, prosecutors said. The 36-year-old died from a police bullet during a swoop on an address in the Merksem […]

Russia limits access to Georgia border region: authorities

Moscow, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): Authorities in North Ossetia ordered a restriction of car travel to the Russian republic that neighbours Georgia on Wednesday, after tens of thousands fled over the border to escape the Kremlin’s mobilisation drive. The head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyaylo, wrote […]

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