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DHAKA 01 April (Online): Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom […]

Rome, April 1 (AFP/APP): A jovial Pope Francis joked with well-wishers on Saturday as he left hospital after a three-night stay for bronchitis, and headed back to the Vatican to prepare for Christianity’s most important week. The 86-year-old pontiff, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli […]

PESHAWAR, Apr 01 (APP):A meeting of the Pak-Afghan liaison committee held to discuss different issues causing impediments in smooth sailing of bilateral trade and promotion of commercial activities in the region The meeting was held at Model Custom Collectorate Peshawar with Director Directorate of Transit […]

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 […]

GENEVA, Mar 31 (APP): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has, at a meeting of the Human Rights Council, called the recent acts of desecration of the Holy Quran as not just a provocation to Muslims, but a step to sabotage inter-faith harmony and peace. […]

Pretoria, March 31 (AFP/APP): South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is expected to learn on Friday whether he will be released from prison early, a decade after he shot and killed his girlfriend, lawyers said. Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp, a model, in the early hours […]

ISLAMABAD, March 30 (Online): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated Sheikh Khaled Bin Mohamed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on his appointment as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi. In a tweet, he said as a brotherly country, we look forward to continuing our strong partnership […]

Ankara, March 30 (AFP/APP): Turkey was on course Thursday to become the final NATO nation to approve Finland’s membership of the US-led defence alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Parliament scheduled a vote on the Nordic country’s accession after President Recep Tayyip […]

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 30 (APP):Pakistan has underscored the need for building capacities and technological resourcefulness of the media in the developing countries to combat fake news, saying factual information was the “greatest need” of the people. “The rapid pace of advances in new technologies, particularly […]

Washington, March 30 (AFP/APP): Outspoken Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide inspired the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda,” has arrived in the United States after being freed from prison, the White House said Wednesday. “I’m pleased to welcome […]