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Global food prices rose “sharply” during 2021: UN

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 08 (APP):The UN’s benchmark food and commodity prices index rose sharply on average through 2021, compared with the previous year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Rome-based agency’s Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in international prices, averaged […]

Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kabul-January 08 (Online): The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said Friday, the latest in a string of creeping restrictions. The poster, which includes an image of the face-covering burqa, was slapped […]

Govt deploys Pak Army to rescue stranded tourists amid heavy snowfall: Rasheed

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

ISLAMABAD, Jan 08 (APP):Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Saturday said the federal government had deployed personnel of Pakistan Army and other civil armed forces as around 16 – 19 people died in their vehicles in Murree due to heavy snowfall. In a video […]

19 tourists shiver to death after heavy snowfall in Murree

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Rawalpindi-January 08 (Online): As many as nineteen tourists shivered to death as Army, Frontier Corps and Rangers were called in to rescue thousands of tourists stranded in the frosty cold of Murree and Galyat after the authorities imposed an emergency in the hill station declaring […]

Islamabad Capital Territory administration bans tourist entry from Islamabad to Murree till Sunday night

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

ISLAMABAD, Jan 08 (APP): Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Saturday banned the entry of tourists from Islamabad to Murree amid extreme weather conditions. “Entry from Islamabad to roads leading to Murree from Islamabad are hereby closed in public interest because of traffic jams and […]

Russian military advisors in Mali: Malian army sources

Posted on January 8, 2022 by News Desk

Bamako, Jan 7 (AFP/APP):Russian military advisors have arrived in Mali in recent weeks, Malian army officials said Friday, amid tensions with Western powers over the alleged involvement of Russian mercenaries in the country. One Malian army officer, who requested anonymity, said about 400 Russian military […]

Iran says begins paying families over downed Ukraine jet

Posted on January 8, 2022 by News Desk

Tehran, Jan 7 (AFP/APP):Iran has begun paying compensation to families of those killed when it shot down a Ukrainian airliner two years ago, authorities said on Friday. “The transport ministry has made transfers to a certain number of (victims’) families,” the foreign ministry said in […]

Japan, Australia sign defence treaty with eyes on China

Posted on January 7, 2022 by News Desk

Canberra-January 06 (Online): Japan and Australia on Thursday signed a “landmark” treaty to strengthen defence ties, saying the accord would contribute to regional stability, as China expands its military and economic clout. While Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison did not mention Beijing directly in a […]

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

Posted on January 6, 2022 by News Desk

North Korea-January 05 (Online): North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, in the first such launch by Pyongyang this year. In the decade since Kim Jong Un took power, North Korea has […]

US and Russia must reduce stockpiles after nuclear statement, says China

Posted on January 6, 2022 by News Desk

Beijing-January 05 (Online): China said it will continue to “modernize” its nuclear arsenal and called on the United States and Russia to reduce their own stockpiles a day after global powers pledged to prevent such weapons from spreading. In a rare joint statement setting aside […]

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Global food prices rose “sharply” during 2021: UN

Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up

Govt deploys Pak Army to rescue stranded tourists amid heavy snowfall: Rasheed

19 tourists shiver to death after heavy snowfall in Murree

Islamabad Capital Territory administration bans tourist entry from Islamabad to Murree till Sunday night

Russian military advisors in Mali: Malian army sources

Iran says begins paying families over downed Ukraine jet

Japan, Australia sign defence treaty with eyes on China

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea

US and Russia must reduce stockpiles after nuclear statement, says China

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