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Beirut, Dec 4 (AFP/APP):A protester and a policeman were killed Sunday in Syria’s southern city of Sweida as security forces cracked down on a rare demonstration by hundreds against deteriorating living conditions. Tensions were high in the regime-held city after protesters threw rocks at a […]

RAWALPINDI, Dec 03 (APP):Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir on Saturday said any misconception resulting into a misadventure would always be met with the full might of the armed forces backed by the resilient nation. The army chief made these remarks while […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (APP):Pakistan on Friday summoned the Afghan Chargé d’affaires to the foreign ministry to convey its “deep concern and anguish” over the attack in Kabul on Pakistan’s Head of Mission Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani. Additional Secretary (Afghanistan & West Asia) conveyed Pakistan’s grave concern over […]

Islamabad, December 2, 2022 (Online): Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Office has said in a press statement that the compound of the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul came under attack today targeting Head of Mission, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani. “By the grace of Allah Almighty, the Head of […]

ISTANBUL, Dec 2 (AA/APP): A Spanish police team of 11 agents has traveled to Ukraine to investigate possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska met at dawn this Thursday with the Police Support Team that […]

Madrid, Dec 1 (AFP/APP):Spanish police were investigating Thursday a series of letter bombs sent to targets including the prime minister and the US embassy, similar to one which went off at the Ukrainian embassy, hurting a staff member. The interior ministry revealed that an envelope […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 1 (APP):The second meeting of the open-ended OIC Intergovernmental Group of Experts considering the OIC Convention on the Rights of the Child in Islam was held at the OIC General Secretariat. The meeting was meant to conclude consideration of the draft convention for […]

Kabul, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):At least 19 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan’s northern city of Aybak, a doctor at a local hospital told AFP. There have been dozens of blasts and attacks targeting civilians since […]

Washington, Nov 30 (AFP/APP):Lawmakers in the US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to prevent a potentially catastrophic freight rail strike, stepping in to break an impasse between workers and executives during a critical pre-holiday period. The bill effectively forces hold-out unions to accept a September […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (APP):Most of the globe was drier than normal in 2021, with “cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and our daily lives”, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Tuesday, pointing out that Pakistan was among the regions where terrestrial water shortage (TWS) […]