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Fri, 29 Apr 22 04:45:25 +0500
US ex-envoy to Pakistan pleads guilty on Qatar lobbying
He met Pakistani American who proposed working for a business associate from Bahrain, says criminal complaint

Fri, 29 Apr 22 16:06:59 +0500
Fighting terrorism shared responsibility of international community: China
Justice will not be absent, and evil acts will be severely punished, says Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson

Fri, 29 Apr 22 16:21:16 +0500
Pakistan slams India for prohibiting Shab-e-Qadr, Friday congregations in IIOJK
These curbs are the latest in a series of repressive measures taken by Indian forces in the occupied valley, says FO

Fri, 29 Apr 22 15:25:50 +0500
Blast kills more than 50 worshippers at Kabul mosque
Blast hit the Khalifa Sahib Mosque in the west of the capital, says spokesperson

Fri, 29 Apr 22 13:11:28 +0500
Police in India arrest seven people for desecrating mosques
Incidents took place in town of Ayodhya, members of right-wing outfit Hindu Yodha Sangathan involved

Thu, 28 Apr 22 09:22:17 +0500
Beijing firms up COVID screening to prevent Shanghai-like chaos
Fears were growing, however, that China would be trapped in a whack-a-mole game in coming months

Fri, 29 Apr 22 12:42:57 +0500
Turkey, Saudi Arabia striving to increase all kinds of relations: Erdogan
Turkish president says increased cooperation with kingdom in health, energy, and other sectors is in common interest

Thu, 28 Apr 22 15:47:22 +0500
Bangladesh resurrects precious woven-air Dhaka muslin
Roughly 200-year-old high-priced handloom-based fabric revived after 6 years of research

Thu, 28 Apr 22 09:30:01 +0500
Erdogan visits Saudi to mend ties, putting Khashoggi row behind
After the war of words over Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia in 2020 imposed an unofficial boycott on Turkish imports

Sat, 16 Apr 22 15:45:21 +0500
The first eight months of the Taliban regime
As easy as it was for Taliban to wrest control of Afghanistan last August, its niggling governance struggles endure

Mon, 25 Apr 22 15:32:00 +0500
World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119
Born on Jan 2, 1903, Tanaka was confirmed by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the oldest living person

Sun, 24 Apr 22 16:33:53 +0500
In pictures: Holy Fire lights up Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre
With processions, chants and ululations, thousands of Christian Palestinians and pilgrims celebrated the ceremony

Sat, 23 Apr 22 18:32:33 +0500
Guns became leading killer of US children, teens in 2020: report
Guns surpassed car crashes as the top cause of death in America for those aged 19 and under in 2020, analysis shows

Mon, 18 Apr 22 13:21:21 +0500
Firing squad or electrocution?: US death penalty in spotlight
Capital punishment has been on wane in US but an upcoming slate of executions refocused attention on death penalty

Sat, 23 Apr 22 08:04:55 +0500
US 'welcomes' NSC statement rejecting 'foreign conspiracy' allegation
Senior official says US has always viewed strong, prosperous, democratic Pakistan as critical to US interests

Fri, 29 Apr 22 15:02:05 +0500
Pakistan, India reel under intense heat wave
More than a billion people are at risk of heat-related impacts in the region, warn scientists

Thu, 28 Apr 22 12:38:57 +0500
India sweats over worst power cuts in six years during extreme heat
Parts of South Asia are facing an extreme heat wave as temperatures rose several degrees above normal

Wed, 20 Apr 22 06:09:33 +0500
Pakistan 'highly' values its relations with UK
British high commissioner calls on PM Shehbaz; expresses desire to work closely with Pakistan

Fri, 22 Apr 22 18:42:07 +0500
Lights go out on Erdogan rival who refused to pay soaring power bills
I will sit in the darkness to experience the pain of my people, says opposition party chief

Tue, 19 Apr 22 09:24:42 +0500
US 'looks forward' to closer cooperation with new Pakistani government
Price terms Islamabad 'important stakeholder' for stability in Afghanistan

Tue, 19 Apr 22 10:45:00 +0500
PML-N holds protests outside residence of Jemima's 88-year-old mother
Protestor threatens breaking into bedrooms of Imran Khan's family if protests don't stop outside Nawaz family's homes

Wed, 13 Apr 22 11:00:00 +0500
Pakistan rejects ‘unwarranted’ reference in Indo-US talks
FO says unfortunate that bilateral cooperation mechanism was being used to target third country

Wed, 13 Apr 22 19:54:25 +0500
In a first, Pakistani author receives highest honour in London
Express columnist Arif Anis has become a Freeman of the City of London



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