The Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis was informed on Wednesday that a growing number of beggars from Pakistan were moving abroad, which has spurred “human trafficking”. Overseas Ministry Secretary Zulfikar Haider made this disclosure during a discussion in the Senate panel on the issue of skilled and unskilled labour leaving the country. In a […]
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Russia Wednesday accused the United States and Britain of helping Ukraine carry out an attack last week against the headquarters Russian Black Sea fleet in Russia-occupied Crimea. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing that the attack was “planned in advance using Western intelligence means, NATO satellite assets, and reconnaissance planes.” Zakharova […]
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Israel on Tuesday said its forces bombed three military observation posts belonging to the Hamas movement in eastern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said in a statement on X that it struck with a drone two military posts in the areas of Bureij and Jabalya. In a separate post, it said a drone targeted another […]
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The World Health Organization’s technical lead on COVID-19 on Wednesday said that new variants of the virus did not change the severity of the disease. “We have not detected a change in severity,” Maria Van Kerkhove responded to Anadolu’s question during a press briefing in Geneva. She was referring to variants such as BA.2.86 (Pirola), […]
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Swedish police said on Tuesday that they were investigating whether a fire that reduced a mosque to rubble the previous day in central Sweden was arson. “The investigation into the fire is continuing. Police will question witnesses and verify whether there were security cameras in the area,” the police said in a statement on their […]
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Russia’s Defence Ministry has released a video showing the Black Sea Fleet’s commander at a conference, despite Ukraine claiming to have killed him. It’s not clear when the footage, where Viktor Sokolov appears on a video link with the defence minister, was filmed. The ministry said the meeting with senior officials happened on Tuesday. Ukraine […]
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India received resounding praise from leaders across the Global South at a special event hosted by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The event, titled ‘India-UN for Global South: Delivering for Development‘ celebrated India’s remarkable stewardship of the G20 and its unwavering commitment […]
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THATTA: A large number of Christian community members, employees of revenue department and members of civil society organisations took out a rally and converged on the local press club on Sunday as part of their continuing protest over the recent kidnapping of a man, Irfan Masih. The victim was lured into a honey-trap about a […]
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RAWALPINDI: Three terrorists including a commander were killed by security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the general area of Tirah, Khyber District, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Tuesday. The security forces conducted the operation on the night of September 25-26 after they received reports of terrorists’ presence in the area, said the […]
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“Whatever Justin Trudeau has in his possession is a smoking gun. Because you’re going after major democratic ally, it’s a very important partner for the west in the Indo-Pacific to counter China in that region. India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world…” These observations were articulated by Mumbai-based Indian journalist Rupa […]
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