A number of passengers were stranded on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Monday as parts of the thoroughfare were blocked between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Kohistan and Chilas in Gilgit Baltistan’s Diamer district, according to officials. Dasu Station House Officer (SHO) Noor Nabi Shah told Dawn.com that the KKH was blocked at multiple locations within the […]
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SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said his administration is ready to hold polls whenever the Election Commission announces the dates. In an interview with Doordarshan News, Sinha said it is the task of the Election Commission to conduct assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “They (the Election Commission) had to complete certain tasks like delimitation, […]
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Türkiye is making significant strides towards meeting the European Union’s criteria for visa exemption, with 66 out of 72 requirements already fulfilled. As negotiations resume, the country is now taking action to complete the remaining six criteria while maintaining its commitment to the “fight against terrorism,” a crucial point of concern. The issue of freedom […]
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RAWALPINDI: Commander of the United States Central Command (Centcom), Gen. Michael Kurilla, met with the army chief, Gen. Syed Asim Munir, on Monday to discuss a variety of issues, including the region’s security situation. The meeting, which comes on the heels of increasing attacks allegedly carried out by Afghanistan-based Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants on the […]
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Israeli MPs have passed into law a highly controversial bill despite mass protests which aimed to thwart it. The law removes the power of the Supreme Court to overrule government actions it considers unreasonable. It is the first to be approved in a series of bitterly contested reforms aimed at curbing the power of courts. […]
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The United States said on Sunday it was deeply concerned by reports of viral videos showing two women paraded naked in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, a sexual assault case that enraged the country. The assault, in which a mob allegedly raped and paraded the naked women, took place over two months ago, but it […]
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Four Iranian policemen were killed on Sunday after attackers fired on a patrol in the restive southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan near the border with Pakistan, state media reported. “Three policemen were martyred in a terrorist attack on a police patrol unit,” state news agency IRNA reported. A fourth died later after succumbing to his wounds, […]
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KARACHI: The European Union Safety Agency (EASA) has cleared Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) audit, which is a major development to restore the airline’s flights to Europe. The EASA made the PIA audit a few months ago. The agency would visit Pakistan for physical audit of the Civil Aviation Authority. The PIA flights to Europe will […]
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The leader of Spain’s opposition conservative party Alberto Núñez Feijóo has claimed victory in a snap election, but without the result he needed. Even with the support of the far right, his Popular Party (PP) has fallen short of a majority in parliament. The cheers at the rival Socialist camp were just as loud as […]
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NEW DELHI: A ban imposed by India on exports of several categories of rice due to rising domestic prices and fears of a shortfall in the next crop yield could drive up global prices of the grain at a time when food insecurity is already a concern, according to experts. India, the world’s largest rice […]
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