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Kashmir: Karakoram Highway blocked as protesters demand compensation promised for Diamer Bhasha Dam

April 25, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

Dawn News reports: Affectees of Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer Bhasha Dam blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH) on Wednesday in protest against Wapda for failure to pay compensation promised to them for leaving their lands for the dam’s construction. The protesters were demanding pending payments for the Chula (stove) Package which entitles them to financial assistance before departure […]

Terror in Vienna – Another long prison sentence for accomplices

April 25, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

VIENNA: On Wednesday, three men were found guilty again at the Vienna High Court in connection with the terrorist attack in Vienna. They were not only accused for the quadruple murder, with conviction rest judi cata. They were also accused to be the members of the terrorist organisation ‘IS’. This verdict was announced by the […]

UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals

April 25, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

The UN’s human rights chief has said he is “horrified” by the destruction of Gaza’s Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals and the reports of “mass graves” being found at the sites after Israeli raids. Volker Türk called for independent investigations into the deaths. Palestinian officials said they had exhumed 283 bodies at Nasser, some with their […]

EU launches investigation into Chinese medical device market

April 25, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

The European Commission launched a probe into China’s public procurement of medical devices on Wednesday, the latest in a series of moves that ratchet up trade tensions ahead of President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe next month. The investigation – which Beijing swiftly criticized – is meant to determine if European suppliers of devices ranging […]

Cost of doing business with Iran? US warns Pakistan of sanctions risk

April 25, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

Islamabad, Pakistan – The United States has warned Pakistan of the risk of sanctions after it promised greater security and economic cooperation with Iran during a visit by President Ebrahim Raisi. The first Iranian president to visit the South Asian country in eight years, Raisi concluded his three-day trip on Wednesday as the neighbouring countries […]

Top price predicted for long-lost Klimt portrait at Vienna auction

April 25, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

VIENNA: A painting by symbolist icon Gustav Klimt that reappeared after nearly a century will be sold at auction in Vienna on Wednesday (today) despite questions surrounding its provenance. “Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser” (Portrait of Miss Lieser) was commissioned by a wealthy Jewish industrialist’s family and painted by Klimt in 1917 shortly before he died. The […]

Kashmir: It Is Curtains For Tulip Garden This Year; Over 4.2L People Enjoyed Enchanting Flower Bloom

April 25, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

Srinagar: More than 4.20 lakh have visited Asia’s largest tulip garden in the last 30 days. An official said since the Tulip bloom is almost over, the garden will be closed from tomorrow. The garden, which is located at the foothills of the Zabarwan Range, was opened for tourists on March 23 this year. During […]

Pakistan ‘rarely’ punished officials for rights abuses in 2023 – US State Department report

April 24, 2024April 24, 2024Online Editor

Pakistan’s government “rarely” took steps to identify and punish officials who may have been involved in rights abuses in 2023, a report released by the US State Department said on Tuesday, pointing out incidents of extrajudicial killings, torture, enforced disappearances, violence against journalists and restrictions on media freedom had taken place in the country last […]

Paris Police evict migrants from makeshift camp in action decried as ‘social cleansing’were

April 24, 2024April 23, 2024Online Editor

Euro News reports on April 23: The swoop is the latest move in a widely criticised strategy to prepare the French capital for the upcoming Olympic Games. Paris police evicted underage migrants from a makeshift camp on Tuesday morning as part of what aid groups are calling a campaign of “social cleansing” in advance of […]

Pakistan: No overnight solution to missing persons issue – Law Minister Tarar

April 24, 2024April 23, 2024Online Editor

Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said on Tuesday that the issue of missing persons could “not be solved overnight” but the government was committed to finding a solution by first achieving a consensus amongst all stakeholders. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, the law minister said the issue — which […]

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Kashmir: Karakoram Highway blocked as protesters demand compensation promised for Diamer Bhasha Dam

Terror in Vienna – Another long prison sentence for accomplices

UN rights chief ‘horrified’ by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals

EU launches investigation into Chinese medical device market

Cost of doing business with Iran? US warns Pakistan of sanctions risk

Top price predicted for long-lost Klimt portrait at Vienna auction

Kashmir: It Is Curtains For Tulip Garden This Year; Over 4.2L People Enjoyed Enchanting Flower Bloom

Pakistan ‘rarely’ punished officials for rights abuses in 2023 – US State Department report

Paris Police evict migrants from makeshift camp in action decried as ‘social cleansing’were

Pakistan: No overnight solution to missing persons issue – Law Minister Tarar

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