Nadra shifts registration services from website to mobile app from today – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday announced a major overhaul of Nadra services, including the launch of a new mobile application and the establishment of three regional offices in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gwadar and Gilgit-Baltistan. The Pak-ID website will be officially discontinued starting January 17 and all services will move to the…

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FO says Wakhan Corridor part of Afghan territory, denies reports of annexation – Pakistan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FO) Spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan, in his first weekly press briefing on Thursday, rejected reports of annexation of the Wakhan Corridor and said it was part of Afghanistan. The Wakhan Corridor is a thin mountainous strip in the Badakhshan province of northeastern Afghanistan that extends to the relatively small border with…

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Internet services fully operational after submarine cable’s restoration: PTCL – Pakistan

Pakistan Telecommunications Limited (PTCL) announced on Thursday that Internet services are “now fully operational” after the complete restoration of the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) undersea Internet cable. AAE-1 is a 25,000 kilometer cable that connects Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand with Malaysia and Singapore, and then continues to Myanmar, India, Pakistan, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Yemen,…

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Governor assures boy’s recovery soon as Karachi police investigate kidnapping of three children – Pakistan

Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori on Thursday assured the parents of a child missing since last week that he would be recovered soon as Karachi police continued their investigation into a recent spate of child abductions. Recently, three children were kidnapped in the city, prompting the Sindh Chief Minister and Home Minister to take note and…

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