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The State Bank of Pakistan on Thursday confirmed the renewal of two deposits of $1 billion each for one more year by the United Arab Emirates. The national bank said the deposits mature this month. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had announced last week that the United Arab Emirates had agreed to extend the $2 billion…
The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that a ship carrying 80 passengers sank near Morocco and that more than 40 Pakistanis were reportedly among the dead. Migrant rights group Walking Borders said up to 50 migrants may have drowned in the latest fatal accident involving people trying to cross from West Africa to Spain’s…
According to police, a suspect was arrested on Thursday for the alleged rape and murder of a four-year-old girl in a village in Punjab’s Gujrat district. According to a statement issued by the police, the victim and her seven-year-old brother left their house in Khuhar, situated in Gujrat’s Sarai Alamgir town, to attend classes on…
Security forces have killed 22 terrorists and injured 18 others in various intelligence-based operations (IBOs) across the Tirah valley in Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since December 14, the media wing of the army. A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said: “Of late, numerous terrorist incidents have taken place in the general area…
One soldier was martyred and four others were injured when a convoy of vehicles carrying food and medical supplies to Parachinar was attacked on Thursday in Bagan area of Lower Kurram of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, according to officials. Clashes stemming from decades of land disputes have claimed at least 130 lives since November, and shortages of…
One soldier was martyred while four others were injured. A convoy of vehicles carrying food and medical supplies to Parachinar was attacked in the Bagan area of Lower Kurram on Thursday, officials confirmed. Clashes stemming from decades of land disputes have claimed at least 130 lives since November, and shortages of food and medicine have…
PTI Chairman Advocate Gohar Ali Khan on Thursday said that he and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir. “If talks have started, it is a welcome gesture,” said lawyer Gohar while speaking outside Adiala jail. “All lawsuits have been filed.” He said the talks took…
Two policemen were injured in an overnight attack by terrorists on a police checkpost in Puran tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla district, police said on Thursday. Aloch Station House Officer (SHO) Bakht Zeb Khan said dawn.com that more than a dozen attackers attacked the checkpoint late at night, however, the police personnel on duty foiled…
• Police say a man and woman on a motorcycle took two children in Garden• There are no leads on seven-year-old Sarim, kidnapped last week in northern Karachi.• SHO says family received ransom calls on WhatsApp• Murad asks city police to ensure his immediate recovery KARACHI: While the police have failed to recover a minor…
President Joe Biden capped a half-century political career with a final speech in the Oval Office on Wednesday as he hopes to seal a legacy darkened by Democrats’ failure to prevent Donald Trump from returning to the White House. Biden opened his speech with a familiar message: asking Americans to unite, but quickly warned of…
