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KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cybercrime Circle has raided ‘illegal call centres’ in Karachi and arrested three suspects allegedly involved in stealing data from credit cards of Pakistani and US citizens, The arrested suspects include Zaigham Javed, Saim and Owais Alamgir. Separate raids were conducted at two call centres …

USAID Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman announced $16.4 million in additional development and humanitarian assistance to support the resilience of communities in Pakistan that experienced 2022’s historically severe floods, which impacted an estimated 33 million people and had a devastating impact on infrastructure, crops, livelihoods, and livestock throughout the country. This …

RAWALPINDI – A Pakistan Army soldier was martyred during an exchange of fire with militants in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district, the military’s media wing said late Monday. A statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations said a soldier embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the …

LAHORE – Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah was hospitalised in his town Faisalabad while rumors were rife that the PML-N stalwart suffered cardiac arrest. Amid the rumors, reports in local media claimed that Sanaullah, 68, was discharged from the Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology (FIC) after a brief stay where he …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that the government is very hopeful of finalising a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this month. PM Shehbaz Sharif said that his government had been able to navigate the challenges faced by Pakistan in the best possible fashion with the help …

An under-construction four-lane bridge over the Ganga in Bihar’s Bhagalpur came crashing down like a house of cards last evening, for the second time in a year, showed a video. No loss of life has been reported so far. The bridge, inaugurated in 2014 by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, connects Sultanganj …

M Shehbaz Sharif gifts mangoes to Turkish president ANKARA: In a goodwill gesture, Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif gifted Pakistani mangoes to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and congratulated him on his victory in the elections on behalf of the Pakistani nation.   In an informal conversation with the Turkish …

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday unveiled a new cabinet lineup, naming a powerful spy chief as foreign minister and market friendly Mehmet Simsek as finance minister, hours after swearing in for a third term as president.  Erdogan took oath of office in parliament after winning a historic runoff election …

MUZAFFARABAD: In a tragic turn of events on Sunday, a cargo truck traveling from Muzaffarabad to Upper Neelum Valley met with a devastating accident in the Changan area, resulting in the loss of at least four lives. According to details, the ill-fated truck was traveling from Muzaffarabad to Upper Neelum …

Over 36,000 Pakistani Hajj pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia and out of these, 28,000 are staying in Madinah. Out of these, 28000 are staying in Madinah while the other 8,000 have arrived in Makkah after completing their eight-day stay in Madinah. According to Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Hajj Mission has …