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After meeting victims of Indian ceasefire violations and “seeing them suffer” had made it all the more necessary than before to raise the Kashmir issue at the Congress, the visiting US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says “Having met the Kashmiri people in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK), who nurse the bullet …

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his annoyance over the prolonged load shedding causing public woes and directed reduction till next month. The prime minister also directed for taking of steps to reduce power glitches on an emergency basis. The prime minister said that neither fuel was purchased by …

ADB committed $3.23 billion for Pakistan in 2021 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $3.32 billion in 2021 to help Pakistan tackle the immediate effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and promote a green recovery. Financial and operational results published on Monday in ADB’s Annual Report 2021 depict how …

Prime Minister has ordered financial assistance for farmers affected by the damage to their standing crops in Sialkot due to a firing incident. He directed the Punjab government to immediately give assistance cheques to the farmers whose 90,000 kilograms worth of wheat crop was burnt. The incident of burning of …

ISLAMABAD: Ex-prime minister Imran Khan on Monday responded to the Toshakana controversy and said they were his gifts, so it was his choice whether to keep them or not. “Mera tohfa, meri marzi [my gift, my choice],” the PTI chairman, who became the first prime minister to be ousted through …

Simon Cowell hit back at claims that this year’s Britain’s Got Talent is unfair and fixed after a professional singer Loren Allred was sent directly to the finals with a golden buzzer. Fans have taken over social media to call out judges at the show – Cowell and Amanda Holden who allegedly …

SEOUL: North Korea has test-fired a new weapons system, under the supervision of leader Kim Jong Un, that it claims will boost the efficiency of its tactical nuclear weapons, state media said early Sunday. The “new-type tactical guided weapon… is of great significance in drastically improving the firepower of the …

A 2018 tweet posted by Elon Musk in which he claimed to have secured the funding to take Tesla private was deemed “false and misleading” by a judge, according to documents filed by investors suing his electric car company. The shareholders have accused Tesla of securities fraud over their stock …

Amber Heard’s close friend, British music journalist Eve Barlow has been barred from Judge Azcarate’s courtroom over continued live-tweeting. Johnny Depp’s lawyers have managed to bar Heard’s pal Barlow, from the courtroom after she allegedly had Deuters’ testimony removed from the record over claims she saw social media posts about …

ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday dismissed a petition asking the court to stop the expected issuance of a diplomatic passport to PML-N supremo and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Advocate Naeem Haider moved the court, referring to media reports that said Nawaz was being issued a …