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Saudi authorities said on Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Houthis earlier took responsibility for a flurry of attacks that includ...
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the secretary for relations with states and international organisations of the Holy See, is set to make an official visit to Pakistan from Oct 8 to 10, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Wednesday. In a statement, the FO noted that the Vatican envoy would visit Pakist...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said on Wednesday that if the prime minister and the president deemed it necessary to impose an emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to “save the province” facing terrorism, it would “definitely be enforced”. The governor’s remarks came du...
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Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that Pakistani troops are in Saudi Arabia, adding that they had been in the kingdom “for decades” and across multiple domains. The military spokesperson made these remarks during an interview wi...
The PTI convoy led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi reached the Khyber district on Wednesday with the provincial chief executive vowing that he would not allow another military operation in KP. The route plan for the march, being carried out to demand the release of jailed PTI founder Imran Khan,...
Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday evening for a two-day visit, where he is expected to co-chair the third session of the Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC), the Foreign Office (FO) said. According to the FO, Al Zayani was received at the airp...
The three remaining Pakistani crew members of MT Honour 25, an oil tanker that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia in April, landed in Karachi on Wednesday. According to Shaheen Burney, the vice chairperson of the Ansar Burney Trust, the three crew members arrived in the city at 4:40pm via an Ethi...
HYDERABAD: An inspector of the Sindh Police Highway Patrol (SPHP) was among three held after he allegedly opened fire during an altercation in Hyderabad’s Paretabad, injuring three people. Irshad Fakhruddin was stated to be in critical condition, with his family alleging that the SPHP inspector resi...
Indian police detained opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and several lawmakers for the third time in two days on Wednesday as they launched an unannounced protest demanding the resignation of the election chief over a controversial revision of voter lists. Opposition parties, their student units, and t...
Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Wednesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to international peace in a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, the military’s media affairs wing said. The UN secretary general is currently in Isl...
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has rescheduled the first step of the National Registration Examination (NRE) from Oct 11 to Nov 8. NRE is a mandatory requirement under an Act of Parliament, aimed at ensuring transparency, standardisation, and quality in medical and dental ...
