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In meeting with Iran’s president, PM stresses building on Islamabad MoU for lasting peace
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday underscored the need to build on the understandings reached under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding (MoU, saying that it offered the only viable pathway towards enduring peace in the region. The prime minister made the remarks during his meeting with Iranian President Dr Masoud Pezeshkian in Bishkek today, on…
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MQM-P chief calls for new provinces, rejects claims of party’s political decline
DALLAS, Texas: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) Chairman and Federal Minister Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that the creation of new provinces has become necessary in view of Pakistan’s growing population and that the country also needs a strong third tier of government to ensure that the benefits of democracy reach ordinary citizens. Speaking in…
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Nadra, FBISE ink pact to integrate student registration, educational certificates system
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) and the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) have signed an agreement to integrate the student registration system for Matriculation and Intermediate examinations. According to a press release issued on Tuesday, the signing ceremony took place at the Nadra Headquarters in Islamabad, attended by the…
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Security forces kill 21 terrorists in separate Balochistan shootouts
Security forces killed 21 terrorists belonging to Indian-sponsored militant groups in separate encounters in Balochistan during the night of August 31 and September 1, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday. According to a press release issued by the military’s media wing, six personnel, including two officers and a Customs official, embraced martyrdom in…
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Judicial commission summons Mir Raza Ali’s business partners, friends
The judicial commission probing Mir Raza Ali’s death on Tuesday summoned his business partners, friends, the cab driver who dropped him off and two police officers. Justice Omar Sial of the Sindh High Court, who heads the one-man commission, issued notices to his business partners, Ahmed and Abdullah, his friends Haitham and Raziq, the cab…
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Bearmageddon?: Hungry bears wander into US West homes, shops in record numbers
Matt Errico was sitting on the toilet when he heard noises in his Colorado home. The roofer got up and found two young bears about the size of golden retrievers standing in his hallway. After a staring match, they bolted out of the front door. Errico has had bears get into his garbage before but…
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Battagram chairlift rescue story to hit Pakistani cinemas this year
What if your daily ride to school suddenly left you hanging 900 feet above the ground — with just one cable keeping you alive? That’s exactly what happened to eight people in Battagram’s Allai Valley in August 2023 — a terrifying real-life rescue operation that is now being brought to the big screen. Titled Hanging By…
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Iran terms US strike on wedding a ‘war crime’
• Centcom denies targeting civilians• Iran to employ ‘new strategy’ after latest strikes• US president floats renaming Hormuz ‘Trump Strait’ TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman on Wednesday labelled a deadly US attack on a wedding ceremony in the south of the country a “war crime”. The US attack in Sirik, southern Iran, killed four people and wounded 67. “The…
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US Pentagon issues clinical guidelines on troop testosterone screening to start immediately
The US Pentagon has issued detailed guidance for a new, mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for active-duty and reserve service members aged 30 and older, a follow-up to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s July announcement. The guidance, which was issued on Wednesday and is effective immediately, establishes standardised screening and treatment pathways for men and women…
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‘World in danger zone’: UN says El Nino likely to intensify, may become strongest ever recorded
El Nino could be the strongest since records began four decades ago, the United Nations’ climate agency warned on Thursday, with the UN chief warning the world is in the “danger zone of extreme weather”. The naturally-occurring weather phenomenon is set to become “very strong” in the months ahead and is near certain to persist…
