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ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will travel to Kabul on Saturday for talks dominated by security concerns and efforts to reset relations after months of strain, officials said, as Islamabad presses Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to curb cross-border militant attacks it blames for surging violence.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan repatriated the bodies of eight nationals on Thursday who were killed in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province last week, the military said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The antitrust regulator fined Nishat Hyundai Motors Rs25 million for misleading consumers during the 2020 launch of its Tucson SUV, accusing the automaker of using “bait advertising” to inflate demand before abruptly raising prices.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD : Four Pakistani nationals were among 11 migrants whose bodies were recovered after a vessel sank off Libya’s eastern Harawa coast, Foreign Office said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of deadly migrant shipwrecks involving citizens attempting perilous Mediterranean Sea crossings.
MASTUNG: A roadside bomb killed three policemen and wounded at least 16 others in southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, officials said, the latest attack in a surge of violence linked to separatist militants targeting security forces.
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ISLAMABAD: A US-manufactured M4A1 carbine rifle, shipped to Afghanistan in 2018, was recovered in Pakistan last month following a militant train hijacking that killed 26 people, Pakistani officials said, highlighting how American military gear abandoned after the 2021 withdrawal fuels regional instability, The Washington Post reported on Monday.
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ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said on Thursday it is seeking details from its US missions after reports emerged of Pakistani students having their visas canceled, pledging full support to those affected through its embassy.
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ISLAMABAD: Prominent Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani on Thursday urged Pakistanis to boycott Israeli-linked goods peacefully, condemning a spate of violent attacks on international fast-food outlets that prompted police to invoke anti-terrorism laws and detain dozens of suspects this week.
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ISLAMABAD: The United States has discontinued its Global Undergraduate Exchange (Global UGRAD) Pakistan Programme after 15 years, the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) announced on Tuesday, ending a US-funded initiative that allowed Pakistani students to study at American universities.
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KARACHI: The United Arab Emirates will offer five-year visas to Pakistani nationals, its envoy to Islamabad said on Tuesday, ending months of heightened entry restrictions imposed over concerns about crime and social media misconduct.
