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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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LAHORE: Ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif met with National Party (NP) chief Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch on Wednesday, pledging to play an “active role” in addressing escalating tensions in Balochistan, a province roiled by protests over recent arrests and allegations of state violence.
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RAWALPINDI: Police briefly detained former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sisters and arrested dozens of his party supporters on Tuesday during a clash outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where authorities barred the incarcerated leader’s family from meeting him for the third consecutive week, officials and party leaders said.
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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.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States pledged on Monday to expand cooperation on trade, counterterrorism, and regional security during the first phone call between Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Foreign Office (FO) said.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The provincial Sindh High Court on Monday suspended a water allocation permit issued by federal regulators to Punjab province for constructing irrigation canals in the Cholistan region, apparently intensifying a water rights clash between the two provinces.
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QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Saturday offered the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) permission to march to Quetta’s Shahwani Stadium but warned of legal action if the party breaches the city’s Red Zone.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will dispatch a high-level delegation to Washington to contest a looming 29 percent US tariff on its goods, a policy threatening the nation’s fragile export-driven recovery, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Saturday.
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s military’s top leadership pledged on Friday to counter foreign proxies and hostile internal actors destabilising the southwestern Balochistan province, a region plagued by a decades-long separatist insurgency, saying it would eradicate terrorism in all its forms, regardless of the cost.
