SANAA: The head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC), Rashad al-Alimi, has announced the cancellation of the joint defense agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to Arab media reports, al-Alimi stated that all UAE forces present in Yemen must depart the country within 24 hours. He further declared that a complete air, land, […]
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi plans to tour Sindh and Balochistan after recently concluding a three-day visit to Lahore, Punjab, as part of the PTI street movement. Shafi Jan, special assistant to the CM on information, said Afridi will meet party workers and leaders to mobilise support for upcoming protests. He briefed the
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RAWALPINDI: The 50th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Polo and Tent Pegging Championship 2025 concluded at the Jinnah Polo Fields in Lahore, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Tuesday. Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir attended the closing ceremony as the chief guest. Punjab’s Minister of
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed condolences on Tuesday over the death of Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, Khaleda Zia. He described her as a committed friend of Pakistan. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said Zia died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness. She passed away at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, where
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ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan has once again been ranked among the world’s most unsafe countries, according to the latest Global Peace Index released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), a leading international think tank. The report said security conditions in Afghanistan continued to deteriorate under Taliban rule. The country was placed 158th out of 163
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Acting UN Ambassador Usman Jadoon this week rejected Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region. He called the move unilateral and unlawful. He said Pakistan opposes any plans to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza. Israel last week announced it had recognized Somaliland, a region that declared independence from Somalia in 1991. The announcement
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will be in Switzerland next month. The visit will be made to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF). The 56th annual WEF meeting will be held in Davos from Jan. 19 to Jan. 23. The theme has been set as “A Spirit of Dialogue.” Global leaders from government, business, civil
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DHAKA: Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and a central figure in the country’s modern political history, died early Tuesday after a prolonged illness, her party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), announced. She was 80. In this regard, the BNP said Khaleda Zia passed away at 6:00 a.m. local time, shortly after the Fajr
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RAWALPINDI: The district administration has extended the enforcement of Section 144 in Rawalpindi until January 1 as part of precautionary measures to maintain law and order amid security concerns. In this regard, the notification issued by the Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi, Hassan Waqar Cheema, Section 144 has been in force across the district since December 25.
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ISLAMABAD: The Chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Rashid Langrial, has assured the business community that traders who cannot afford the Point of Sale (POS) system will be given relief and that no trader will be harassed during tax enforcement measures. In this regard, the delegation of the Central Organization of Traders Pakistan,
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