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ISLAMABAD: The met office has advised the people to use masks and glasses in smoggy conditions during the month of November to avoid health problems. Pakistan Meteorological department in an advisory has said that brief exposure to smog…

RAWALPINDI: Chairman of Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sefik Dzaferovic called on Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the military’s General Headquarters (GHQ) on Thursday, citing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). …

ISLAMABAD: Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong on Thursday called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office in Islamabad. Talking to the envoy, FM Qureshi congratulated Nong Rong over assuming…

ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday heard a case of fake degrees of Al-Khair University. Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed said that three-member bench of the apex court will decide the…

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday ordered constitution of a medical board to determine the age of Arzoo Fatima, a girl which was claimed to be converted and had married of her own free will. A bench of the high court…

LAHORE: An accountability court in Lahore has started the proclamation proceedings against PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife Nusrat Shehbaz over her perpetual absence from the trial in a money laundering case. A proclamation notice…

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Rawalpindi has begun an investigation into reasons behind the reported closure of Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) Roosevelt Hotel in New York. The national graft buster wrote to…

ISLAMABAD: In an effort to overcome the educational loss of students due to COVID-19 pandemic, all the provinces on Thursday decided to slash or not to observe winter vacations in the educational institutions this year. According to…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate the Sehat Card Plus programme for the entire population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Swat on Friday (tomorrow). KP health minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra unveiled the plan while addressing…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting presided over by Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood and comprising his provincial counterparts decided Thursday Pakistan's schools would remain open, as of now, despite the rising number of coronavirus infections and…