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The world’s longest passenger flight is set to take off next month as Singapore Airlines has announced to resume its direct flights between Singapore and New York. The airline will be operating three weekly flights using its Airbus…

LAHORE: At least nine people fell prey to the coronavirus in Punjab over the past 24 hours, taking the provincial tally of fatalities from the disease to 2,319. A spokesperson for the Primary and Secondary Health Department said as many…

LAHORE: Punjab government has decided to establish 396 sahulat (facilitation) bazaars across the province over the directives of Chief Minister Usman Buzdar. A review session was held under the chair of Punjab’s chief secretary for…

ISLAMABAD: The coronavirus claimed 19 more lives across the country during the past 24 hours, taking the death toll from the disease to 6,692. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), 660 fresh infections emerged…

KARACHI: A loud explosion on Wednesday morning caused collapse of a portion of building in Gulshan Iqbal leaving at least five persons dead and 20 injured. The Police and Rangers personnel reached to the area and inquiring into the…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter on Wednesday to share “great news for Pakistan”. “We are headed in the right direction finally,” he tweeted, adding the country’s current account balance posted a surplus of $73…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has arrived in Islamabad where he will hold a meeting with party leaders tomorrow, citing sources. Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari departed from Islamabad International…

GUJRANWALA: A Gujranwala sessions court on Wednesday extended interim bail of Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar Awan, the son-in-law of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, until November 10 in a sedition case. He along with PML-N MPA Imran Khalid…

By:Baber Ali Bhatti CPEC is one of the biggest projects undertaken in the region. Besides providing a most economical route for trade connectivity between China, Pakistan and rest of the world, CPEC (along with Gwadar Port) will also…

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a huge haul of drugs worth Rs1.5 billion from a vehicle during a raid at Kohat Road, Peshawar. Sources said the ANF intelligence wing conducted the raid on a tip-off. During search of the…