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Denmark, the world’s biggest producer of mink fur, said Wednesday it would cull all of the country’s minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people. The mutation “could pose a…

RAWALPINDI: Russian Federation Special Forces contingent arrived in Pakistan today to participate in Pak-Russia Joint Training Exercise ‘DRUZHBA -IV,’ said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement. According to the ISPR,…

LAHORE: Punjab Relief Commissioner Babar Hayat Tarar said Thursday the air quality monitoring of the region suggests the smog situation in Punjab is under control. The relief commissioner stressed that in order to prevent incurring…

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced preparation of its draft for the Sindh Local Government Act. MQM leader Kunwar Naveed Jamil talking to media here said that a consultative body has also been proposed in the bill…

ISLAMABAD: In an effort to stop dubious and fake licences, Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) decided to issue pilots’ licences through the biometric system. Sources said that the CAA also made permission letter from flying…

KARACHI: Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has granted Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) permission to operate flights to and from the kingdom’s Al-Qassim region. On being given a go-ahead to operate…

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…