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No influx of refugees seen via Torkham
PESHAWAR: Despite the initial assessments and fears that the Afghan situation would bring a large number of refugees to Pakistan once again, the Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CARs) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa claimed that no such influx has…
Second Afghan refugee flight takes off for Spain from Pakistan
Around 160 people to arrive at the Torrejon de Ardoz military airbase outside Madrid via the second flight.84 Afghans arrive on the first plane to Spain from Pakistan on Monday.Madrid evacuated over 2,000 people who had worked for Spain…
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry…
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to journalists Maria Ressa of Philipines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression.
Maria Ressa and Dmitry…
New Zealand confirms it is in talks with PCB to reschedule…
New Zealand Cricket has confirmed it is in talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to reschedule the recently abandoned ODI, T20 series with Pakistan.
"New Zealand Cricket is back in discussions about reigniting their…
World must maintain contact with interim Taliban govt, NSA Yusuf…
National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf, in a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman on Thursday, stressed that the international community "must maintain contact" with the interim Taliban government in Afghanistan.
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Biden, Xi plan US-China virtual summit before year’s end:…
The United States and China have agreed in principle for their presidents to hold a virtual meeting before the end of the year, a senior US administration official said on Wednesday, after high-level talks aimed at improving communication…
T20 World Cup: Pakistan’s Aleem Dar, Ahsan Raza included in…
DUBAI: Pakistan's Aleem Dar and Ahsan Raza have been included by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the panel of umpires who will officiate in the T20 World Cup 2021.
The cricket governing body on Thursday announced the…
PM asks Bill Gates to consider humanitarian assistance for…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan in a telephone call with Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), urged him to consider providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.
During the telephonic…
Saudi non-oil growth at 7-year high
DUBAI: The easing of pandemic-induced restrictions on business activities and travel has pushed Saudi Arabia’s non-oil private sector to grow in September, at the fastest rate in seven years, Arab News quoted IHS Markit, as saying.
The…
Russia reports highest daily death toll from Covid-19
MOSCOW.Russia on Wednesday reported more than 900 daily coronavirus deaths for the first time, as the country struggles with stubbornly high infection rates driven by the Delta variant of the virus as well as a low vaccination take-up.
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