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BEIJING/GENEVA: China has joined a global scheme for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), it said on Friday, giving a major boost to an initiative shunned by U.S. President Donald Trump. …

OSLO: The United Nations food agency, the World Food Programme (WFP), won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat hunger and improve conditions for peace in areas affected by conflict. The Rome-based organisation says…

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has written a letter to Interior Ministry for cancellation of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s CNIC and passport. Arrest warrants for Nawaz Sharif have been issued by the court his…

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) revealed on Friday that Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif, who is in the bureau’s custody in the money laundering and asset beyond means case, bought four flats in…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan welcomed on Friday Facebook’s investments and programmes in Pakistan and encouraged the tech giant to increase its footprint in the country. During a virtual meeting with Facebook Chief Operating…

QUETTA: The total count of coronavirus has reached to 15,480 after the detection of 29 new infections in Balochistan. According to a report of the provincial health department, overall 146 deaths were reported due to COVID-19 in…

ISLAMABAD: The federal authorities have put the names of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif’s wife and two daughters on the Exit Control List (ECL) in the money laundering and assets beyond means case. The…

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a huge haul of drugs worth more than Rs1 billion from a fishing boat during a raid on an island off Karachi’s coast. Sources said the ANF intelligence wing conducted the raid last night.…

RAWALPINDI: Azerbaijan Ambassador Ali Alizada on Friday called on Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), General Nadeem Raza, at Joint Staff Headquarters, Rawalpindi, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Matters of…

GUJRANWALA: A Gujranwala sessions court on Friday granted interim bail to Captain (retired) Muhammad Safdar Awan, the son-in-law of PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, in a sedition case. He appeared before Additional Sessions Judge Arshad…