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At least one man was injured in a blast on an imambargah in Lower Kurram’s Shoorki area near the Pak-Afghan border on Tuesday, area police said. The injured man, who reportedly worked as a caretaker at the imambargah, has been shifted to a local hospital. The building of the mosque …

KARACHI:  Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast that a heatwave will sweep over urban areas of Sindh, including Karachi and Hyderabad, from Tuesday through to Friday, Geo News reported. The PMD claimed that the mercury was expected to touch up to 40 degrees Celsius in the port city during the heat wave. …

Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Monday expressed his indignation over what he believes are ‘opaque’ procedures and measures adopted to combat the coronavirus crisis in the country, while questioning the transparency in distribution of aid and medical supplies. The criticism came as a five-member bench of the apex …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned a senior Indian diplomat to convey its “rejection of India’s baseless and fallacious contention regarding the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s verdict in a matter pertaining to Gilgit-Baltistan”, a statement from the Foreign Office issued Monday read. In its statement, the Foreign Office said Pakistan “clearly conveyed that the …

ISLAMABAD: Amid allegations and counter-allegations over ways to curb the surging Covid-19 pandemic, the federal and Sindh governments have locked horns on the issue of desert locust which, if not controlled, will endanger food security in the country. Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari recently issued a statement saying that …

The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has reopened its offices across the country to facilitate the general public after a hiatus in operations due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. According to instructions issued on the resumption of activities, NADRA offices will remain open from 10am to 4pm Monday to …

The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday condemned India’s repression of the media in occupied Kashmir and called for an end to the “campaign of harassment and intimidation”. In a statement issued on World Press Freedom Day, FO spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said: “We express solidarity with the journalist fraternity in Indian …

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says mosques will reopen in 132 regions designated as white under a color-coded system after being consistently free of the new coronavirus. Iran’s Health Ministry has divided the country into white, yellow and red areas based on the number of infections and deaths. “Mosques will reopen …

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif for the third time in a money laundering case tomorrow after he failed to appear the last time. According to a notification by the corruption watchdog, the PML-N leader has been directed to appear before it …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan, in his message on the occasion of International Labour Day, has expressed the commitment of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government to protect workers from the coronavirus lockdown impact that has shattered economic growth. The prime minister said that the spread of COVID-19 in the country had serious …