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Another polio case surfaces in KP
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Another polio case surfaces in KP

Another polio case has surfaced from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa increasing the number of polio cases during the current year to 57 in the province. The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), Coordinator Abdul Basit said the fresh case has surfaced from Sarai Naurang
Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Thefts, snatching cases on the rise in Capital
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Thefts, snatching cases on the rise in Capital

The incidents of various kind of theft and car lifting cases increased in federal capital during last week as over seven cases of theft including robbery, snatching at gunpoint and dacoity as well as eight cases of motor vehicle theft reported to city's v
Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Syria army reaches border area, deploys around Turkish zone
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Syria army reaches border area, deploys around Turkish zone

Syrian troops reached a key area near Turkey's border Saturday after sending further reinforcements to the region, in what a war monitor said was its largest deployment there in years. Syrian regime forces entered the provincial borders of the town of Ras
Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Russia accuses US of 'banditry' in protecting Syria's oil
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Russia accuses US of 'banditry' in protecting Syria's oil

Russia on Saturday accused the United States of "international banditry" after Washington announced its intention to protect Syria's oil fields which are controlled by Kurdish forces. The statement comes after US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said US troop
Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Six abducted Nigerian schoolgirls freed
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Six abducted Nigerian schoolgirls freed

Six Nigerian schoolgirls and two staff members have been released unhurt three weeks after they were kidnapped from their dormitories in northern Kaduna state, regional authorities said Saturday. Armed assailants seized the six students, school vice princ
Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Lebanese take to streets for 10th day
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Lebanese take to streets for 10th day

Demonstrators across Lebanon blocked roads and took to the streets Saturday for a 10th consecutive day, defying what they said were attempts by Hezbollah to defuse their movement and despite tensions with the army. The protesters - who have thronged Leban
Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Australia to settle more immigrants
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Australia to settle more immigrants

The Australian government said on Saturday it is increasing the number of visas for skilled workers willing to migrate to the country's regions in a bid to ease pressure on major cities, where populations are growing twice as fast as elsewhere. The govern
Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
The Weather
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The Weather

The weather report on Saturday (October 26, 2019) and the forecast for Sunday (October 27, 2019).

Published 27 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Warring groups in Afghanistan urged to observe ceasefire
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Warring groups in Afghanistan urged to observe ceasefire

The four-party consultation, which involves Russia, China, the United States and Pakistan, concluded in Moscow on Friday with a call on all warring groups in Afghanistan to observe a ceasefire for the duration of intra-Afghan negotiations to enable partic
Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Government-opposition talks end in Stalemate
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Government-opposition talks end in Stalemate

The much-hyped dialogue between the government and opposition proved inconclusive on Friday and ended in stalemate over terms and venue of JUI-F protest. The JUI-F has declined the government's offer to hold protest and sit-in at Parade Ground and insists
Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am
PM sends physician to examine Nawaz: Firdous
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PM sends physician to examine Nawaz: Firdous

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Friday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan sent Dr Faisal, a private practitioner, to examine Nawaz Sharif's health, besides issuing directions for providing be
Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am
NA body irked by absence of Hafeez, Baqir
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NA body irked by absence of Hafeez, Baqir

Absence of Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Reza Baqir from a meeting of a parliamentary panel was strongly flayed and the Finance Ministry was directed to convey the parliamentarians' c
Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am
US statement termed unwarranted
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US statement termed unwarranted

Foreign Office on Friday termed the US State Department's comments with regard to arrest of Professor Mohammad Ismail, father of Gulalai Ismail, as 'unwarranted'. "Professor Mohammad Ismail has been detained by the law enforcement authorities in Peshawar
Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Donors pledge nearly $10 billion for UN climate fund
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Donors pledge nearly $10 billion for UN climate fund

Developed countries on Friday pledged nearly $10 billion for the UN's flagship climate change fund, offsetting the impact of US President Donald Trump's decision to quit the Paris Agreement against global warming. "I am very happy to announce that we have
Published 26 Oct, 2019 12:00am