Coronavirus
VERY HIGH
Pakistan Deaths
19,336 ▲
12624hr
Pakistan Cases
870,703 ▲
326524hr
Sindh
295,483
Punjab
323,314
Balochistan
23,728
Islamabad
78,725
KPK
125,914
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Pakistan will not support the return of Afghan Taliban to power, says Ashraf Ghani
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Pakistan will not support the return of Afghan Taliban to power, says Ashraf Ghani

  • “Pakistan’s army, in utter clarity, announced that the revival of Islamic Emirate is not in Pakistan’s national interest,” Ghani said.
  • Concerns are growing about the Afghan military's ability to defend the capital and other areas under its control without the support of the international troops. Over the last few days, the Taliban have overrun a major military base and also captured a strategic district close to Kabul.
Published 13 May, 2021 10:03pm
Prime Minister Imran Khan telephones Palestinian president, condemns Israeli atrocities
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Prime Minister Imran Khan telephones Palestinian president, condemns Israeli atrocities

  • PM Khan, President Alvi assure Mahmoud Abbas of mobilizing the international community to stop rights violations in Jerusalem.
  • During last few days, Israeli forces had attacked worshippers in Al-Aqsa mosque with guns and fire, followed by lethal attacks on Gaza resulting in deaths of innocent Palestinians including over a dozen children and scores of others injured.
Published 13 May, 2021 09:21pm
Biden says 'Israel has right to defend itself' as US throws its support behind Jewish state
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Biden says 'Israel has right to defend itself' as US throws its support behind Jewish state

  • 'I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu not too long ago,' the US President Joe Biden told reporters
  • "He also conveyed the United States’ encouragement of a pathway toward restoring a sustainable calm. He shared his conviction that Jerusalem, a city of such importance to people of faith from around the world, must be a place of peace," the statement said.
Published 13 May, 2021 09:15pm
India reports 362,727 new coronavirus infections
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India reports 362,727 new coronavirus infections

  • The South Asian nation's total caseload now stands at 23.7 million.
  • According to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, the number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked.
Published 13 May, 2021 09:05pm
Jewish-Arab communal riots erupt in Israel’s cities as Gaza conflict intensifies
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Jewish-Arab communal riots erupt in Israel’s cities as Gaza conflict intensifies

  • In renewed airstrikes on Gaza, Israeli warplanes struck a six-story residential building that it said belonged to Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu said Israel has struck close to a thousand militant targets in Gaza in total.
  • The four days of cross-border violence showed no sign of abating and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the campaign "will take more time".
Published 13 May, 2021 08:51pm