A few weeks back, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry admitted that delaying fresh elections for local governments (LGs) was a mistake on the part of the PTI government. He added that such elections should have been held within the first year of the PTI’s government. Later, he confessed that the current chief ministers of […]
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Negotiations to revive Iran’shttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers will fail unless US President Joe Biden can guarantee that Washington will not again abandon the pact, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Wednesday.“The U.S. President, lacking authority, is not ready to give guarantees. If the current status quo continues, the […]
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FRANKFURT: This week’s Frankfurt book fair, the world’s oldest and largest, brings with it the first wave of pandemic novels. But are readers ready to relive coronavirus and lockdown life through fictional characters?Some of the best-known authors have pandemic tales on the way, with Jodi Picoult finding inspiration in a tourist stranded abroad, while Margaret […]
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The European Union (EU) will decide about extending the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status for 2024 to Pakistan after reviewing the country’s two-year performance report on exports for the years 2020 and 2021, EU Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara said on Thursday. “The last two-year report (2018-19) was issued in February 2020. Pakistan’s […]
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A startling and depressing incident Something strange and terrifying occurred in a tiny village. Tragically, five persons lost their lives in an unexpected bow and arrow attack. Although this sounds like something out of a fairytale, everyone who heard about it was startled to learn that it actually happened. A bow and arrow: what is […]
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UNITED NATIONS: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi appreciated the Afghan Taliban Wednesday for including various representatives of ethnicities in Afghanistan, calling on the world to not abandon the country at this critical juncture. The international community has warned it will judge the Taliban by its actions, and that the recognition of a Taliban-led government would […]
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Iran’s new president, Ebrahim Raisi, declared that US efforts at hegemony have “failed miserably” in a fiery denunciation of the clerical state’s arch-rival in his first UN speech. “What has been seen in our region today proves that not only the hegemonic system but also the project of imposing Westernized identity have failed miserably,” Raisi […]
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The nation is observing Youm-e-Istehsal on Thursday (today) to express solidarity with the enslaved Kashmiri people on completion of two years of the military siege of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K). It was on the 5th of August 2019, the same day that witnessed the abolition of the special constitutional status of IIOJ&K, […]
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The British government on Monday lifted pandemic restrictions on daily life in England, scrapping all social distancing in a step slammed by scientists and opposition parties as a dangerous leap into the unknown. From midnight (2300 GMT Sunday), nightclubs were able to reopen and other indoor venues allowed to run at full capacity, while legal […]
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A 42-year-old man from Nagaur, Rajasthan, who sleeps for 300 days a year, has been dubbed ‘Kumbhakaran,’ the mythological character from the Ramayan who is known for sleeping for six months without being disturbed. Pukharam, a resident of Bhadwa village, suffers from Axis Hypersomnia, a rare condition that causes him to sleep for 20-25 days […]
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