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PM Shehbaz apprises Iranian president of diplomatic outreach efforts in over hour-long conversation

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif apprised Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian of Pakistan’s diplomatic outreach efforts to organise peace talks between Washington and Tehran, in a phone call on Saturday that lasted over an hour. Pakistan has taken centre-stage in a process to mediate between the US ...

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‘Blatant crime’: Israeli strike kills at least 2 journalists in southern Lebanon
‘Blatant crime’: Israeli strike kills at least 2 journali...

An Israeli strike on a media car in southern Lebanon killed at least two Lebanese broadcast journ...

Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt to visit Islamabad for ‘in-depth’ talks on Iran war: FO
Foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt to visi...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to host the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt from ...

PMD forecasts drizzle, light rain in Karachi over weekend
PMD forecasts drizzle, light rain in Karachi over weekend

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast cloudy weather with chances of light ra...

Islamabad authorities deny Edhi’s claim of sealing office in Aabpara
Islamabad authorities deny Edhi’s claim of sealing office...

ISLAMABAD: The district administration on Saturday denied that it had sealed Edhi’s office in Aab...

Punjab CTD arrests 36 suspected terrorists in a month, including 2 of TTP
Punjab CTD arrests 36 suspected terrorists in a month, in...

LAHORE: The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday claimed to have arrested 36 sus...

Nepal’s former prime minister K P Sharma Oli arrested over deaths during Gen Z protests
Nepal’s former prime minister K P Sharma Oli arrested ove...

Nepal’s former prime minister, K P Sharma Oli, was arrested on Saturday as police investigate whe...

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Trump says ‘Cuba is next’, denies losing MAGA support
Trump says ‘Cuba is next’, denies losing MAGA support

United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that “Cuba is next” in his latest threat against the Caribbean island, as he dismissed concerns that recent American military actions would cost ...

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Questions over Israel’s interceptor stockpiles as Mideast war drags on
Questions over Israel’s interceptor stockpiles as Mideast war drags on

The ability of Israel’s highly sophisticated air defences to keep intercepting Iranian attacks is coming under scrutiny as the Middle East war drags on into a second month. The military has dismiss...

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US Congress panel demands full public hearing on Iran war as concerns mount
US Congress panel demands full public hearing on Iran war as concerns mount

WASHINGTON: Democrats on the United States House Armed Services Committee have called for an immediate public hearing on President Donald Trump’s war against Iran, pressing the Pentagon to testify ...

Analysis by Anwar Iqbal

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India approves $25bn defence buys, including Russian S-400 missile systems
India approves $25bn defence buys, including Russian S-400 missile systems

India has approved defence purchases worth about $25 billion, the defence ministry said, including additional Russian-made S-400 long-range missile systems. The approvals were given by the Defence ...

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Task force set up to reform FBR legal wings, address litigation gaps
Task force set up to reform FBR legal wings, address litigation gaps

The federal government has formed a task force to revamp the legal wings of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). The purpose of the task force is to reform, revamp, and strengthen FBR’s revenue liti...

Analysis by Nasir Iqbal

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