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Info ministry refutes reports of ‘complete lockdown’ on weekends as part of fuel-saving measures

The information ministry on Sunday refuted a notification about a “complete and comprehensive lockdown” across the country on weekends, stating it was fake. In a post on its “fact checker” account on X, the ministry shared the notification being circulated on social media, with “fake” over it. “A...

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HRCP, civil society organisations demand immediate halt to eviction operations in Islamabad’s katchi abadis
HRCP, civil society organisations demand immediate halt t...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, along with several civil society organisations, on Sunda...

First PIA direct flight to London in 6 years takes to the skies
First PIA direct flight to London in 6 years takes to the...

The first Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) direct flight to London in six years took to the ...

Drap dismisses reports of essential medicine price hikes amid global supply chain uncertainty
Drap dismisses reports of essential medicine price hikes ...

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Sunday dismissed reports of price hikes in es...

Israel police prevent Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch from entering Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday
Israel police prevent Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch from en...

Israeli police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from...

War Diary Day 30: Multifront attrition deepens, strategic picture getting complicated for US and Israel
War Diary Day 30: Multifront attrition deepens, strategic...

By the 30th day of the US-Israel war on Iran, it has become increasingly clear that the conflict ...

In US Supreme Court fight over birthright citizenship, 1898 anti-immigrant sentiment echoes
In US Supreme Court fight over birthright citizenship, 18...

United States (US) President Donald Trump’s challenge to the longstanding rule that anyone born i...

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JD or Marco?: Iran war raises 2028 stakes as Trump weighs Vance vs. Rubio
JD or Marco?: Iran war raises 2028 stakes as Trump weighs Vance vs. Rubio

As the war in Iran threatens to imperil United States President Donald Trump’s legacy, the political stakes also are rising for two of his top lieutenants: Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of ...

Analysis by Reuters

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Action plan unveiled to combat drought
Action plan unveiled to combat drought

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has developed a national drought action plan in an attempt to transition from a reactive to a proactive risk-based approach for drought management, as climate change is making d...

Analysis by Jamal Shahid

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22 migrants die off Greece after six days at sea
22 migrants die off Greece after six days at sea

ATHENS: Twenty-two migrants hoping to reach Europe from North Africa have died off the coast of Greece after six days at sea in a rubber boat, survivors told the Greek coastguard on Saturday. The c...

Analysis by AFP

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: GHOSTS ON THE SCREEN
SMOKERS’ CORNER: GHOSTS ON THE SCREEN

Illustration by Abro On the screen, horrific images of World War II flicker, showing the skeletal figures of Jewish men, women and children in Nazi concentration camps being marched into the horror...

Analysis by Nadeem F. Paracha

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Will defiant Iran win peace?
Will defiant Iran win peace?

AS missiles, drones and bombs were hitting targets on all sides of the Persian Gulf, news broke of a mediation effort led by Pakistan, Turkiye and Egypt that generated a faint hope that at some sta...

Analysis by Abbas Nasir

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