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ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday categorically said that Pakistan nei-ther recognizes the Israeli state nor maintains diplomatic ties with it.

MUZAFFARABAD - The government and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) are close to reach-ing an agreement as both sides held a high-level second round of talks to resolve the unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif Friday maintained that the province alone has the right to decide how its water resources are utilised, stating that she would not let anyone interfere in the internal affairs of Punjab.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed commitment to transform Pakistan into an attractive destination for investment in the region through transparency and by crafting economic policies aligned with global standards.

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Foreign minister informs NA US made changes to peace plan proposed by Pakistan, other Muslim states No change in Pak stance over two-state solution of Palestine Pak-KSA defence agreement can become Eastern Nato if more nations join.

ISLAMABAD - Acting President of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, met with Lord Shafaq Mohammad of Tinsley, Member of the House of Lords, former Member of the European Parliament Barrister Tanveer Hussain, and Chaudhary Mehboob Hussain here at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday.

LAHORE - The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday approved the bail petition of Muhammad Sadiq, an accused in an attempted murder case, and ordered his release.

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The gap between the two is $20 billion now.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Friday cleared the last hurdle in resuming direct passenger flights to the United Kingdom, as London issued the Foreign Aircraft Operating Permit (FOP).

KARACHI: The Sindh police have requested Interpol and the British police to share the detailed log of a tracker fitted in a high-end vehicle reported stolen from the United Kingdom and recently spotted in Karachi. The black Range Rover Sport was stolen on Nov 11, 2022 from Harrogate, UK, and in February this year, with the help of its tracker, it was located in Karachi on Korangi Road. Later, Interpol sent a letter to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Islamabad, the Karachi police and the Anti-Vehicles Lifting Cell (AVLC), alerting them about the stolen vehicle. Talking to Dawn on Friday, Inspector General of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon said that the Interpol’s letter was received two days ago at the office of AVLC SSP. “We have sent an email to the UK police and asked them to send us a detailed log of the tracker fitted in the vehicle,” he said. Interpol says the SUV was last tracked on Korangi Road in February The IGP said that the police also sought the source of the active location of the vehicle fro...

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Украинец снял уникальные кадры на острове Хортица, что в Запорожской области. Мужчина показал "ростки", которые появились на стволе дерева через 70 лет после затопления.

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has turned down a petition seeking the quashment of a cybercrime case registered against a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government official, who is accused of orchestrating a malicious online campaign against the family of Judge Humayun Dilawar and the judiciary.

ISLAMABAD - Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Friday apologised for the assault on journalists at the National Press Club here a day earlier, assuring the media that steps will be taken to ensure such an incident does not reoccur in future.

Следствием систематических ударов ВСУ по предприятиям российской нефтяной отрасли стало то, что Россия вынуждена импортировать бензин из разных регионов мира — в частности из Китая и из Беларуси.

• Employees to pay 10pc, govt 12pc • Pension liabilities rise to Rs1.055tr in 2024-25, driven by armed forces pensions ISLAMABAD: With some discretionary changes, the government announced on Friday that federal employees will contribute 10 per cent of their pensionable pay to qualify for a 12pc contribution from the public exchequer under the newly formalised contributory pension fund scheme. The total contribution rate will thus be 22pc, replacing the traditional pension system for new entrants. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) published the “Federal Government Defined Contribution (FGDC) Pension Fund Scheme Rules 2024” under the Public Finance Management Act 2019, which regulates the scheme according to the Voluntary Pension System Rules 2005 and Non-Banking Finance Companies and Notified Entities Regulations 2008. These rules supersede an earlier MoF order of August 2024, which had set the government’s contribution at 20pc. On Aug 20, 2024, the MoF initially announced the introduction of the contributory pens...

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