Pakistan

39km expressway opened as flagship Sindh infrastructure initiative

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has announced a plan to establish Pakistan’s first port under a public-private partnership model while addressing the inauguration ceremony of Shahrah-e-Bhutto in Karachi.

Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, on Friday, chaired a committee meeting to take stock of the performance of Pakistan’s Missions abroad.

The Meteorological Department has forecast a severe heatwave across Sindh during the Eidul Azha period, with temperatures expected to rise by 4 to 6 degrees Celsius from May 25 onward.

Arrests 4 over leak of information to foreign agencies

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Public alerted to QR-based data theft attempts

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Minister says even valid visa holders subjected to additional profiling and screening

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Opposition protests curbs on meeting Imran Khan

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Blocks retrospective regularisation in service dispute

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The risk from the deadly Ebola outbreak has been raised to the highest level for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday, as the toll continues to rise. The WHO upgraded its risk assessment level from high to very high for the DRC, while keeping the regional risk level at high and the global risk level at low. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the situation was “deeply worrisome”. He said there were now nearly 750 suspected cases in the DRC and 177 suspected deaths, as health workers scramble to track down contacts of everyone thought to be infected with the virus. “The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading rapidly,” he told a press conference. “So far, 82 cases have been confirmed in DRC, with seven confirmed deaths. “But we know the epidemic in DRC is much larger. There are now almost 750 suspected cases and 177 suspected deaths.” He said the situation in Uganda was “stable”, with two cases confirmed in people who travelle...

Over 260 shops destroyed; goods worth Rs500m gutted

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