Pakistan

The Higher Education Commission’s Education Testing Council (ETC) announced the postponement of different written tests originally scheduled for October 11 and 12.

Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The committee chose to focus on Venezuela at this time, in a year dominated by US President Donald Trump’s repeated public statements that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Machado was on this year’s TIME Magazine “100 most influential People” list, where current US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said she was the “personification of resilience, tenacity, and patriotism”. “She is receiving the prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy,” said Jorgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo. “As the leader of the democratic forces in the Venezuela, she is one of the most extraordinary examples of civilian courage in Latin America in recent times,” he said. He said that Machado had been a “key unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided; ...

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Probe launched to determine if it was murder or suicide

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The recent floods across Punjab have upended lives once again, displacing nearly 2.8 million people and affecting more than 4.2m, according to a Rapid Needs Assessment report from the United Nations. Amid the devastation, survivors are struggling not only with loss and uncertainty but with deep psychological distress that shows no sign of easing. A mother’s silent struggle Nazeera Bano, 39, a mother of four from Bait Nabi Shah village in Muzaffargarh’s Tehsil Alipur, has been having sleepless nights since this year’s floodwaters swallowed her home and forced her family to seek shelter in a government-donated tent. Now living with relatives in a nearby village, she said, the flashbacks of the ordeal still play out vividly in her mind, leaving her anxious and on edge. “My daughter is getting married next year, so we had all the dowry kept in the house. When the water entered, we barely had time to save anything. We brought the jewellery with us and some essential items, but not everything could be carried. I am...

Former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that lasting political stability in Pakistan is impossible without the rule of law, stressing that no country can achieve sustained progress without good governance.

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Tell court authorities fined, harassed workers despite existing stay orders

Al-Aqsa March causes internet, metro bus, general transport disruption

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No casualties reported as coaches go off track near Sohawa

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Rina S Khan Satti calls FIA probe retaliation over Margalla Hills Case

Showcases rich, diverse heritage and culture of Balochistan with folk music, dances

Rs20-per-ride service will start from Rawat to Motorway Chowk