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PAKISTAN

prime minister shehbaz sharif engages in talks with saudi foreign minister prince faisal bin farhan al saud photo pid

Pakistan sweetens terms to lure Saudi investment

Shahbaz Rana | Updated 1 hour ago |

Assures swift repatriation of profits for Saudi investors, ensuring a hassle-free process

NA speaker suspends two SIC MPs’ membership
Rizwan Shehzad | Updated 38 minutes ago
Stage set for by-elections
Amna Ali | Updated 53 minutes ago
Govt opens PTI’s old wounds, refuses talks with terrorists
Rizwan Shehzad | Updated 14 hours ago
Spring rains raise flood risk: NDMA
Our Correspondents | Updated 1 hour ago

Islamabad

an afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in kabul afghanistan november 9 2022 photo reuters ali khara

Islamabad sets criteria to judge Kabul

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Dr Ziaul Qayyum made HEC chief

cipher case hearing today

Cipher case hearing today

foreign office spokesperson mumtaz zahra baloch photo radio pakistan file

Islamabad remains in touch with Kabul: FO

Punjab

a woman gave birth to sextuplets four sons and two daughters following an extensive operation photo express

Rawalpindi woman gives birth to sextuplets

labourer tortured humiliated in vehari

Labourer tortured, humiliated in Vehari

mystery surrounds bodies missing from graves

Mystery surrounds bodies missing from graves

political infighting has reduced pakistan s creditworthiness making multilateral lenders like the world bank and asian infrastructure investment bank hesitant to provide assistance says sdpi executive director abid qaiyum suleri photo file

Plea about naming infrastructure dismissed

Sindh

eid mela at kala pul where the sindh wildlife dept conducted a raid to wild animals put on display for tickets photo express

Wildlife dept recovers several wild animals from mela

pti sindh president haleem adil sheikh addresses a press conference in karachi on sunday to highlight the alleged rigging in polls photo nni

SHC disposes of plea regarding Haleem’s arrest

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'Extortion accused did not die in Darakhshan lockup'

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Three injured as hailstones weighing 100gms pummel Jamshoro

Balochistan

k p in deal to harness marble waste

K-P in deal to harness marble waste

rising water level no threat to dams

Rising water level no threat to dams

medical personnel attend a wounded victim after earthquake in herat on october 11 2023 photo afp

Health officials directed to stay put

in response to the heat wave in pakistan hybrid wheat can continue to grow at a high temperature of 40 c photo file

Gandapur urges wheat procurement plan

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

a soldier stands guard along the border fence outside the kitton outpost on the border with afghanistan in north waziristan photo reuters file

Seven terrorists killed as infiltration bid from Afghanistan foiled

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Hazara braces for another heavy rain spell

clerics urged to help curb crimes

Clerics urged to help curb crimes

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Modern warfare tactics escalating terror threat in K-P

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

pml n leader urges govt for repatriation of bodies from india

PML-N leader urges govt for repatriation of bodies from India

whispers amidst the mountains why ajk has so few women journalists

Whispers amidst the mountains: why AJK has so few women journalists

students view photographs put on display at an exhibition organised by the punjab arts council rawalpindi photo express

Exhibit highlights Indian atrocities in Kashmir

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Indian troops martyred 85 Kashmiris this year

Gligit-Baltistan

labourer s laying down pipes for gilgit s sewerage and sanitation project photo express

Historic moment: Gilgit gets its first-ever sewerage system project

snow leopards are a highly endangered species of big cat found in the hindu kush himalayan range photo wwf pakistan file

Infrastructure development posing serious threat to snow leopards in G-B: study

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G-B faces communication crisis amid power woes

the bus carrying passengers from the ghizer district was en route to rawalpindi when the attackers struck screengrab

Transport services suspended on Gilgit route

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