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Why is Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi visiting Pakistan?
In this photo released by Prime Minister Office, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, prays after planting a tree in the prime minister house in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 22, 2024.
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2024-04-22, Al Jazeera
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is in Pakistan on a three-day trip to discuss regional and bilateral relations days after Iran and Israel carried out attacks against each...
Chinese workers killed in suicide bomb blast as Pakistan grapples with attacks on Beijing’s interests
Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan has rammed his explosive-laden car into a vehicle on Tuesday, killing five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, police and government officials said. (AP Photo)
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2024-03-27, CNN
Five Chinese workers and their local driver were killed in a suicide bomb blast in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest in a string of terror...
Pakistanis still unable to access X, formerly Twitter, after 144 hours
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2024-02-24, The News International
This representational image shows the logo of X formerly known as twitter. — AFP/File KARACHI: X, formerly Twitter, is still inaccessible to Pakistanis after the passage...
PALS offers training to Punjab police in modern policing2024-05-02
The News International: The logo of the PakistanLaw EnforcementSociety (PALS). — Facebook/NYPDPALS LAHORE: Rohail Khalid, the head of Pakistan Law Enforcement Society (PALS), an organisation of more than 600 Pakistani officers of the New York Police Department, has said the Punjab...
Zardari seeks massive operation against criminals in Karachi2024-05-02
The News International: President Zardari being briefed about overall security, law and order situation of the Sindh province at the Chief MinisterHouse on May 1, 2024. — PID KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has directed Sindh Chief Minister MuradAli Shah to launch a large-scale...
Four, including woman, injured in firing incidents2024-05-01
The News International: A representational image shows an Edhi ambulance. — AFP/File Four people, including a woman, were injured in separate incidents of firing in the city on Thursday. A 37-year-old woman, Razia Bibi,...
Call to use mosques as special literacy centres during daytime2024-05-01
The News International: Former caretaker federal minister for religious affairs Aneeq Ahmed addresses an event on February 24, 2024. — APP The more than 250,000 mosques in Pakistan should be used during the daytime as special literacy centres to impart primary-level school education...
Champions Trophy 2025: Lahore proposed as single venue to host India2024-05-01
The News International: Representational image of Pakistan's skipper Babar Azam (left) and Indian captain Rohit Sharma are seen smiling together during Asia Cup 2022. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The Gaddafi Stadium Lahore has been proposed as a single venue for the entire Indian team...
Water supply to be restored as maintenance work completed2024-05-01
The News International: The image shows people waiting for their turn to fill their cans with water. — APPFile The KarachiWater and Sewerage...
SHC directs government to submit reports on whereabouts of missing persons2024-05-01
The News International: This image shows the building of the Sindh High Court in Karachi. — Facebook/Sindh High Court Bar Association Karachi/FileThe SindhHigh Court (SHC) has directed the secretaries of the federal interior and defence ministries to seek reports from internment...
Raza Rabbani decries exploitation of media workers2024-05-01
The News International: Former Senate chairman and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Raza Rabbani addresses an event. — APP/File Former Senate chairman and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Raza Rabbani on Wednesday lamented the exploitation of media workers in the country by the state and...
Pay living wage, not minimum wage, demands Labour Day rally2024-05-01
The News International: Members of the NationalTrade UnionFederation (NTUF) hold a protest to present tribute to martyrs of Chicago on the occasion of International Labour Day in Karachi on May 1, 2024. — PPI Participants of a Labour Day rally held in Karachi on Wednesday said that...
Sindh govt committed to ensuring labourers’ welfare, says Sharjeel2024-05-01
The News International: SindhSenior Minister for Information, Excise, Taxation, Narcotics Control and Transport Sharjeel Inam Memon addresses media persons during a press conference in Karachi on, March 18, 2024. — PPI Sindh Senior Minister for Information, Excise, Taxation,...
Citizen kills two robbers in North Nazimabad2024-05-01
The News International: A representational image of a police tape. — AFP/File Two suspected robbers were killed by firing of a citizen in DistrictCentral of Karachi on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. The incident took place near the Hussani GovernmentBoysSecondary School...
Today’s JUI-F public meeting to be public referendum against Sindh government: Rashid Soomro2024-05-01
The News International: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Leader, Maulana Rashid Mehmood Soomro addresses to media persons during a press conference at Karachi Press Club on May 1, 2024. — PPIThe public meeting of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), which will be led by its chief...
Traffic diversion plan for JUI-F public meeting2024-05-01
The News International: View of a road in Karachi on May 1, 2024. — PPI The Karachi traffic police on Wednesday issued a traffic diversion plan for the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam public meeting that will be held adjacent to Peoples Chowrangi near the Mazar-e-Quaid at 4pm today (Thursday)....
20 new buses for Peoples Bus Service arrive at port2024-05-01
The News International: In this screengrab, Peoples Bus Service can be seen at Karachi Port, released on May 1, 2024. — Facebook/Sharjeel Inam Memon...