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ISLAMABAD: The United States embassy has issued letters to over 25,000 Afghan nationals under the process of relocation to and resettlement in America and shared their names with authorities in Pakistan, diplomatic and other sources told Dawn. However, these Afghan nationals face an uncertain...

DESPITE repeated assurances by successive governments that the scheme is still on the table, the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline is going nowhere. The principal opposition to the project comes from foreign actors who do not wish to see the pipeline completed. This troubling reality was again...

• Shamshad says caretaker govt prioritises tax net expansion, targets retail and real estate sectors • Insists subsidies not viable, urges exporters to shift business model • Says economic revival plan to be unveiled soon • BISP to be partially transferred to provinces ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States will continue to support credible elections in Pakistan that are free of violence and allow people to decide who rules them, says Elizabeth Horst, the US Deputy Secretary of State Responsible for Pakistan. Addressing a seminar at One UN Plaza, Ms Horst also...

ISLAMABAD: With no let-up in the rising energy rates, the prices of petroleum products are estimated to rise again later this week owing to a combination of currency depreciation and higher international oil prices. Informed sources told Dawn that the prices of both major petroleum products —...

ISLAMABAD: The European Union announced on Friday launching of a new project that would contribute to migrant protection in Pakistan covering all phases of migration, including countering and preventing irregular migration, trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants. A new migrants...

A recent K2 summit by Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila came faced a lot of criticism during her climb she appeared to step over the body of Muhammad Hassan, a Pakistani porter who later died K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world with a stunning altitude of 8,611 meters. It is a...

Kuwait, Lebanon and Vietnam have taken steps to ban the 'Barbie' movie from playing in theaters over a variety of issues Barbie is the second-highest grossing film of the year, but not every country is loving the Margot Robbie-starring movie. On Wednesday, multiple outlets reported that Kuwait...

Algeria has banned the popular Barbie film three weeks after its release in the mainly Muslim North African nation. The culture ministry has asked cinemas to withdraw the Hollywood blockbuster immediately. The movie promoted homosexuality and did not comply with Algeria's religious and...

WASHINGTON / LONDON: The US State Department said that Imran Khan’s arrest was Pakistan’s internal matter, but independent observers warned it would worsen the political crisis. “The cases against Imran Khan and other politicians in Pakistan are an internal matter,” a State Department...

Sweden is fearing “something serious” if the Quran burning demonstrations continue. Rabat - Sweden has acknowledged that more requests have been filed requesting permissions for new Quran-burning demonstrations. Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said police received several requests from...

Danish police are tightening border controls following recent burnings of the Koran, following a similar decision by Sweden earlier in the week. The controls will initially be in place until August 10, the Danish ministry said, following an assessment by Sweden's domestic security service that...

MOSCOW (IQNA) – A gathering of Russian Muslim and Christian figures was held in Moscow to condemn the recent acts of sacrilege targeting the Holy Quran in Europe. The gathering was held Wednesday evening at the initiative of the Iranian Culture Center in the Russian capital. Those attending...

Danish ultranationalists continue to desecrate Quran for 4th straight day Danske Patrioter members burn Quran in front of Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen 08:59 . 4/08/2023 Friday Members of the ultranationalist group, Danske Patrioter, or Danish Patriots, continued Thursday to desecrate Islam’s...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Seven Danish opposition parties on Thursday voiced objection to the government's efforts to make it illegal to burn copies of the Koran, arguing that legislation would be an unacceptable restriction on freedom of expression. Outrage in the Muslim world over desecration of...

Danish police will tighten border controls following recent burnings of the Quran that have affected the security situation, Denmark’s justice ministry said in a statement late on Thursday. Anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden have burned and damaged several copies of the Quran in recent...

JAIPUR: Rajasthan’s rape horrors plumbed blood-curdling depths on Thursday when it emerged that a 14-year-old was murdered after allegedly being gang-raped by unidentified perpetrators who burnt her body in an illegal charcoal furnace in Bhilwara the previous evening. Two other alleged rapes on...

In a sign of growing hostility towards the West since the coup in Niger, a businessman proudly shows off his outfit in the colours of the Russian flag in the traditional heartland of deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. Since the coup, there has been a war of words between the military and the...