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CAIRO — Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Saturday a phone call from his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi who expressed appreciation and support to the Egyptian efforts to achieve a ceasefire between the Israelis and the Palestinians, the Egyptian foreign ministry said in a statement.The two sides ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan recorded more than two hundred COVID-19 deaths in a day for the first time since the start of the pandemic on Tuesday, as neighboring India is battling its own spike in cases.A total of 201 new deaths were recorded on Tuesday, bringing the country's overall death ...

LAHORE — Eleven Pakistani police officers seized by supporters of the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) as part of their campaign to get the French ambassador expelled have been released, the interior minister said Monday.Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said the police had been released early Monday after "negotiations" with ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for coronavirus, the country's top officer of health services has tweeted. “Mr Khan has isolated himself at home,” said Faisal Sultan, special assistant to the Pakistani PM on health services."PM Imran Khan has tested positive for COVID-19 and is ...

ISLAMABAD — TikTok has been banned in Pakistan for a second time. The popular short-form video app is no longer available on mobile devices in the country after regulators issued an order late Thursday to "immediately" block access to it.Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority said it banned TikTok after a provincial ...

ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government announced that educational institutions in densely populated cities would close for two weeks and reimposed a series of coronavirus-related restrictions amid a surge in cases, dpa reported."It has been decided that all educational institutions in cities with rising numbers of new infections will ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan secured a vote of confidence by a narrow margin during a special session of the National Assembly on Saturday, gaining 178 votes out of the 342 lawmakers, six more than the minimum required to save his position.Imran Khan took a confidence vote ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Wednesday have pledged to realize the goal of achieving a $1 billion bilateral trade target and to work to broaden and deepen the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement.In a joint communique issued in Colombo during the visit of Prime Minister of Pakistan ...

COLOMBO — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met on Tuesday with held a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees here.Khan, who arrived in the Sri Lankan capital on a two-day visit on Tuesday, his first visit to the island nation since taking office as ...

ISLAMABAD — The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Friday has approved a single-dose CanSinoBIO coronavirus vaccine for emergency use in the country.Produced by China's CanSino Biologics Inc's, CanSinoBIO becomes the fourth vaccine candidate to get the nod from Pakistan's regulatory authority.The authority has already approved the Sinopharm ...