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PM's 77th birthday on Thursday: North City to paint 77 portraits

Awareness should be raised at grassroot level on Right to Information Act: President

US visa policy will not affect police: DMP

There are legal complications in taking Khaleda Zia abroad: Home Minister

CEC writes to European Union asking to send observers

Afghanistan: Suicide bomber targets US base

Kabul, Dec 26: A suicide bomber and three Afghan civilians were killed when the vehicle driven by the attacker exploded at the gate of a US military base in eastern Afghanistan\'s Khost city on Wednesday, reports said.

UN gives $5.3 million to assist displaced in Myanmar

New York, Nov 28: Some 36,000 people who have been displaced by inter-communal violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state will benefit from an additional USD 5.3 million in assistance provided by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), the world body announced Tuesday.

Pakistani journalist escapes bomb attack

Islamabad, Nov 26 Celebrity Pakistani journalist and TV presenter Hamid Mir had a miraculous escape on Monday after his driver spotted just in time a bag inside his car with explosives, reports said.

Pakistan bomb attack kills 8

Islamabad, Nov 25: At least six people were killed and 90 wounded when a bomb tore through a procession of Shia Muslims held to commemorate the holiday of Ashura in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan.

UN deplores resumption of executions in Afghanistan

New York, Nov 23: The United Nations human rights chief Thursday expressed serious concern about the sudden execution of 14 prisoners in Afghanistan over the past few days after more than a year without carrying out the death penalty.

Imran Khan seriously injured at election rally

Lahore, May 7: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party Chief Imran Khan was on Tuesday badly injured when he fell off the lifter that was carrying him up the stage to address an election rally here in Lahore.