Pre-Hajj flight operation to airlift 180,000 intending Pakistani pilgrims to Saudi Arabia began on Saturday.The first Hajj flight carrying 316 intending pilgrims landed at Madinah Munawara today.Radio Pakistan correspondent Javed Iqbal reports from Ma...
Read More »Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack in Iran
Pakistan has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in the Sarawan County of Iran.The Foreign Office in a statement on Sunday said the government and the people of Pakistan express their deepest condolences to the bereaved families of the martyrs as ...
Read More »Starbucks: What a coffee ad reveals about transphobia in India
It's hard to not be accepted for who you are. It's harder still if the ones not accepting you are your parents.And that's why a recent Starbucks ad about parents rekindling ties with their adult daughter - a transgender woman - has touched a chord with...
Read More »Govt forms 3-member judicial commission to probe veracity of audio leaks
The Federal Government has formed a three-member judicial commission, led by Supreme Court senior judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa, to probe the genuineness of the audio leaks and its impact on the independence of the judiciary.The commission includes Balo...
Read More »Govt has tried its best to reduce Haj expenditure: Talha
Minister for Religious Affairs Senator Talha Mahmood says the government has tried its best to reduce Haj expenditure.Addressing a news conference in Islamabad today, he said over one lakh seventy-five thousand Pakistanis are performing hajj this year...
Read More »Three soldiers martyred in attack on post in Zarghoon, Balochistan
Three soldiers embraced martyrdom in an attack on a post in Zarghoon, Balochistan today.According to the ISPR, one terrorist was also killed in exchange of fire.Troops on the post retaliated readily to the fire raid thereby, pushing back the terrorist...
Read More »Pakistan strongly condemns storming of Al Aqsa Mosque
Pakistan has strongly condemned storming of Al Aqsa Mosque by a member of the Israeli occupation authority and members of the Knesset under protection of Israeli occupation forces.In a statement today, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch s...
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