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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed an Air Services Agreement to enhance cooperation in the aviation sector to facilitate citizens of the two countries.The agreement was signed in Islamabad on Monday in the presence of Minister for Religious Affairs...

Pakistan and the European Union have reiterated the resolve to increase their cooperation in bilateral and multilateral fields.This came during meeting of EU Ambassador to Pakistan Riina Kionka with caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani in Isl...

Caretaker Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Madad Ali Sindhi paid a surprise visit to Islamabad Model School F-6/3 on Monday.The Minister took notice of the absence of the school principal. He also expressed serious concerns ove...

At least 20 people were burnt to death and 15 others injured today, after a passenger bus hit a vehicle and caught fire, in Hafizabad district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, the rescue and health officials reported.The rescue service said that...

President Arif Alvi of Pakistan said Sunday that he has refused to sign into law two bills that critics say would undermine dissent and enhance authorities' power to prosecute people for acts against the military and national security."As God is my wi...

Here's a summary of Uyghur-related news from around the world this week:Pakistani Uyghurs Skeptical of Chinese Emigre's Upbeat Xinjiang NarrativeRahat Abdullah, a purported Uyghur from Xinjiang, is gaining Pakistani social media fame as a Chinese emig...

Authorities in Pakistan have arrested at least 170 people after a mob of Muslims attacked churches and homes belonging to the Christian community in the city of Jaranwala in the most populous province Punjab. The attack came as allegations of desecrat...