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The operation to transport pilgrims from Makkah to tent valley of Mina has been completed successfully.Radio Pakistan's correspondent Javed Iqbal reports from Mina that around three million Muslims from around the globe will be heading towards Arafat ...

Around three million pilgrims have gathered in Mina to start the Hajj rituals.Radio Pakistan's correspondent Javed Iqbal reports from Makkah that the pilgrims will remain in the tent valley today and tonight, and later head to Mount Arafat.Most of Pak...

Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry has declared that the nation will neither forget the May 9 tragedy, nor will perpetrators be forgiven.Addressing a media briefing in Rawalpindi on Monday, he said tho...

Indian troops fired without provocation across the Line of Control [LoC] separating India and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing two civilians and wounding another, Pakistan's military said.The Indian troops fired indiscriminately on a group of she...

At least one policeman was killed and five others were injured, in a suicide attack on a convoy of paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC), in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province yesterday, police officials said.A female suicide bomber blew herself ...

Youth Boxing World Champion Usman Wazir defended his WBO World Youth Welterweight title by defeating Tanzanian boxer at the Lalik Jan Shaheed Stadium in Gilgit today.In the first 6 rounds of the eight-round world title fight, the Tanzanian opponent ga...

King of pop music, famous singer, writer, composer and dancer Michael Jackson's 14th death anniversary was observed today.Michael Jackson's songs and dancing style are still famous among people of all ages.Source: Radio Pakistan