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Xinhua/APP Canberra: Local authorities have declared a catastrophic fire danger warning for much of South Australia amid severe weather conditions. The SA branch of the Country Fire Service (CFS), a volunteer service that has…

APP Peshawar: The Afghan authorities closed the Torkham Border crossing on their side on Wednesday after objecting to the installation of a “Welcome to Pakistan” signboard by the Pakistani authorities on its side. The border officials…

APP Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday dismissed Dr Babar Awan Advocate's assertion of a decrease in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's National Assembly seats, deeming it an ineffective effort to sow confusion among the…

AFP/APP Dehradun: Rescuers have drilled about one-third of the way into the debris of a collapsed highway tunnel in Uttarakhand, India, in a bid to reach 40 workers trapped for five days, officials said Friday. A powerful new drilling…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has brought to attention an issue concerning nepotism and corruption in the selection of legal advisers within the field formations of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). In…

AFP/APP Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket has become known as the most corrupt institution in the country. I want to change that image, said Sri Lanka Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe. Roshan Ranasinghe sacked the national cricket board on…

APP Islamabad: The law minister has no power to ask an anti-terrorism court judge for trial in the cipher case. Only the chief justice of the high court can grant powers to any additional session judge, said the petitioner’s lawyer…

Asmat Shah Garwaki Peshawar: As many as 5.4 million school-aged children in Pakistan would be obese by 2030 if the unchecked sale and manufacturing of unsafe food, including chips and snacks, continued at such a high rate in markets,…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts rain-wind and thunderstorms for various parts of the country with occasional gaps from October 14-17, indicating signs of the formal arrival of the winter season.…

News Desk Islamabad: As many as 16 new Coronavirus cases were reported nationwide during the last week and the case positivity ratio is 0.61 percent, confirmed Health Officials. As per the data shared by the National Institute of…