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News Desk  Islamabad: The heatwave is expected to persist in Karachi and its surrounding areas for the next three days. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the current weather in the city is characterized by hot…

AFP/APP Hong Kong: Asian markets rose Monday, clawing back some of last week's losses, as Middle East worries subsided and traders looked ahead to the release of key US inflation data and corporate earnings after tensions between the…

APP Karachi: Following were the Opening Rates of foreign currencies in kerb market issued by the Exchange companies Association of Pakistan on Monday.                               F.C.                         BUYING        SELLING…

AFP/APP  New York: Terrorists, mafia bosses, and Donald Trump. The common thread? When they go on trial, the jurors have such a tough task that they have to be kept anonymous for their own safety. Being one of the 12 New Yorkers…

AFP/APP Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off southwestern Japan on Wednesday night, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no tsunami warnings or reports of damage. The USGS put the epicenter of…

AFP/APP  Tokyo: Tokyo stocks opened lower on Thursday after hotter-than-expected US inflation data drove down Wall Street shares, while the yen briefly hit a 34-year low. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.07 percent, or 425.06…

APP Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Maryam Nawaz Sharif has extended warm wishes to the Muslim community on the occasion of the sighting of the Shawwal moon, marking the end of Ramazan and the beginning of Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations.…

AFP/APP Kabul: Children sit shoulder to shoulder, crammed in rows on the floor of a shipping container with lesson books in their laps, the remains of their school unrepaired in the six months since a major earthquake devastated their…

AFP/APP Tokyo: A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan's Fukushima region on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries after…

APP Islamabad: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, emphasized the importance of upholding austerity and quality standards in the maintenance of Parliament lodges and hostels for Members of the National…