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Pakistan begins preparations for 2nd round of US-Iran negotiations (sources)

JD Vance and Bagher Ghalibaf expected to lead their respective delegations again Pakistan has begun preparations for a likely second round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad to end a war that has crippled energy supplies and daily life in the Middle East region, two government sources familiar with the developments […]

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Naqvi meets Chinese Consul General, discusses bilateral cooperation

Interior Minister also holds talks with Sindh CM Murad on law and order amid regional tensions Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi on April 15, 2026, welcomed by Chinese Consul General Yang Yundong. KARACHI: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Chinese Consul General Yang Yundong at the Chinese Consulate on Wednesday,

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Officer guarding polio vaccination team killed in Dera Murad Jamali

Farman Bashir Behrani was standing guard outside a house when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on him. QUETTA: A police constable was martyred on Tuesday while guarding a polio vaccination team in T&T Colony area of ​​Dera Murad Jamali in Balochistan. Nasirabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asad Nasar said The Express PK Press Club

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Prime Minister orders swift action against overcharging scam, calls for confidence in nation’s taxpayers’ money

The Committee reports irregularities from 2017 to 2022; FIR filed and new investigative body formed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs review meeting regarding FBR. Photo: GOP Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered expedited legal action against all those involved in overcharging, calling it a “heinous practice” that went unchecked for years due to institutional

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Pakistan calls for abolition of veto, opposes increase in permanent members

Envoy says veto powers should either be abolished or their use ‘severely restricted’ Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, speaking at the UN. PHOTO: Pakistan on Wednesday called for the abolition or severe curtailment of the veto power in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), while strongly opposing any expansion of

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A panel to assess the needs of Baloch university

CM asked the committee to avoid unnecessary appointments and focus on promoting quality education. Chief Minister of Balochistan, Mir Sarfraz Bugti. Photo: APP/File QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti stressed that universities should not be reduced to mere recruitment factories, but should serve as true centers of knowledge, research and innovation. He made the

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2,000 “flexible” teachers risk losing their jobs

PESHAWAR: The government on Tuesday informed the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that it would not transform the status of around 2,000 employees of the education department, initially hired as temporary or “flexible” teachers, to ad hoc posts. The KP Department of Higher Education hired the professors under an interim agreement to address the shortage of teachers in

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PTI hopes for resumption of negotiations with government

Gohar said the PTI had always supported Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts, especially in easing tensions between Iran and the United States. RAWALPINDI/LAHORE: PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan’s lawyer on Tuesday expressed cautious optimism about the resumption of political dialogue, hoping that talks with the government could begin within a month to a month and a half,

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