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New York [U.S.], Feb. 27 : The White House announced Monday that President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal will look to increase defence and security spending by (Dollar) 54 billion and cut roughly the same amount from non-defence programs.Speaki…

New York [U.S.], Feb. 27 : Abu Sayyaf militants in southern Philippines beheaded a German hostage after the deadline passed to pay his ransom passed.A video posted by the Philippines-based Islamist extremist group Abu Sayyaf and distributed by SITE Int…

London [UK], Feb. 27 : The indigenous communities in Pakistan’s Sindh province have come down on the government over the massive coal mining in the region which has severely affected their daily lives.Nabi Bux, a resident of Sehnri Dars in the province…

Karachi (Sindh) [Pakistan): Sufism is the country’s first line of defence against terrorism, said PPP Chairmain Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday.”Our first line of defence against extremism is Sufism and its message of peace, and it will be beneficial …

Kabul [Afghanistan], Feb.27 : The killing of five UAE diplomats in a terror attack in Kandahar was planned in Pakistan, a spokesman of Afghanistan’s interior ministry has said.Sediq Seddiqi was quoted by the Voice of America (VoA), as saying that the a…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.27 : The Taliban confirmed on Monday through a statement that one of its senior commanders had been killed in an air strike in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province.The Taliban said Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund was killed over t…

Karachi (Sindh) [Pakistan], Feb.27 : The Governor of Pakistan’s Sindh province, Muhammad Zubair, has said that both Pakistan and China will stand to benefit from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in both the short and long term.This message w…

New Delhi, Feb. 27 : At least seven people were killed in an attack on a prison bus in Colombo, according to local media reports.The attackers opened fire on the bus transporting prisoners from Kalutara prison to a magistrate court.The bus was attacked…

Karachi [Pakistan], Feb.27 : Police in Karachi were Monday directed by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) to put the names of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leaders Farooq Sattar, Khalid Maqbool and Amir Liaquat on the Exit Control List (ECL).The instructio…

Lahore [Pakistan], Feb.27 : Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has issued show-cause notices to a pilot and two others officials for loading seven extra passengers on a Karachi-Medina flight last month in a violation of air safety regulations.The Da…