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Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 15 : Having superseded six senior officers to be appointed Pakistan’s 16th Chief of Army Staff (COAS) by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, many would have thought that General Qamar Javed Bajwa would ease into the all powerful pos…

New York [USA], Dec. 15 : United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Samantha Power, in a scathing attack on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies, has questioned their consciousness over ongoing bloody battle in Aleppo wher…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 14 : Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided end its boycott of the National Assembly after failing to win a verdict from the Supreme Court against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the Panamagate issue last week.The decisi…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 14 : Pakistan Navy has raised a dedicated Naval Task Force-88 for protection of CPEC and Gwadar Port. The task force would ensure security of Gwadar Port and CPEC in maritime domain. The Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committe…

Geneva [Switzerland], Dec. 14 : Despite major progress in the fight against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease remains an acute public health problem, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, home to 90 per cent of the world’s malaria cases, according to a…

Geneva [Switzerland], Dec. 14 : With conditions in Aleppo continuing to deteriorate as thousands of people are fleeing from the violence-hit area, the World Health Organization (WHO) alongside United Nations and other partners is working to provide car…

Islamabad [Pakistan], Dec. 13 : Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Chairman Azam Saigol has resigned from his post following the crash of flight PK-661 near Islamabad which claimed the lives of all 48 people on-board.The Express Tribune quoted PIA s…

New York [United States], Dec. 13 : ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is likely to be named by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as secretary of state, sources have said. Tillerson emerged as the prominent candidate for the post through lengthy public inter…

Washington D.C. [United States], Dec. 13 : The World Bank has taken a step back and asked both India and Pakistan to consider alternative ways to resolve their disagreements over the Indus Water Treaty Dispute 1960.The bank said it is temporarily halti…

Peshawar [Pakistan], Dec.13 : Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the army will work with the government to ensure equitable development in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).General Bajwa was at Corps Hea…