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President Zardari congratulates new Chinese president Xi Jinping

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari congratulated Xi Jinping for becoming China’s new president on Thursday, with a hope that multifaceted friendship between two countries...

India stops group tourist visa facility for Pakistani tourists before it starts

New Delhi: In a big blow to so-called "Aman ki Asha" (the peace initiative), the Indian Home Ministry decided not to start the group...

Indian Supreme Court orders Italian envoy not to leave India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday ordered the Italian ambassador not to leave the country after Rome's refusal to send back...

Paris, London ready to arm Syrian rebels without EU support

PARIS: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday that France and Britain are ready to deliver weapons to Syria’s rebels even if EU...

UK’s Labour Party suspends Lord Nazir Ahmed over alleged anti-Jewish remarks

LONDON: The Labour Party has suspended its Pakistani-origin peer Lord Nazir Ahmed as it carried out an investigation into allegations that he blamed a...

2013 elections a milestone for Pakistan; must be held by May: US intelligence

WASHINGTON: US Congress has been informed by intelligence agencies that the coming general elections will be a milestone for Pakistan and must be held...

UN expresses strong reaction against Saudi execution of seven men by firing squad

NEW YORK: instead of speaking directly with oil rich Saudi Arabia, UN through its two independent human rights experts condemns the execution by firing...

Deaths in DR Congo detention centres doubled in 2012, says UN report

New York: A United Nations report released last night indicates increasing number of deaths in detention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)....

World Tourism Forum to be held in Lucerne from 17-19 April

Lucerne, Switzerland: The 3rd World Tourism Forum is scheduled to be held at the Swiss Museum of Transport, Lucerne from 17-19 April this year....

World has a new Pope: Ban congratulates Pope Francis

New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio on taken the name Pope Francis on his assumption of the papacy. “I look forward to...

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