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Pakistan’s fight against tobacco is getting harder

Pakistan made a commitment in 2005, when it signed the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), to…

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Pandemics have been around a while

Plagues and pandemics are nothing new. They have occurred with disastrous regularity over millennia and in many cases changed the…

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Writing on the wall

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa had the honour of calling upon the Saudi crown prince and…

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After Gaza ceasefire: ‘What’s Biden’s plan? There’s zero plan’

After 11 days of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip killed more than 200 Palestinians, injured nearly 2,000, and left…

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Gaza: Daunting rebuilding task after 11 days of Israeli bombing

The ceasefire between the Israeli military and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has held through its second day, as thousands…

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Nepal president dissolves parliament, new election in November

Nepal has plunged into fresh political turmoil as President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in November…

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UN envoy: Libya mercenaries a threat to entire North Africa

The UN special envoy for Libya warned the Security Council that progress on the key issue of withdrawing mercenaries and…

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Hundreds arrested as Algeria cracks down on protest movement

Several hundred protesters were arrested in Algeria as authorities ramp up efforts to quell a years-long protest movement that has…

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India asks social media firms to remove reference to ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus

India’s information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that…

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FIFA Congress confirms Pakistan’s suspension

The FIFA Congress officially confirmed the suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation. During the 71st virtual FIFA Congress, 203 members out…

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