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Oslo (News Desk) — A strong protest demonstration was held outside the Indian Embassy in Oslo, the Norway’s capital on night between Tuesday and Wednesday against India’s military aggression targeting Pakistan and Azad Kashmir’s territories. Protesters condemned India’s attacks on Azad Kashmir and several regions of Pakistan, demanding immediate action from the international community, particularly the United Nations. Ch. Rafaqa Tahir of Tehrik-e-Kashmir Norway was among the speakers of the protect who condemned the attack on Pakistan and atrocities committed by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir. Chanting slogans such as…

By Dr. Syed Sibtain H. Shah Waves of unease between India and Pakistan have once again emerged with intensity after the tragic incident in Pahalgam, where tourists were attacked under strange circumstances. The Tuesday’s attack in the locality in Indian-controlled Kashmir resulted in the deaths of at least 26 people. On Wednesday, following a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian government announced a series of measures, including the suspension of its part in the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, a pact that allows both countries…

Two people were killed and 17 others injured after an explosion occurred near a police vehicle in the Barech Market area on Quetta’s Double Road, officials said. Confirming the deaths, Balochistan’s health department spokesperson Dr Waseem Baig said, “The injured have been moved to the trauma centre at Civil Hospital.” Civil Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr Abdul Hadi Kakar told Dawn.com that the condition of four wounded people is critical. Balochistan Government Spokesperson Shahid Rind said in a statement that the explosion occurred near a police vehicle, adding that the nature of the…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday chaired the review meeting of the National Youth Employment Plan and approved the plan to provide youth with training programmes according to market’s and industry’s demand. The meeting was briefed on the action plan to provide the youth training and employment opportunities through various institutions in the next four years. The prime minister decided to personally chair the monthly review meeting and monitor the implementation of the plan, the Prime Minister’s Office news release said. Speaking on the occasion, the prime minister said…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir on Thursday vowed to bring the planners and facilitators of the recent terrorist attack on Bannu Cantonment to justice “wherever they may be”, the military’s media wing said. A statement issued from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the army chief visited Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district today in the wake of Tuesday’s attack. Two explosive-laden vehicles were rammed into the cantonment’s perimeter by a group of terrorists who wanted to breach it. As a result of the blasts, several houses and a mosque adjacent…

A delay in the audit process of state institutions has worried the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) Ajmal Gondal told a meeting of the Publics Account Committee (PAC) on Wednesday. The development comes as discussions began this week between the IMF and Pakistan for the first biannual review of the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility to address governance and corruption vulnerabilities. While addressing today’s meeting, AGP Gondal disclosed that the IMF had expressed its concerns over nearly 600,000 pending audit paras. “The IMF has demanded early settlement of audit cases of institutions,”…