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Trump announces US withdrawal from Iran deal

WASHINGTON, MAY 08 (DNA) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he is pulling out of an international nuclear deal with Iran, in a move that would raise the risk of conflict in the Middle East, upset America’s European allies and disrupt global oil supplies. “The Iran deal is defective at its core,” Trump said in a televised address from the White House. “I am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal.” He called Tehran the world’s leading state sponsor of terror,Read More


Pakistan condemns massacre of Kashmiris in Indian Occupied Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, MAY 08 (DNA) – The Government and people of Pakistan strongly condemn the continuing use of brutal and indiscriminate force by the Indian occupation forces that has resulted in the martyrdom of 14 Kashmiris in different districts in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) since 5 May 2018. The Kashmiri youth have been the deliberate target of this mindless killing spree, unleashed by the Indian occupation forces. We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the bereaved families. Our thoughts and prayers are with them as they mourn the lossRead More


Federal Cabinet meeting: Several agreements with foreign countries ratified

ISLAMABAD, MAY 08 (DNA) – Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a meeting of the Federal Cabinet at Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday. The Cabinet ratified the decisions taken by the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet in its meeting held on 27th of last month. The Cabinet approved renewal of Agreement for Coordination in the field of Education between the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination and Ministry of Education of the Kyrgyz Republic signed on 8th March, 2005. The Federal Cabinet also approved signing of various MoUs/Agreements. They include MoU on cooperation in agriculturalRead More


Erdogan lambasts French call for removing Holy Quran passages

ANKARA, TURKEY: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday hit out at a French manifesto calling for certain passages of the Holy Quran to be removed in response to rising anti-Semitism. An open letter, published on April 22 in Le Parisien newspaper and signed by nearly 300, argued that verses of the Quran calling for the “murder and punishment of Jews, Christians and disbelievers” should be removed because they are “obsolete”. Signatories included former French president Nicolas Sarkozy and former prime minister Manuel Valls as well as intellectuals and other publicRead More


Pakistan Army Chief inaugurates Pak, Afghan border fencing in Balochistan

QUETTA, MAY 08 (DNA) – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa inaugurated work on border fencing along the Balochistan portion of Pak- Afghan border at Panjpai. According to the ISPR, Chief Minister Balochistan Abdul Qadoos Bazinjo and Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti were also present on the occasion. Interacting with the tribal leaders and locals at the occasion, COAS thanked them for their full support and cooperation in fencing as well as their participation in maintaining security situation. He said that the fencing will check cross border movement of terrorists. “However,Read More


Ramazan 2018: PMD predicts the Moon date

ISLAMABAD, MAY 08 (DNA) –  The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted that the Ramazan moon is likely to be sighted on May 16 (Wednesday) and the first day of the holy month will begin on May 17 (Thursday). According to the met office, the moon for the holy month will be born at 4:49 pm on 15th May. According to astronomical parameters, there is fair chance of sighting the new crescent of Ramazan, 1439 AH on the evening of May 16. The Central Reut–e-Hilal Committee meeting is scheduled toRead More