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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded a 99% decline in polio cases, Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal told the Gavi board meeting on Thursday, calling for more investments to "train and retain" vaccinators. The global vaccine organization Gavi helps low-income countries buy vaccines to protect against killer diseases. Around one billion children have been immunized as a result of Gavi’s work across the world since 2000.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar will attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul this weekend and call for an immediate Israel-Iran ceasefire to help restore peace in the Middle East, the foreign office said on Thursday.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar
ISLAMABAD: The foreign office said on Thursday about 3,000 Pakistani nationals have been evacuated from Iran following the Israeli attack, adding the country’s diplomatic mission is working to facilitate stranded students seeking urgent evacuation. A week of Israeli air and missile strikes, which began on June 13, has led to the killing of many of Iran’s top-ranking military officials and ordinary people.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Nisar Ali |Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar
KHAPLU, Gilgit-Baltistan: Local social activists in Pakistan’s northern Hunza Valley are demanding strict action against hotels operating around Attabad Lake for failing to meet environmental standards, after a video by a foreign vlogger alleging untreated sewage discharge into the lake went viral on social media this week.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir |Nisar Ali
Pakistan hosts Bangladeshi academic delegation under OIC’s scientific cooperation framework /node/2605054/pakistan June 19, 2025 17:26 Pakistan hosts Bangladeshi academic delegation under OIC’s scientific cooperation framework Vice chancellors of Bangladesh universities met counterparts from top 15 Pakistani universities Once a single country, Pakistan and Bangladesh have begun slowly rebuilding diplomatic ties ISLAMABAD: A seven-member delegation from Bangladeshi universities is currently...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Mehreen Zahra-Malik |Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: Three Pakistani schools have this week been named among the Top 10 finalists for the World’s Best School Prizes 2025, prestigious global awards founded by T4 Education to spotlight exceptional schools transforming education and communities. T4 Education is a global digital platform and community founded to empower teachers and schools to share best practices and drive positive change in education worldwide.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Kashaf Rehman |Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted Pakistan’s army chief for lunch in an unprecedented White House meeting, after which he told reporters he was “honored” to meet Field Marshal General Asim Munir and that the two had discussed the ongoing Iran-Israel crisis.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram |Hasaan Ali Khan
Pakistan reports first Congo virus death of 2025 in Karachi /node/2604939/pakistan June 18, 2025 17:55 Pakistan reports first Congo virus death of 2025 in Karachi Virus is transmitted through tick bites or direct contact with blood of infected animals Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan reported 23 Congo virus cases in 2024 KARACHI: A 42-year-old man lost his life after contracting the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), marking the first confirmed fatality from the virus in...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Kashaf Rehman |Ismail Dilawar |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Careem, the Dubai-based super-app with operations in 70 cities worldwide, will suspend its core ride-hailing service in Pakistan from today, Wednesday, due to worsening economic conditions and stiff market competition, its co-founder announced in a statement on LinkedIn. Careem launched in Pakistan in 2015 and quickly became a household name for offering a cheap and easy alternative to traditional taxis and rickshaws.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Saima Shabbir |Uroosa Jadoon |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has started evacuating families of its diplomats and staff, as well as members of some non-essential staff from Iran, a senior foreign ministry official confirmed on Tuesday as Tehran’s military conflict with Israel intensifies. Thousands of residents of Iran’s capital Tehran are reportedly fleeing their homes and stockpiling essential supplies out of fear that Israel will intensify its strikes against regional foe Iran in the coming days.
