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arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Fatimah Amjad |Kashif Imran
Pakistan warns of surging global military spending, arms race fueled by AI /node/2596373/pakistan April 09, 2025 07:09 Pakistan warns of surging global military spending, arms race fueled by AI Pakistan’s envoy at the UN calls for a halt to the development, use of advanced weapons technologies Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad urges safeguards to prevent AI from fueling a new global arms race ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday warned that a sharp rise in global military spending, driven by emerging...
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram |Saima Shabbir |Kashif Imran
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday about tariffs, trade relations, immigration and prospects for engagement on critical minerals, the State Department and Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in separate statements.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram |Saima Shabbir |Kashif Imran
KARACHI: A passenger was arrested by French police this week for attacking members of a cabin crew after he was told not to smoke on a Paris-bound Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, the national airline’s spokesperson said. The incident took place on the Islamabad-Paris PIA flight PK-749 on Sunday after a woman flight attendant told a passenger to stop smoking, the airline said. The passenger refused and behaved rudely, prompting the crew and the captain to intervene.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday promised to promote merit in the selection of athletes and institutional discipline across the country’s sports federations, state-run media said, as the world marked the International Day of Sport and Development for Peace (IDSDP). The IDSDP is annually celebrated on Apr. 6 to recognize the power of sport in fostering positive change, bridging barriers, and transcending boundaries.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: A United States (US) interagency delegation will arrive in Islamabad on Tuesday to participate in the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum, Pakistani state media reported on Saturday. Pakistan’s landscape is a treasure trove of diverse mineral deposits from huge coal reserves in the southern Sindh province to gold and copper deposits in the southwestern Balochistan province.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday dispatched another consignment of humanitarian aid to Myanmar, the Pakistani government said, as death toll from last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar rose to 3,455. The 7.7-magnitude quake hit a wide swath of the country, causing significant damage to six regions and states including the capital Naypyitaw.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Kashif Imran |Shahjahan Khurram |Kashaf Rehman
KARACHI: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, who tested positive for coronavirus this week, is likely to be discharged from hospital in next two days, his personal physician said on Saturday. Zardari was brought to a private hospital in Karachi from Sindh’s Nawabshah city on Tuesday after he complained about suffering from fever and breathing problems, local media outlets reported.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Kashif Imran |Naimat Khan |Shahjahan Khurram |Kashaf Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday resolved to raise his voice against Israeli oppression in Gaza and continue Pakistan’s support of the Palestinian people, Sharif’s office said. The statement came after Sharif’s telephonic conversation with Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami religious party, in which the two figures expressed concern over Israel’s unprovoked bombing of unarmed Palestinians in Gaza and the silence of international powers on the strikes.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Hasaan Ali Khan |Kashif Imran
GENEVA: Two months after President Donald Trump announced a halt to US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Washington is influencing its work by applying pressure publicly and behind the scenes, seven diplomats and rights workers said. The United States left its seat empty during a six-week session of the 47-member council ending on Friday, but its lobbying and pressure had some success, the sources told Reuters.
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2 weeks ago | 
arab.news | Ismail Dilawar |Hasaan Ali Khan |Kashif Imran |Shahjahan Khurram
Pakistan invites scientists, students to pitch experiments for mission to Chinese space station /node/2595898/pakistan April 04, 2025 15:10 Pakistan invites scientists, students to pitch experiments for mission to Chinese space station The country’s space agency has partnered with China to send first Pakistani astronaut to space The mission is expected take place by late 2026 following the completion of astronaut training ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national space agency on Friday invited...
