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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Naimat Khan |Rehmat Mehsud |Mehreen Zahra-Malik
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday voiced alarm over escalating tensions in the Middle East, blaming Israel’s military actions in Gaza and recent strikes in Iran for deepening instability and humanitarian crisis in the region. Addressing the 51st session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Istanbul, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar reiterated his country’s condemnation of Israel’s attack on Iran.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Naimat Khan |Rehmat Mehsud |Mehreen Zahra-Malik
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday and agreed to step up diplomatic efforts to halt Israel’s military campaigns in the Middle East, as regional tensions threaten to escalate further.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Rehmat Mehsud |Mehreen Zahra-Malik
QUETTA: The ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran has crippled border trade between Pakistan and Iran, transporters and traders said this week, with markets closed and dozens of trucks stranded on the Pakistani side of the border. Pakistan shares a 959-kilometer border with Iran in its southwest and the trade volume between the two countries stood at $2.8 billion in the last fiscal year that ended in June 2024, according to Pakistani state media.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Hasaan Ali Khan |Rehmat Mehsud
PARIS: The European Commission has ended tariff preferences for non-fuel ethanol imports from Pakistan, answering EU ethanol makers’ calls that a surge in cheap imports from the Asian country was pressuring prices and disturbing markets. Last year, ethanol imports from Pakistan accounted for more than a quarter of all non-fuel ethanol imports, making Pakistan the largest source of imports to the EU, the Commission said in its decision published in the EU’s Official Journal on Friday.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Naimat Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Hasaan Ali Khan |Rehmat Mehsud
KARACHI: Pakistan’s polio eradication program on Friday said a new wild poliovirus case had been detected in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bringing the total tally of 2025 cases to 12. Polio is a paralyzing disease with no cure, making prevention through vaccination critical. Multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine, along with the completion of the routine immunization schedule for all children, are essential to build strong immunity against the virus.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Rehmat Mehsud |Shahjahan Khurram
Pakistan PM urges diplomacy to end Iran-Israel conflict in call with US secretary of state /node/2605190/pakistan June 20, 2025 18:48 Pakistan PM urges diplomacy to end Iran-Israel conflict in call with US secretary of state Sharif says Pakistan is ready to play a ‘constructive role’ as Rubio acknowledges Islamabad’s ‘excellent ties with Iran’ The prime minister also reaffirms Pakistan’s willingness to engage in talks with India on all outstanding issues ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Usama Iqbal Khawaja |Naimat Khan |Hasaan Ali Khan |Rehmat Mehsud
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national hockey team advanced to the FIH Men’s Nations Cup final in Malaysia after defeating France 3-2 in penalty shootouts, the International Hockey Federation said on Friday. The FIH Men’s Nations Cup is being played in Kuala Lumpur from June 15 to 21 at the National Hockey Stadium that brought together eight top-ranked teams competing with each other.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Rehmat Mehsud |Shahjahan Khurram |Hasaan Ali Khan
PESHAWAR: A suspected drone strike killed one child and injured five others in a remote village of Pakistan’s South Waziristan district on Friday, triggering protests by local residents who demanded greater security and clarity from the authorities. The incident took place in the Dashka settlement near Makeen, a mountainous region that is part of the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Rehmat Mehsud |Shahjahan Khurram |Hasaan Ali Khan |Saima Shabbir
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s annual Shandur Polo Festival began Friday at an altitude of 12,000 feet in the country’s mountainous north, with officials calling it a celebration of culture, sportsmanship and peace that draws tourists from around the world. Held each year at the Shandur Pass in Upper Chitral, the three-day festival features traditional freestyle polo matches between teams from Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan, alongside folk music, camping, paragliding and cultural exhibitions.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Rehmat Mehsud |Shahjahan Khurram |Hasaan Ali Khan |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will issue multiple-entry visas valid for one year to Afghan drivers and transporters to facilitate cross-border trade, its embassy in Kabul announced on Friday, amid an ongoing campaign to deport undocumented Afghan nationals. Afghan drivers play a vital role in bilateral and transit trade between the two countries.
