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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.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Shahjahan Khurram |Hasaan Ali Khan |Saima Shabbir |Muhammad Ibrahim
Pakistani minister, FIFA president discuss football’s growing popularity in country /node/2605157/pakistan June 20, 2025 12:47 Pakistani minister, FIFA president discuss football’s growing popularity in country Football has been growing popular over the years in Pakistan, particularly among young fans Mohsin Naqvi invites Gianni Infantino to Pakistan, discusses potential of sports in Pakistan ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday to discuss...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Muhammad Ibrahim |Naimat Khan |Mehreen Zahra-Malik
Islamabad’s first woman to lead men’s police station takes on drug lords, land mafia /node/2605126/pakistan June 20, 2025 06:23 Islamabad’s first woman to lead men’s police station takes on drug lords, land mafia Misbah Shahbaz is SHO of Phulgran, Islamabad suburb long a magnet for drug and land-grabbing gangs Only about 3.2% of officers in Pakistani police are women, just 15,509 women out of 489,645 total ISLAMABAD: Tucked amid the dust and bustle of Islamabad’s fringes, the suburb of...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast pre-monsoon rains across various parts of the country from today, Friday, warning of possible urban flooding and infrastructure damage in several regions. The alert comes as Pakistan braces for another season of extreme weather, following deadly heatwaves and catastrophic floods in recent years.
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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...
