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2 days ago | 
arab.news | Nour El-Shaeri |Mohammed Al-Kinani |Reem Walid |Saima Shabbir
PepsiCo opens regional headquarters in Riyadh, unveils $8m R&D center /node/2597901/business-economy April 21, 2025 18:55 PepsiCo opens regional headquarters in Riyadh, unveils $8m R&D center RIYADH: Global beverage giant PepsiCo has opened its new Middle East regional headquarters in Riyadh’s King Abdullah Financial District, reinforcing the company’s long-term commitment to the region. Spanning 2,800 sq.
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6 days ago | 
arab.news | Buraq Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Saima Shabbir
LAHORE: Pakistan secured a place in the Women’s Cricket World Cup by beating Thailand on Thursday for its fourth straight victory in the qualifying tournament. After defeating Ireland, Scotland and the West Indies, Pakistan thumped Thailand by 87 runs at the Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore to seal one of the two vacant World Cup places.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Hasaan Ali Khan |Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has not reported a new case of polio since Feb. 10, Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday, after the country confirmed a total of 74 cases of the virus in 2024 and six this year. Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan are the last polio-endemic countries in the world. In the early 1990s, Pakistan reported around 20,000 cases annually but in 2018 the number dropped to eight cases. Six cases were reported in 2023 and only one in 2021.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: The bodies of eight Pakistani nationals killed last week in Iran arrived in Bahawalpur in the early hours of Thursday, the local administration confirmed, before being sent to their native villages for burial.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan |Ismail Dilawar |Muhammad Ibrahim
ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani diplomat on Wednesday paid tribute at the shrine of a 13th-century Muslim mystic in New Delhi, joining 178 devotees from his country who traveled to India to mark the saint’s death anniversary, even as diplomatic ties between the two countries remain strained. Amir Khusro, a revered Sufi and disciple of Nizamuddin Aulia, is celebrated for shaping Indo-Islamic culture through his poetry, music and promotion of the Persian and Hindavi languages.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Hasaan Ali Khan |Buraq Shabbir |Rehmat Mehsud
Pakistan party ends weeks-long protest over arrest of Baloch rights activists /node/2597270/pakistan April 16, 2025 13:59 Pakistan party ends weeks-long protest over arrest of Baloch rights activists BNP party is protesting arrest of Dr. Mahrang Baloch, others after so-called violent protests Dr. Baloch and others were arrested last month and charged with sedition, murder and terrorism ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) on Wednesday called off a weeks-long sit-in in...
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Fatimah Amjad |Ismail Dilawar |Shahjahan Khurram
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday denied social media claims that a United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution presented by its diplomat in support of Palestine earlier this month was unilaterally diluted to accommodate Israeli concerns, saying the posts were based on inaccurate media reports and misrepresented the resolution’s outcome.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Saima Shabbir |Naimat Khan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday called on the Taliban authorities in Kabul to prevent militant groups from using Afghan soil to launch attacks against Pakistan, warning such militant violence threatened regional stability and would not be tolerated.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Nour El-Shaeri |Saima Shabbir
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi held talks on counterterrorism cooperation and bilateral investment with a United States (US) congressional delegation in Islamabad on Sunday, as both countries attempt to forge closer ties to battle surging regional militancy. Military cooperation between Pakistan and the US spans over six decades, but it underwent a tactical renaissance since the militant attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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1 week ago | 
arab.news | Nour El-Shaeri |Saima Shabbir |Shahjahan Khurram
ISLAMABAD: Veteran Pakistani stage and television comedian Muhammad Javed, popularly known as “Javed Kodu,” passed away in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday after suffering from prolonged illness, state-run media reported. Javed, who as per media reports was 50 years old, was widely recognized for his comedic talent and distinctive short stature. He passed away during the wee hours of Sunday after a long battle with illness.
