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Lagos - From five grams of toothpaste to 10 millilitres of cooking oil, many Nigerians struggling with soaring prices now buy their basic necessities in small quantities packed in tiny plastic bags to be consumed on the same day. Consumer…

Ashura will be observed with religious fervour

Rawalpindi-All is set to observe ‘Ashura’ here on Tuesday (Today) amid tight security arrangements finalized to provide foolproof security cover to 64 mourning processions and 113 majalis of the district while six main processions of…

4,293 police officials to be deployed on 10th Muharram

MULTAN    -    Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Amir Saeed Raan Monday said that provincial government had made exemplary security arrangements during Muharram ul Haram to maintain law and order situation across the province. During his…

BEIJING - China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan Monday, Beijing said, defying calls to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Beijing has raged at the…

MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Monday accused Ukrainian forces of firing on the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant, warning of potential “catastrophic consequences” for Europe. “The shelling of the territory of the nuclear plant by the Ukrainian…

MULTAN    -    Commissioner Multan Division Engineer Amir Khattak congratulated Pakistani javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem for winning gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games with a games record of 90.18 m. He ordered to extend a national…

AGUJITA - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called Sunday for intensified efforts to save 10 workers trapped in a flooded coal mine, during a visit to see firsthand the rescue operation. Relatives of the missing were becoming…

HONG KONG - Hong Kong will cut its hotel quarantine for international arrivals from one week to three days from Friday, leader John Lee announced, in an easing of Covid restrictions that have severely curbed travel. Once a global logistics…