Day: July 8, 2025

  Reiterating Pakistan’s principled stance against the proliferation of terrorism from Afghanistan-based groups, Pakistan has once again urged the United Nations to prevent the war-torn country from becoming a hub for terror, while terming the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) a global and regional threat. “We must ensure that Afghanistan does not become a breeding ground for terrorists that threatens not only its neighbours, but the region and beyond,” Pakistan’s Permanent Ambassador to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said while addressing a UN General Assembly’s plenary session on the situation in Afghanistan.…

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  PESHAWAR: In a tragic incident, four people were killed and three others injured when a fire broke out in a residential unit located in the midst of the congested Kochi Bazaar area of Peshawar in the wee hours of Tuesday. Rescue 1122 officials said that firefighters initially pulled three individuals from the burning house alive and rushed them to hospital in critical condition. However, all three succumbed to their injuries. Later, another man was taken to the hospital, who also could not survive his burns. Meanwhile, three others who…

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Pakistan’s recent recommendation of US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize prompted a response from the Oval Office, which termed the gesture a validation of his diplomatic efforts in preventing conflict in South Asia. In a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the nomination, saying Pakistan had acknowledged Trump’s role in helping defuse a potentially catastrophic military escalation between India and Pakistan. “This nomination reflects Pakistan’s recognition of President Trump’s decisive diplomatic intervention to prevent a nuclear war between India and Pakistan,” Leavitt said,…

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