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Aliens not allowed to take part in Pakistan’s politics: Caretaker Minister for Interior Sarfraz Bugti

Caretaker Minister for Interior Sarfraz Bugti on Friday, announcing the government’s policy on aliens having the Afghan Citizen Card, UNHCR Card or refugee status, said that no such refugee would be allowed to participate in any kind of political activity in Pakistan

Latest developments in Israel-Hamas war

Fighting raged Friday across Gaza between Israel and Hamas as the UN Security Council was due to meet to demand a ceasefire in a war now in its third month

Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians in West Bank raid: ministry

Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians Friday in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, as the army confirmed it conducted a "counter-terrorism" operation

Toll-Free Helpline “Marsata” launched for displaced Afghans in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians in West Bank raid: ministry

Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians on Friday in a raid on a refugee camp in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said

6 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank: Palestinian health ministry

Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians on Friday at a refugee camp in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to take steps towards normalisation

Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan said Thursday they would exchange prisoners of war and work towards normalising their relations, in a joint statement hailed by the EU as a "breakthrough"

UNSC meets Friday to vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution as situation turns ‘apocalyptic'

The United Nations Security Council is set to meet Friday to discuss a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter to ask the 15-member body to "use all of its influence" to prevent "a humanitarian catastrophe" in the besieged enclave

UNSC must perform its responsibility of immediate Gaza ceasefire: FO Spox

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Thursday said that the United Nations Security Council must perform its primary responsibility to impose an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and protect the people of Gaza from an impending genocide

Latest developments in Israel-Hamas war

The devastating war between Israel and Hamas entered its third month on Thursday as fighting raged on across the besieged Gaza Strip

UK minister quits over Rwanda bill, heaping pressure on PM Sunak

Guterres invokes UN Charter article in new push for UNSC to declare ceasefire in war-torn Gaza

Israeli forces kill 4 West Bank Palestinians: ministry

Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinians, two of them teenagers, in the north of the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said

An exodus from Gaza would be 'catastrophic': UN refugee chief

Guterres invokes UN Charter article in new push for UNSC to declare ceasefire in war-torn Gaza

Govt. committed to counter security threats in run up to elections: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday reiterated the interim government’s commitment to counter the security challenges in a run up to the upcoming elections and said that they were focused on countering the threats of terrorism with effective measures

Govt. committed to counter security threats in run up to elections: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday reiterated the interim government’s commitment to counter the security challenges in a run up to the upcoming elections and said that they were focused on countering the threats of terrorism with effective measures

Israeli forces battle Hamas in main southern Gaza city

Assistant Secretary Julieta Valls Noyes Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to the Protection and Efficient Resettlement of Eligible Afghan Refugees to the United States

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Julieta Valls Noyes visited Pakistan December 4-6 to reaffirm the United States' steadfast commitment to the protection and safe, efficient resettlement and relocation of eligible Afghan refugees to the United States

UK signs new migration treaty with Rwanda

Britain and Rwanda signed a new treaty on Tuesday in a bid to revive a controversial proposal by London to transfer migrants to the East African country

Israeli troops battle Hamas in southern Gaza

Israeli forces battled Hamas in southern Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a UN warning of an "even more hellish scenario" as fighting pushes civilians into a steadily shrinking area of the besieged territory

UN Chief alarmed at resumption of Israel's Gaza bombing; calls for ending civilians' suffering

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his extreme alarm Monday about the resumption of deadly Israeli bombing, while reiterating his call for a sustained humanitarian ceasefire in war-shattered Gaza and the immediate release of all hostages

Sanjrani urges collective efforts to end suffering of innocent Palestinians

Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani Tuesday urged collective efforts to end suffering of innocent Palestinians and emphasized the the need of a resolution in accordance with international law

Aid access to Gaza's north entirely blocked as Israeli attacks escalates in southern part: UN

Reports of hundreds of fatalities from the deadly Israeli bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns for civilians sheltering there, while UN humanitarian officials on Monday said that aid teams had only “extremely limited” movement and access to the north was “now entirely blocked”