ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is on the path of consolidation to tackle sizeable fiscal and current account deficits but the imbalances are expected to diminish slowly, said the World Bank on Friday. The bank estimates the country’s GDP growth rate to reach 2.7 per cent in 2019-20. However, the consolidation measures, coupled with other macroeconomic improvements, are […]
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Mumbai: A firebrand Hindu nationalist nun accused of participating in the deadly bombing of a mosque appeared in court Friday, two weeks after she won a parliamentary seat in India´s election. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is being tried on terrorism and criminal conspiracy charges over the 2008 attack in western India that killed six people and […]
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A 33-year-old man died after a fight over water in southern India, police said Friday, as the country gasped from extreme heat and storms that killed 24 in the north. The argument broke out on Wednesday when a 48-year-old man and his three sons were allegedly syphoning large quantities of water from a public tank […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREATHENS: Greece´s leftist government on Friday said an official mosque in Athens, over a decade in the making, would open by September to satisfy a longstanding demand by tens of thousands of Muslims in the capital. “We hope the first prayer will be in September,” Education Minister Costas Gavroglu said after inspecting the nearly-completed complex […]
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Taiwan on Thursday confirmed it is hoping to buy state-of-the-art tanks and portable missiles from the United States in a proposed deal that drew an angry rebuke from China. Taipei’s defence ministry has formally asked for 108 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, more than 1,500 Javelin and TOW anti-tank missiles, and 250 shoulder-fired Stinger anti-aircraft […]
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MUMBAI: Adding fun to the Muslims’ celebrations on Eidul Fitr, a host of celebrities from the Bollywood fraternity have extended their greetings on the auspicious occasion of Eid. While, Kartik and Sara Ali Khan appeared to be different while celebrating their Eid as the lead pair of the recently released Love Aaj Kal 2 were […]
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LONDON: Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK, Mohammad Nafees Zakaria hosted Eid-ul-Fitr Open House at his official residence ‘Pakistan House’ in London on Tuesday in order to celebrate the auspicious occasion with the Pakistani community. A large number of diaspora belonging to all walks of life attended the Open House and enjoyed the warm hospitality, […]
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Sudanese authorities admitted dozens of people were killed in a crackdown on protesters but denied doctors’ claims the death toll has topped 100, as heavily armed paramilitaries guarded the tense capital. Members of the Rapid Support Forces, who rights groups say have their origins in the Janjaweed militias of Darfur, were on the streets of […]
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LONDON: Thousands took to the streets of central London on Tuesday to protest the visit of Donald Trump, with the infamous blimp of the US president once again flying outside the Houses of Parliament. People gathered under the shadow of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square for the “Carnival of Resistance” against the US leader, ahead […]
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