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KARACHI: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman, has announced a nationwide shutterdown strike on August 28 in protest against the rising inflation and soaring electricity...

The government of Pakistan and the military leadership have decided to take strict measures against the hoarders, and initiated a crackdown across the country,...

ISLAMABAD: An anti-polio vaccination campaign to immunize more than 21 million children under the age of five will kick off in Sindh and Punjab...

LAHORE: Transport owners have announced observing a nationwide wheel-jam strike from today against the increase in taxes, including income tax, token tax and toll...

Overall 39.6 million children would be administered polio drops during the campaign, sources said.

The death toll stands at 10 in the country after a patient died in Punjab.

HONG KONG: China will conduct comprehensive inspections on all ride-hailing service companies, the transport ministry said on Friday, after a driver from dominant firm...

HAVANA: Cuba’s government said it provided free internet to the Communist-run island’s more than 5 million cellphone users on Tuesday, in an eight-hour test...

ANKARA: Turkish police on Sunday detained almost 450 suspected Islamic State group members in nationwide raids just over a month after an attack on...

NAIROBI: A nationwide blackout that hit Kenya on Tuesday was caused by a monkey tripping a transformer at a hydropower plant, leading to the loss of more than 180 megawatts from the grid, power producer Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) said.

LONDON: British annual house price growth slowed in April after the government introduced extra taxes on purchases of properties for rental and second homes, according to a survey from mortgage lender Nationwide on Thursday.

DHAKA: A massive nationwide electricity blackout hit Bangladesh on Saturday -- leaving Dhaka and other cities looking like ghost towns, with homes, businesses and shops plunged into darkness.