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Pakistan, India to officially join Shanghai Cooperation Organization at Astana Summit

  • BEIJING, June 5 (APP): Pakistan and India will be officially accepted as members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) during a meeting to be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Astana, Kazakhstan, later this week, a senior diplomat said on Monday. The two countries will go through procedures in line with SCO rules to […]

  • Trump seeks ‘much tougher’ travel ban, expedited hearing

    WASHINGTON, June 5, (APP/AFP) – US President Donald Trump called Monday for a “much tougher version” of his travel ban and an “expedited” hearing for the measure before the Supreme Court. In a series of early morning tweets, the president also said the United States was already “extreme vetting” travelers coming into the country for […]

  • Verification of blocked CNICs starts

    BAJAUR AGENCY, June 3 (APP): Political Administration Bajaur Agency has launched verification process of the blocked computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) here on Saturday. Assistant Political Agent Bajaur Agency, Anwarul Haq told journalists that verification process of blocked CNICs has been started under the directives of interior ministry and National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA). […]

  • French Open results – 3rd update

    PARIS, June 3 (APP/AFP): French Open results on Saturday, the seventh day of the 2017 tournament at Roland Garros (x denotes seeding): Men 3rd rd Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Juan Martin del Potro (ARG x29) 7-6 (10/8), 7-5, 6-0 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU x22) 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 Stan Wawrinka (SUI x3) […]

  • FESCO taking action to resolve probelms of rural areas on priority: CEO

    SARGODHA, June, 4 (APP): Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO), Rashid Ahmed Aslam has said the company was taking prompt actions to resolve consumers’ problems on priority basis. Talking to APP, he said that the problems of rural areas related to elctricity were being given priority. ” Every complaint from urban or […]

  • French people among London attack casualties: French presidency

    PARIS, June 4, (APP/AFP); Two French people were injured in the London attack which left six dead and nearly 50 wounded, the French presidency said on Sunday, with one said to be in serious condition. Presidential spokesman Christophe Castaner told French radio that “two French people are wounded, one in a serious condition” after the […]