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Pakistan: PTI wants meeting with Imran Khan, considering 'last option'

IANS | November 27, 2025 8:14 PM

Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Chief Minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Sohail Afridi said on Thursday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was considering its "last option" to secure a meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan after he was once again not allowed to meet him in prison. It was Afridi's eighth attempt to meet Imran Khan in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, the local media reported on Thursday.

With Munir in total control, Pakistan inches closer towards direct military rule: Report

IANS | November 27, 2025 8:08 PM

Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) Field Marshal Asim Munir will cement his status as the most powerful person in Pakistan after becoming the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) under the 27th Constitutional Amendment with the country inching closer towards direct military rule, a report has stated.

UAE stops issuing visas to Pakistani nationals amid criminal activity concerns

IANS | November 27, 2025 7:52 PM

Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stopped issuing visas to Pakistani citizens, an Interior Ministry official in Islamabad was quoted as saying by local media on Thursday.

Barber shop looted in Karachi as criminals rule roost in Pakistan's financial capital

IANS | November 27, 2025 6:57 PM

Karachi, Nov 27 (IANS) An armed person stormed into a barber shop in Baldia Town in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, held customers hostage at gunpoint and took away their valuables, the local media quoted Karachi Police as saying on Thursday.

Pakistan: Patients in Sindh suffer as healthcare centres lack essential facilities

IANS | November 27, 2025 5:25 PM

Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) The basic infrastructure of primary and secondary hospitals in Pakistan's Sindh continues to remain underdeveloped even after 70 years as hundreds of staff positions remain vacant in district hospitals and trauma centres for treating accident victims still not set up, the local media reported.

US Embassy thanks CBI for dismantling illegal call centre targeting Americans

IANS | November 27, 2025 5:08 PM

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The US Embassy in India on Thursday thanked Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after it dismantled an illegal call centre targeting US nationals and arrested a key operative in the transnational cybercrime network.

Regrettable statement: Ramaphosa on Trump vowing not to invite South Africa to 2026 G20 Summit

IANS | November 27, 2025 4:48 PM

Johannesburg, Nov 27 (IANS) South Africa on Thursday termed US President Donald Trump's statement of not inviting the African nation to attend the next year's Group of 20 (G20) Summit in Miami as "regrettable".

India's experience in submarine development highly valuable for Indonesia's future plans, acknowledges visiting Defence Minister

IANS | November 27, 2025 3:36 PM

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) India and Indonesia on Thursday reiterated the importance of maintaining a free, open, peaceful, stable, and prosperous Indo-Pacific, guided by international law and respect for sovereignty. Both sides also agreed to enhance cooperation through multilateral frameworks such as Indian Ocean Rim Association under India's chairmanship.

IMF report exposes how Pakistan’s energy crisis is rooted in mismanagement and political interference

IANS | November 27, 2025 2:45 PM

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Pakistan’s long-running energy crisis has once again come under global scrutiny, this time through a hard-hitting report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Death toll in Hong Kong building fire rises to 55: Fire department

IANS | November 27, 2025 2:45 PM

Hong Kong, Nov 27 (IANS) The death toll in a major fire that tore through a residential area in Hong Kong from Wednesday afternoon has risen to 55, said the Fire Services Department (FSD) in a press briefing on Thursday.

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Pakistan: PTI wants meeting with Imran Khan, considering 'last option'

With Munir in total control, Pakistan inches closer towards direct military rule: Report

UAE stops issuing visas to Pakistani nationals amid criminal activity concerns

Barber shop looted in Karachi as criminals rule roost in Pakistan's financial capital

Pakistan: Patients in Sindh suffer as healthcare centres lack essential facilities

US Embassy thanks CBI for dismantling illegal call centre targeting Americans

Regrettable statement: Ramaphosa on Trump vowing not to invite South Africa to 2026 G20 Summit

India's experience in submarine development highly valuable for Indonesia's future plans, acknowledges visiting Defence Minister

IMF report exposes how Pakistan’s energy crisis is rooted in mismanagement and political interference

Death toll in Hong Kong building fire rises to 55: Fire department

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