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Pak: Miftah to withdraw taxes on energy bills amid traders' protest

Aug 01, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], August 1 : Amid strong opposition from small retailers over the collection of taxes through electricity bills, Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has decided to exempt the small traders with bills of less than 150 units from the tax as the community staged protests and refused to pay the taxes on energy bills.

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Part of Beirut port silos damaged in 2020 blast collapses after weeks-long fire

Aug 01, 2022

Beirut [Lebanon], August 1 : Part of the Beirut port's grain silos, which were damaged in a 2020 blast, has collapsed after a weeks-long fire, a media report said, adding that the fire was triggered by grains that had fermented and ignited in the summer heat.
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3 killed, 12 injured in car-truck collision in Northern Afghanistan

Aug 01, 2022
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Singapore Airlines reports record Q1 profit boosted by travel demand and flight cancellations in Europe

Aug 01, 2022

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Sri Lanka looks forward to enhancing ties with Russia

Aug 01, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 : In order to enhance ties with Russia, the newly appointed Sri Lankan...
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Russian company transfers money to complete Akkuyu nuclear power plant in Turkey

Aug 01, 2022

Nicosia [Cyprus], August 1 : In an effort to show the world that Moscow can do business...
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe

On protest threat, Sri Lanka's President Wickremesinghe says he has no home to go

Aug 01, 2022

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 1 : Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that there is no...
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Sri Lanka to implement QR Code system-based fuel distribution from tomorrow

Aug 01, 2022
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UN special representative urges all to avoid escalation in Northern Kosovo

Aug 01, 2022
Ian J. McCary is the Chief of Mission for U.S. Embassy Kabul (Photo Credit: Twitter)

If Taliban hope to gain international acceptance, they must respect human rights: US

Aug 01, 2022
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

UN chief outraged after peacekeepers shot dead two people at Uganda, DR Congo border

Aug 01, 2022
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Red Cross to deploy specialists to Olenivka after Ukrainian military attack at pre-trial detention centre

Aug 01, 2022
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Pakistan govt increases diesel prices amid oil rates fluctuation

Jul 31, 2022
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Ukraine's Mykolaiv comes under 'mass shelling'

Jul 31, 2022
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with Vietnamese counterpart Bui Thanh Son on Friday.

Jaishankar congratulates medal winners of weightlifting at Commonwealth Games 2022

Jul 31, 2022
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China to assume month-long UNSC presidency

Jul 31, 2022
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5.6 magnitude earthquake hits parts of Balochistan

Jul 31, 2022
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One killed, another injured in clashes between Taliban-Iran border forces: Report

Jul 31, 2022
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Pakistan: Six people drown at Karachi's beach despite ban on swimming

Jul 31, 2022