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Pakistan’s tourist destinations weather: Intermittent rains likely till weekend
Pakistan Observer
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June 30, 2025
ISLAMABAD – Intermittent rains with isolated heavy falls are predicted in Murree, Galiyat and other tourist destinations in Pakistan during the ongoing week. According to the synoptic situation, most currents from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of...
Pakistan must find solutions to challenges through self-reliance: Kundi
The Nation
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June 30, 2025
Peshawar - Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, on Saturday said that Pakistan must take ownership of its challenges and find solutions through self-reliance. He emphasized that, in response to recent Indian aggression, Pakistan not...
PM orders swift action on tourism
The Express Tribune
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June 30, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to take immediate and practical steps to promote tourism in the country. "Public and private sectors should work together to facilitate...
Vietnam envoy for expanding economic ties with Pakistan
Business Recorder
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July 1, 2025
KARACHI: Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Pham Anh Tuan, has expressed Vietnam’s keen interest in strengthening trade and economic relations with Pakistan, as bilateral trade between the two countries approaches the US$1 billion...
Home of murdered Pakistani artist Ismail Gulgee becomes a museum
The Art Newspaper
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June 30, 2025
By the time he was murdered at home in 2007, the pioneering Pakistani Modernist Ismail Gulgee had enjoyed personal acclaim and official patronage in a long and varied career. He travelled the length and breadth of Pakistan, sketching the country’s...
Neglecting Karachi
Dawn
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July 1, 2025
THE latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index has ranked Karachi 170th out of 173 cities. Sadly, this comes as no surprise to those of us who live here. I have travelled across Pakistan, and I can say with confidence that no...
From Iran-Israel strikes to Russia’s war: How conflicts reshape air travel
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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When Israel launched surprise missile attacks on Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes, Persian Gulf countries closed their skies, forcing more than two dozen of the world’s major airlines to divert or cancel flights. When India and Pakistan engaged...
PM for taking immediate practical steps to promote tourism sector
Pakistan Today
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June 30, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to take immediate practical steps to promote tourism in the country. “Public and private sectors should work together to facilitate...
Pakistan: Flash floods, rains kill 22 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in five days
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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June 30, 2025
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 30 (ANI): At least 22 people have lost their lives and 11 others have been injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since June 25 due to incidents triggered by heavy rain, strong winds, flash floods, and...
How conflicts reshape air travel
Oman Observer
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June 30, 2025
By Anupreeta Das When Israel launched surprise missile attacks on Iran, prompting retaliatory strikes, Gulf countries closed their skies, forcing more than two dozen of the world’s major airlines to divert or cancel flights. When India and...
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Military, mullahs, and ISI: The toxic mix behind Pakistan’s democratic collapse
Firstpost
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June 30, 2025
The future of Pakistan is quite bleak and facing a crisis of its very existence. Some of the major factors responsible for the present crisis of Pakistan are the weakening of the political institutionalisation process, the rise of Islamist...
Pakistanis now eligible for travel visa-free to 32 countries, here's a list
Dunya News
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Pakistan Pakistan Pakistanis now eligible for travel visa-free to 32 countries, here's a list Close Pakistan’s passport now ranks 100th, it marks an improvement from its 113th position in 2021 Updated On: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:37:34 PKT ISLAMABAD...
‘Can We Buy BrahMos?’ Pakistani General Gets Stinging Reply From Missile Chief
Zee News
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New Delhi: At an international arms expo in Dubai, a high-ranking Pakistan Army officer walked up to one of India’s missile scientists. “Would India ever sell the BrahMos missile to Pakistan?” he asked. Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, the man...
Pakistan calls on India to resume IWT following Court of Arbitration ruling
The Express Tribune
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June 30, 2025
Listen to article The Foreign Office (FO) has urged India to immediately resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and fully comply with its obligations, following the Court of Arbitration’s issuance of the "Supplemental...
Pakistan Railways bans use of luxury saloons for officers
Pakistan Observer
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June 30, 2025
LAHORE – Pakistan Railways has imposed a complete ban on the use of luxury saloons for its officers. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Pakistan Railways Headquarters in Lahore on Monday with Federal Minister Hanif Abbasi in the chair....
Tension may shoot up as Pakistan closes Afghanistan border
The Economic Times
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June 30, 2025
Tension is building up along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border after a suicide attack on a Pakistan army convoy on Saturday left many soldiers dead. The development threatens to snowball into a diplomatic crisis. A statement from the Pakistani army...
Pakistani Hindu teen couple perish in Thar desert after illegally crossing border in search of better life
The New Indian Express
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JAIPUR: A teenage Pakistani couple who illegally crossed the border into India near Jaisalmer in search of a better life were found dead from thirst and dehydration in the Thar desert. The couple, Ravi Kumar (17) and Shanti Bai (15), had married...
After skipping India release, Sardaar Ji 3 breaks box office records in Pakistan; Diljit Dosanjh scores highest opening weekend for...
DNA India
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June 30, 2025
Sardaar Ji 3 has skipped India release due to the casting of Pakistani actress Hania Aamir, but the Diljit Dosanjh film was released in Pakistan and internationally on June 27. Sardaar Ji 3 Pakistan box office Controversial Indian Punjabi film...
US woman arrives in Pakistan to marry KP man
GEO TV
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June 30, 2025
An American woman, Mindy, has arrived in Pakistan to marry Sajid Zeb Khan, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Upper Dir, whom she met online through a social media platform. Sajid received Mindy at the Islamabad International Airport from where...
Rains, floods kill 46 in Pakistan, including 13 from one family
The Financial Express Bangladesh
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Nearly a week of heavy monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has killed at least 46 people and injured dozens, officials said Monday. The fatalities caused by abnormally strong downpours since Tuesday include 22 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 13...