MIRPUR (Kashmir English): In a momentous achievement, Saghir Khan, a Pakistani of Kashmiri origin, became the first Pakistani and Kashmiri to receive the esteemed Community Service Award in New York on Thursday. This distinguished award acknowledges Khan’s exceptional achievements in community service, cementing his position in history. Saghir Khan from Charrhoi town in Azad Jammu […]
KUALA LUMPUR (Kashmir English): The authorities have suspended the latest search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 as it is “not the season”, according to Kuala Lumpur’s transport minister. The search has been suspended more than a decade after the plane went missing just to resume the operation at the end of the year. “They
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KARACHI (Kashmir English): President Asif Ali Zardari has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation, according to an official statement issued by the President House on Wednesday. The confirmation came after his personal physician, Dr Asim Hussain, conducted a series of medical tests that established the diagnosis. Dr Hussain stated that President Zardari
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BANGKOK (Kashmir English): Rescuers found a woman alive from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar three days after a massive earthquake hit the South-Asian nation. The massive earthquake killed around 2,000 as searchers in Myanmar and Thailand raced against time to find more survivors. The woman was pulled from the rubble alive after
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BEIJING (Kashmir English): A joint Pakistan-China research study by SBBU and YAAS has developed new disease-resistant cultivation techniques for roses and marigolds that could boost tourism and floriculture in Pakistan. Researchers from Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University in Pakistan joined forces with Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences in China to develop novel agricultural practices which improve
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RIYADH (Kashmir English): The United Arab Emirates and several other gulf countries are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with religious fervor today on Sunday. The grand congregations for Eid prayers were held at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. Earlier, the Saudi Supreme Council confirmed the sighting of the Shawwal moon after which a
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YANGON (Kashmir English): The death toll in Friday’s earthquake, among the biggest to jolt Myanmar in the last century – surpassed 1600 as the country’s military rulers let in hundreds of foreign rescue workers to start rescue operation. The 7.7 magnitude quake crippled bridges, airports, and highways amid a civil war that has a
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JEDDAH (Kashmir English): Eid-ul-Fitr in Saudi Arabia is announced to be celebrated on Sunday after religious committees confirmed the sighting of the Eid moon through official moon sighting efforts on Saturday. Saudi Arabia has officially announced that Eid-ul-Fitr will be observed on Sunday, following the sighting of the crescent moon for the Islamic month of
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WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): Religious freedom continued to decline as attacks and discrimination against minorities increased in India during the past year, said a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The report mentioned that prior to the national elections in June, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members, including Prime Minister
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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (Kashmir English): Papua New Guinea has blocked Facebook, saying the shutdown, enforced under the country’s anti-terrorism laws, is a “test” aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation, and explicit content. The shutdown began on Monday and continued into Tuesday. Authorities have not said anything on when the service will be restored.
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