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25-06-2020 LONDON: Volunteers have begun being immunised with a new UK coronavirus vaccine. About 300 people will have the vaccine over the coming weeks, as part of a trial led by Prof Robin Shattock and his colleagues, at Imperial College London. Tests in animals suggest the vaccine is safe and …

25-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ LAHORE: Federal Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan presented the interim investigation report on the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane crash in the National Assembly on Wednesday, saying that the pilots were not focused and their lack of concentration caused the crash.  Presenting the …

By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l News Desk NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: India is expelling half the staff at Pakistan’s high commission (embassy) in its capital Delhi, accusing diplomats of spying and dealing with terrorists. India will also reduce staff by the same number at its high …

24-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: Pakistan on Tuesday “completely dismissed” allegations made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs that its staff in New Delhi had violated any diplomatic conventions, saying they were used as “a pretext to seek …

24-06-2020 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies + Int’l Monitoring Desk BEIJING/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: China and India have agreed to reduce tensions a week after their deadliest clashes in over 50 years on the disputed Himalayan border left 20 Indian troops dead in brutal hand-to-hand fighting. The …

23-06-2020 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on some green cards and suspended visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020. High-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs and top executives will be affected. The White House said the move will create jobs for …

23-06-2020 RIYADH: Only a very limited number of people currently living in the kingdom may take part, an announcement on state media says. An estimated two million people would otherwise have visited Mecca and Medina this summer for the annual gathering. There had been fears the Hajj might be cancelled …

Melbourne/Hyderabad Jun 22 (PMI): The president Markazi Anjuman-e-Matami Gurohaan Hyderabad Telangana State Syed Najaf Ali Shoukat (Senior Journalist) on the demise of Allama Talib Johri Qibla said it’s a  great and unfulfilled loss of Shia Community for all over world when the Ayyam-e-Aza (mourning days of Muharram-ul-haram) is near to …

22-06-2020 By SJA Jafri KARACHI: Renowned religious scholar Allama Talib Jauhari passed away in Karachi late on Sunday night, his son Riaz Jauhari confirmed in the wee hours of Monday at the age of 80. The well-known scholar had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital for several days and was on …

22-06-2020 JERUSALEM: The Israeli military secretly conducted hundreds of weapons development experiments on animals, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth reported on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. Around 1,000 experiments were conducted by the Israeli Defense Ministry on different types of animals during the past three years, the daily said, citing a document from the “Let …