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Pakistan consulate in Jeddah introduces online appointments for NADRA, passport services

The Consulate General of Pakistan in Jeddah on Thursday introduced an online appointment system for NADRA and Machine-Readable Passport (MRP) services to streamline consular services for Pakistani citizens living in western Saudi Arabia. Pakistan’s Consul General in Jeddah, Syed Mustafa Rabbani, introduced the initiative as part of efforts to make consular services more convenient and … Read more

IMF talks begin with reform gaps

[ ISLAMABAD: As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) began talks from Karachi, Pakistan managed to show progress on fiscal and monetary numbers, which would lead to the release of loan tranches, but it failed to meet a few conditions related to an increase in spending on education and healthcare and improving governance. In addition to … Read more

Israeli army blows up Palestinian prisoner’s home in West Bank amid escalating occupier attacks

Israeli occupiers burn 2 vehicles, spray racist slogans in village north of Ramallah The Israeli army blew up the home of a Palestinian prisoner in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to local sources. The sources told Anadolu that Israeli forces raided the town and surrounded Dawas Hassoun’s home before blowing it up, causing … Read more

ADB keeps Pakistan’s growth at 3.7%

[ ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday kept Pakistan’s economic growth forecast at 3.7%, the third lowest in South Asia and below the official target, and said that the government may have to slash expenses due to any shortfall in tax collection by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR). In its flagship Asian … Read more