Unidentified gunmen killed nine Pakistani workers in a restive southeastern border area of Iran on Saturday, Pakistan's ambassador and a rights group said, amid efforts by the two countries to mend ties after tit-for-tat attacks. Iran's state media identified the dead only as foreign nationals and said no individuals or groups had claimed responsibility for the shootings in Saravan in …
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has collected DNA samples from more than 200 families following last week’s sinking of an overcrowded smuggling vessel off Greece that left more than 500 migrants missing, including scores of Pakistanis, authorities said Thursday. The families had approached authorities, saying they suspect their loved ones were on the boat, spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch of the Foreign Ministry …
Islamabad: With almost all vegetable prices soaring past the three-digit after the gigantic above 40 per cent food inflation, locals in cash-strapped Pakistan have now started opting for ‘high quality’ products smuggled from Iran, which is readily available at slightly cheaper rates in cities like Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Several vendors in Rawalpindi and Islamabad have put up dedicated spaces for …
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