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The agreement on Monday came amid Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng’s three-day visit to Pakistan to mark 10 years of CPEC, reports The Express Tribune.On Monday, the Chinese politician held formal talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, attended a special event to mark the 10-year anniversary and also called on President Arif Alvi and the Army Chief General Asim Munir.The two sides also decided to expedite the process of multi-billion-dollar Main Line (ML)-1 railway project that has been facing a delay for years. They also finally signed the minutes of the last Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting.The JCC is the…

On the three-month-long tour of England, the Australians completed a unique double — winning their maiden World Test Championship title and retaining the Ashes. The Ashes series finished tied 2-2 after England won the fifth Test at The Oval on Monday.The Ashes and World Test Championship victories comprised an exciting and physically demanding period in which the Australians played six Test matches in eight weeks, Cricket Australia said in a release on Tuesday.“We are all enormously proud of Pat Cummins and his team for all they have achieved on their tour of England,” Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia, chief executive, said:“The…

Home Minister Amit Shah will introduce the Bill, which seeks to amend the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991.The legislation, which empowers the Delhi Lieutenant Governor to have a final say in recommendations regarding transfer and posting of Delhi government officials, had been cleared by the Union cabinet on July 25.Earlier, the president had promulgated the controversial ordinance on May 19 this year, leading to a flashpoint between Delhi government and the Centre.The proposed Bill will replace the ordinance, for which voting is to take place in the Lok Sabha.The Delhi government has been vehemently opposing this…

In a statement, the Department said that talks with “senior Taliban representatives and technocratic professionals” had been held over Sunday and Monday in the Qatari capital, the BBC reported.The US delegation “expressed support for the Afghan people’s demands for their rights to be respected and for their voices to shape the future of the country”, particularly for women, girls, and “vulnerable communities”, it added.According to the Department, the delegation also pressed for the release of detained American citizens and “took note” of the Taliban’s “continuing commitment not to allow Afghanistan to be used as a platform for attacks on the…

He arrived at the Azadpur Mandi in north Delhi around 4 a.m. and interacted with the vegetable sellers in the market, sources said.His visit to Azadpur Mandi comes amid soaring prices of vegetables. Several vegetable varieties are being sold at over Rs 100 per kilogram. Even tomatoes are being sold at over Rs 200 per kg in several areas of the national capital.He visited the vegetable market, two days after returning from Kerala where he got treatment for his childhood knee injury.Last month he visited the farm fields in Haryana’s Sonepat and sowed the paddy samplings and invited the women…

According to the BBC report, the incident took place on July 29 in Herat province.Images on social media showed that amplifiers and speakers were also set ablaze in the bonfire.Many of these had been seized from wedding venues, the report added.Responding to the incident, an official at the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said playing music would “cause the youth to go astray”.Ahmad Sarmast, Afghanistan National Institute of Music founder, likened the regime;s actions to “cultural genocide and musical vandalism”.”The people of Afghanistan have been denied artistic freedom… The burning of musical instruments in Herat is just a small example…

According to the Regional Disaster Management Unit, the incident occurred at around 1 a.m. on Tuesday when the massive gamtrycrane collapsed on the girder, trapping the workers.The location is between Sargaon and Sarambegain where work is proceeding on the third and final phase of the 701-km-long Samruddhi Mahamarg between Nashik-Mumbai.A massive rescue effort on a war footing has been launched by NDRF, SDRF and other local agencies.An operation has been mounted by the Thane Police, Fire Brigade and disaster agencies amid apprehension of the death toll increasing.–IANSqn/ksk

He was speaking at a joint press conference after talks with Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides at the Presidential Palace on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.”Cyprus and Greece welcome the rapprochement between the EU and Turkey, but the process must be gradual and also reversible,” Mitsotakis added.Christodoulides said that a positive agenda by the EU in relation to Turkey is important for efforts to promote a Cyprus solution that could end the island’s partition brought about by the Turkish military operation against the eastern Mediterranean island in 1974.He added that accepting a positive agenda by the EU in relation to Turkey…

Armed clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah Movement and Islamist militants in the Ain Al-Helweh camp intensified on Monday, with the death toll increasing to 11 and injuries to 37, Xinhua news agency reported.A statement released by the cabinet quoted Mikati on Monday as saying, “What is happening is unacceptable as it places the camp outside the control of the state; every resident of the Lebanese territory must respect the country’s sovereignty.”Mikati added that despite the ceasefire agreed upon among Palestinian factions, some parties are constantly violating it.Clashes between rival Palestinian groups often occur in the Ain Al-Helweh camp,…

Between July 22 and 27, more than 40 trucks carrying 1,600 ton of food reached Kassala, Gedaref and White Nile states, and another five trucks carrying some 300 ton of relief reached West Kordofan state, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Monday.The World Food Programme (WFP) reported providing food and nutrition assistance to more than 450,000 people in Central, East, North and South Darfur states since the hostilities began on April 15. With the Sudanese Red Crescent, WFP supplies are reaching people internally displaced by conflict in the Al Firdous locality in East Darfur, Xinhua…