President Joe Biden says he would not hesitate to defend United State interests against China after he ordered the downing of a suspected surveillance balloon but, delivering his State of the Union address, kept the door open to cooperation. In the annual speech to assembled lawmakers, many of whom have pressed for a hard line
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The Republicans and the democrats in the United States of America (USA) are currently at each others throat over the invasion of Chinese spy balloon. Republicans savaged Joe Biden on Sunday over his handling of a suspected Chinese spy balloon, while Democrats defended the president’s decision to shoot it down after it floated across the
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Beijing claimed the balloon was a civilian aircraft that was blown off course A United States decision to shoot down a Chinese balloon that Beijing claimed had veered off course has “seriously impacted and damaged” relations between the two countries, China’s foreign ministry said Monday. The aircraft, which Washington said was a spy balloon, had
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A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa was killed and another wounded in an attack on their helicopter in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, the organisation said. The aircraft came under fire at around 3:00 pm (1200 GMT) during a flight to Goma, the provincial capital of Nord-Kivu province, where it was able to land,
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….as The Daily Vendor correspondent wins Khyber Pakhtunkhwa best reporter shield PESHAWAR: Chief Collector Customs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Salim on behalf of Federal Board of Revenue(FBR) chairman awarded shields, The Daily Vendor, Express news and Geo Television journalists for their outstanding coverage that helped enhance the Pak-Afghan and central Asian trade in the past one
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ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador to Pakistan Mr, Donald Blome called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday in Islamabad. The Prime Minister thanked the United States for its continued support for Pakistan’s post-flood reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts, including at the recently held International Conference on Resilient Pakistan in Geneva. The Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reiterated
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PESHAWAR: Federal Board of Revenue Chairman Asim Ahmad on Thursday said that Torkham state of the art dry port was the land mark for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which would contribute a handsome amount to the national economy. Chairman FBR Asim Ahmad was chief guest at ceremony.He was speaking to the ceremony of world customs day
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LANDIKOTAL:Transporters and traders on Sunday said that removing all the police checkposts along the Karkhano markets-Torkham highway made transporters and commuters more vulnerable who could easily be targeted while traveling on road. Speaking to a press conference here in Landikotal press club Torkham Custom Clearance Agents Association Chairman Mirajuddin Shinwari, Khyber Chamber of Commerce deputy
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…the weapons were discovered after a customs appraisement staff stopped a truck at Torkham border LANDIKOTAL: Pakistan Customs at Torkham border foiled a bid to smuggle weapons from Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Customs chief collector spokesman Sohail Khan told The Daily Vendor that on the basis of credible information customs appraisement staff
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…ask the authorities to take steps to improve worsening law and order in South Waziristan WANA: A large number of people, including workers of various political parties, staged a protest rally against the rising wave of militancy and lawlessness in the restive South Waziristan tribal district. The Wana Ulasi Pasoon had organised the protest at
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LANDIKOTAL: An Afghan citizen was killed while few others including a Pakistani paramilitary soldier sustained bullet wounds when an Afghan border police opened gun firing to dispersed the mob gathered on the Torkham border inside Afghanistan,official sources said on Thursday. The sources said that an Afghan border police opened gun firing when dozens of truck
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…As Pakistan customs authorities widen its vigilance, increase staff on the border points and at Bacha Khan airport TORKHAM: On the directives of Prime Minister,Pakistan Customs strated crackdown at Torkham border and foiled three different bids to smuggle foreign currency to Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. Moeenuddin Ahmad Wani, Customs Collector Enforcement Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, told
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…The IFJ recorded 68 killings of journalists and media staff in 2022 PESHAWAR: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today released its annual list of journalists and media staff killed in work-related incidents, warning of the return of the open season on media professionals with a spike in the numbers of killings from last year.
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…As grand tribal jirga rejects merger of tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PESHAWAR: The grand tribal jirga here on Saturday rejected the merger of the tribal areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and termed it the failure of the government. The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUIF)-convened jirga discussed the prevailing law and order situation in the tribal districts. The
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…Governor Ghulam Ali spoke at the oath taking ceremony of Tribal Union of Journalists (NMDs) Interim council PESHAWAR: Praising the efforts and sacrfices journalists for the homeland,the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Haji Ghulam Ali on Thursday said that no doubt that tribal journalists have played their important role in peacebuilding and development of ex-Fata in the
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