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Published by Hong Kong Free PressBy Hillary Leung and Peter Lee Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced that current social distancing rules will be extended to cover Lunar New Year as the city continues to see a number of Covid-19 infections linked to imported cases. “I am aware…

Published by Global VoicesSnow in Murree, Punjab, Pakistan. Image from Flickr by Jannino. CC BY-NC 2.0. At least 23 people, including women and children, have died in cars that were stranded due to heavy snowfall in Murree and Nathia Gali hill stations just 66 km away from Islamabad, the capital…

Published by ReutersBy Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 16 tourists died in freezing temperatures after being stranded in their vehicles in northern Pakistan, where thousands had flocked to enjoy the snow, officials said on Saturday. With some 1,000 vehicles still stranded, the government has declared Murree,…

Published by Al-ArabyOn December 19, Indiahosted a meeting in New Delhi on Afghanistan joined by the leaders of five Central Asian States on the same day when Pakistan was hosting the extraordinary session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers on Afghanistan in Islamabad. The foreign…

Published by AFPLos Angeles (AFP) - The Grammy music awards and the renowned Sundance film festival fell victim Wednesday to Omicron's relentless march, as the variant's surge gathered pace in Europe. Citing "uncertainty" surrounding the new coronavirus variant, the Recording Academy indefinitely postponed the music awards, while Sundance organizers said…

Published by Al-ArabyPakistan is planning to buy fighter planes from China which were built based on an Israeli aircraft prototype developed in the 1980s but later cancelled, according to reports in Forbes and Haaretz. Pakistani Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed announced the purchase of 25 Chinese J-10 aircraft at a…

Published by Reuters UKHONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Wednesday the government will introduce a series of new measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, as she warned the global financial hub was on the verge of another outbreak. The new rules include a ban…

Published by Reuters UKBy Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan reported on Monday more than 700 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest tally in two months, as authorities warned of a fifth wave of infections and made preparations to try to contain the fast-spreading Omicron variant.…

Published by Reuters UKISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Muslim nations sought to respond to the growing economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as neighbouring Pakistan opened an extraordinary meeting on Sunday of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The emergency in Afghanistan, with millions facing hunger as winter sets in, has caused mounting…