- Armed men open fire on polio vaccination team in northwestern Orakzai Agency, says Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police
- Attack takes place day after Pakistan launched nationwide campaign to vaccinate over 45 million children against polio
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- Over 30,000 woman doctors, who graduated between 1989 and 2017, either did not join the profession due to societal norms or quit it after marriage
- Of them, around 1,500 Pakistani woman doctors have been reintegrated into the health care system, primarily in telemedicine, over the last six years
- US lawmakers wrote to Biden last week, asking him to secure release of political prisoners in Pakistan
- Matthew Miller highlights Washington’s interest in strong Pakistani civil society, democratic institutions
- Waleed Elkhereiji tells organization’s 9th Regional Forum in Barcelona the region is at a critical crossroads as a result of Israeli aggression in Gaza and Lebanon
- He says international community has 2 options: act in support of international law and a 2-state solution, or risk further escalation and suffering that will undermine its credibility
- The damage at the base in Shahroud raises new questions about Israel’s attack early Saturday
- Attack potentially further restrains the Guard’s ability to manufacture the solid-fuel ballistic missiles
- ‘Democracy is one of the most powerful ideas ever dreamed up by humanity’
- ‘But it is also fragile – something that we must nurture and protect – particularly in its earliest stages’
- Elisa de Anda Madrazo, president of the Financial Action Task Force, said Lebanon had been accorded some flexibility regarding deadlines set in its action plan
- Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the country’s placement on the FATF grey list was an expected move
- World number one replaced in the draw by Frenchman Arthur Cazaux, who was drafted in from qualifying
- Organizers say Jannik Sinner was ‘suffering from an intestinal virus contracted before he arrived in Paris’
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Pakistan Saudi Ties
- Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Riyadh on Tuesday, visit comes weeks after agreements worth $2 billion signed with Saudi businesses
- Saudi crown prince earlier this this year reaffirmed commitment to expediting $5 billion investment package for cash-strapped Pakistan
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