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Indians continue their hold on H-1B visas
The US approved 407,071 H-1B petitions in 2021 and 301,616 of them 74.1 per cent were for Indian workers, according to the latest report on this topic released recently by the Department of Homeland Security, the government agency that oversees immigration. Indians accounted for 74.9 per cent of the approved petitions in 2020.
Imran Khan sold Toshakhana gifts for Rs 140 million in Dubai: Shehbaz Sharif
"Imran Khan sold these gifts for Rs140 million in Dubai," the PM was reported as telling journalists during an iftar he hosted on Thursday in the federal capital, Geo News reported. According to Sharif, the expensive gifts that former Prime Minister Imran Khan traded for money included diamond jewellery sets, bracelets, and wrist watches.
'Help, help, help, we have nothing to eat': Residents of locked-down Shanghai scramble for food amid reports of suicides (Watch video)
Reportedly, 95% of cases in Shanghai are still among the people who are already under isolation. The stringent restrictions in the city have left many frustrated. Millions of residents in the city are struggling for food, essential items, medicines etc. Claims of suicides, killing of pets and people screaming from their aparments for help is going viral on social media.
Pakistan's nuclear weapons not safe under Shehbaz Sharif govt: Imran Khan | 5 Points
Addressing his supporters during his roadshow 'Jalsa' in Peshawar, Imran attacked the US for supporting Sharifs and Zardaris. Reacting to the allegations levelled by Khan, the Pakistan Army claimed that their asset security was one of the best in terms of international evaluation.
Amid Ukraine war, Russia starts delivery of second S-400 missile system to India
By end of this month, the delivery of the critical system will be completed and thereafter it will be deployed. The first squadron of the S-400 system arrived in India in December 2021 and has been deployed on the Punjab border to thwart any air strikes from both Pakistan and China.
Clashes break out at Al-Aqsa compound amid festivities in Jerusalem
Clashes broke out between Palestinian protesters and Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Friday, officials said.
Shehbaz faces test after proposed fuel price hike of Rs 120 per litre
Highly-placed sources in Ogra and the Petroleum Division confirmed that the regulator had presented two options to the government for price increase � the highest-ever in both cases � on the next fortnightly review due on Friday, the Dawn reported.
Pakistan is an Islamic Republic but nothing was happening in the country in accordance with Islam: Pak Supreme Court
Justice Isa made the remarks while heading a two-member bench for the hearing of a case pertaining to the allotment of plots in the Pak Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation, The Express Tribune reported. He also said that the generals were given plots, but asked didn't they get a salary. He pointed out that poor people in slum areas constructed small rooms upon rooms for living. In the country, only rich people got plots and no one gave plots to the poor.
"Government of Balochistan in exile established"
The Baloch leader, in a statement on Friday, said that she would be the head of the government and the Government in Exile is established somewhere in Europe. She said that the exact geographical place of the Government in Exile cannot be revealed at present due to security reasons as well as to fulfill international requirements.
No access for IAEA to surveillance camera data unless nuke deal revived: Iranian envoy
"The agency has no access to the data in the memory of the installed cameras and the relevant information will be stored with Iran and will not be provided to the agency" until Iran returns to the implementation of the nuclear pact, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), said Mohammad Reza Ghaebi, Head of Iran's permanent mission to international organisations in Vienna
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