نصیر بلوچ ۔۔۔ مری دسترس میں جو پھول تھے وہ جھلس گئے

مری دسترس میں جو پھول تھے وہ جھلس گئے مرے بام و در تری خوشبوؤں کو ترس گئے مرے خواب زار اجاڑ کے ، مجھے مار کے کہاں خاک اوڑھ کے سو رہے ، کہاں بس گئے وہ جو سبز رُت کے سحاب تھے جو گلاب تھے مرے دل کی دھرتی پہ آگ بن کے برس گئے وہ ترے فقیر کی جھونپڑی ہے یہیں کہیں وہ بلند بام عمارتیں ، وہ کلس گئے ترے بعد کوچہِ دلبراں کا یہ حال ہے سرِ رہگزارِ سلوک اہلِ ہوس گئے میں عجیب حالتِ…

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Iran detains and releases U.S. USV

The news website, which is linked to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the IRGC Navy “controlled and towed” an American USV which had lost navigation communications in the Persian Gulf. Nour News said the detention was carried out with the purpose of ensuring security of shipping routes and preventing a possible accident. The USV was released after a U.S. frigate came over and was educated on security issues and safe navigation. According to Nour News, over the past weeks, a lot of American USVs have been dispatched from Bahrain…

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Rescue, Relief Operations Intensified Amid Fresh Flooding Fears

Rescue and relief operations are under way across Pakistan, as millions of people, particularly in the country’s southern and northwest regions, remained trapped by the worst floods in the South Asian country’s history. Makeshift relief camps have sprung up all over Pakistan, in schools, on motorways and in military bases in the wake of the monsoon floods. Farzana, a resident of Ghulam Shah village in Sindh, one of the worst-affected provinces in the country’s south, said she could no longer provide “shade for our children from the sun” as their…

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Maryam Chides Imran For Evading Question Over ‘Taking Diamonds As Bribe

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Thursday chided Chairman Paki­stan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan for evading a question about allegedly accepting diamonds as a bribe by his wife Bushra Bibi from the daughter of property tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain and for calling the diamonds “cheap.” After former prime minister gave remarks while respond­ing to the question of a jour­nalist outside the Anti-Terror­ism Court (ATC) of Islamabad, PML-N Vice President Maryam took to the Twitter to say that he (Khan) even does not even spare “cheap” item. In response…

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Former Minister Ch Ejaz Shafi Joins PTI

 Former provincial minister Chaudhry Ejaz Shafi called on Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chair­man Imran Khan here on Thursday and formally announced joining the PTI along with his col­leagues. The PTI chairman welcomed Chaudhry Shafi and his associates to join PTI, said a state­ment issued by the PTI’s Central Media Depart­ment. Ejaz Shafi expressed complete confidence in the leadership of Khan and the manifesto of PTI, adding that he fully supported the PTI chair­man’s struggle for “real freedom.” He vowed that they would work tirelessly to make PTI a formi­dable political force…

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Iran Sends ‘Constructive’ Response On Nuclear Deal But US Rejects It

Iran has submitted its response to US comments on a European Union draft proposal aimed at salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal, calling it “constructive,” but Washington has not reacted positively. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani in a statement early Friday said the response was sent to the EU coordinator, adding it has a “constructive approach” to finalize the negotiations “After receiving the US response, the Islamic Republic’s expert team examined it carefully, and the response was compiled and submitted to the coordinator tonight,” Kanaani said. He asserted that the…

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