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After a self-imposed exile spanning four years in the United Kingdom, Nawaz Sharif, the leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), is poised to make his return to Pakistan. His party is rallying its supporters, urging them to gather at Lahore's historic Minar-i-Pakistan monument from all corners of the country to welcome their leader and demonstrate the enduring popularity of the party, which its opponents have dismissed as 'irrelevant.' Ishaq Dar, former finance minister and a prominent member of the PML-N, confirmed that Nawaz Sharif would arrive in Islamabad from Dubai via a chartered plane on Saturday afternoon, Dawn News reported. "After a brief stopover in Islamabad, he will proceed to Lahore to address a rally at Minar-i-Pakistan," announced Mr. Dar during a press ...

According to Gaza Strip's health ministry, there are reports of hundreds of individuals trapped under the debris of al-Ahli Arabi Hospital after Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday resulted in the loss of up to 700 lives. Thousands of civilians had sought refuge and medical care at the hospital to escape relentless Israeli airstrikes when the tragic incident occurred. This attack is marked as the deadliest Israeli airstrike since 2008, as stated by the Palestinian Civil Defense. Spokesman Mahmoud Basal expressed, "The massacre at al-Ahli Arabi Hospital is unparalleled in our history. While we've witnessed tragic events in past conflicts, what occurred that night can be likened to genocide." Hamas' media office labeled the attack a "war crime," emphasizing that the hospital was shelterin...

Widespread protests have erupted throughout the Arab world following an airstrike on a Gaza hospital that claimed the lives of at least 700 Palestinians on Tuesday evening. Demonstrators have forcefully entered the Israeli consulate in Jordan, while Western embassies have become targets of anger in Turkey, Tunisia, and Lebanon, accompanied by outbreaks of rioting in the West Bank. In Iran, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the British and French embassies in the early hours of Wednesday, shouting "death to France and England." Some individuals even threw eggs at the walls of the French embassy complex. In Istanbul, Turkish protesters hurled fireworks and incendiary objects at the Israeli embassy on Wednesday morning. There were protesters wearing masks, igniting explosive...

The Gaza Health Ministry reported that a hospital in Gaza City was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday, resulting in a high number of casualties, potentially making it the deadliest Israeli airstrike since 2008, spanning five wars. Images from al-Ahli Hospital depict the devastating aftermath, with fire, shattered glass, and tragic scenes, reported Associated Press The ministry indicated that at least 500 people lost their lives. During the conflict, many hospitals in Gaza City have become shelters for residents seeking safety after Israel issued evacuation orders for the city and its surroundings.

The UK’s Guardian newspaper has fired its cartoonist of 40 years Steve Bell for drawing an apparently anti-semitic image showing Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu carving the shape of Gaza Strip out of his own body. Critics reportedly felt the image was a reference to Shakespeare’s character Shylock, a Jewish moneylender who demanded his “pound of flesh”, which Bell denied. "The cartoon is specifically about Benjamin Netanyahu’s disastrous policy failure which has led directly to the hideous recent atrocities around Gaza, and about his proposed response that he had announced, using his actual words addressing the citizens of Gaza," Bell explained. In the picture, the Israeli prime minister wears boxing gloves and holds a scalpel over his exposed belly, readying a cut in the shape of G...

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has again cautioned Israel against launching a ground offensive into the Palestinian enclave. “If the measures aimed at immediately stopping the Israeli attacks that are killing children in the Gaza Strip end in a deadlock, it is highly probable that many other fronts will be opened,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Al Jazeera on Sunday. “If the Zionist entity [Israel] decides to enter Gaza, the resistance leaders will turn it into a graveyard of the occupation soldiers,” he added, referring to Hamas. The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 2,750, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Monday. The number of wounded has risen to 9,700, the ministry added. In a previous statement, the ministry...

At least 11 Palestinian journalists were killed and 20 more others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said. In a press statement, the syndicate added on Monday that 50 local, regional, and international media organisations were targetted in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, which have continued for 10 days. Moreover, two journalists have gone missing as they were covering the escalation between Gaza-ruling Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel, the syndicate said. It also noted that the continued power outage and internet problem in Gaza limited the ability of journalists to continue their coverage, Xinhua news agency reported. “Many journalists were subjected to direct threats and incitements from Israel on social...

In besieged Gaza, Palestinians have crowded into hospitals and schools on Monday, seeking shelter and facing shortages of food and water. Over a million people have fled their homes in anticipation of an Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters rampaged through southern Israel. With diminishing supplies of food, water, and medicine in the enclave, attention is focused on the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Trucks carrying much-needed aid have been waiting for days as mediators work towards a cease-fire that would allow them to enter Gaza and permit foreigners to leave. Rafah, Gaza's sole connection to Egypt, was closed nearly a week ago due to Israeli airstrikes. Egypt's Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, stated that Israel has not indicated its...

Forty-seven (47) families have been removed from the civil registry of Palestine following the loss of their last surviving members during the ongoing attacks by Israeli forces on Palestine, Syrian Arab News Agency reported. The Israeli forces targetted a group of Palestinians burying martyrs in Deir al-Balah cemetery, while seven more were killed in an airstrike on their home in Nuseirat camp in Gaza. The local media from Palestine has reported of continuous artillery bombardment by Israeli occupation from east of Rafah to east of Khan Yunis while the Palestinian groups have targetted areas east of "Miflasim" settlement with missile strikes. Earlier, the Israeli aircrafts bombrd Beit Lahia police station in besieged northern Gaza Strip in which several police personnel were kille...