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• Beijing calls for investigation after two Chinese nationals killed in Karachi airport blast

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• NDMA issues alert for potential storm in Arabian Sea

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• APC demands immediate, unconditional ceasefire in Gaza

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• Mohsin Naqvi visits Chinese Embassy, expresses condolence over Karachi bombing

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• SCO summit: govt announces three-day holiday in Islamabad, Rawalpindi

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• Saudi delegation, led by investment minister, to visit Pakistan on October 9: FO

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• Fix your own problems first instead of lecturing democratic Pakistan, Islamabad tells Afghanistan

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• PPL’s subsidiary secures $6mn settlement with Iraq’s Midland Oil Company

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