EU migration chief calls Pakistan's 50pc Schengen visa refusal rate 'too much'
EU migration chief Magnus Brunner said the bloc must ease legal travel for Pakistanis, as irregular migration from Pakistan to Europe fell by more than half.
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Nizar Nayani leads Pakistani runners at the Chicago Marathon
Texas-based Nizar Nayani finished the Chicago Marathon in 3:00:45, missing the three-hour mark by 46 seconds, to lead Pakistani and diaspora runners.
PIA leases two Boeing 787 Dreamliners for UK flights from November
PIA signed a lease with Norway's Norse Atlantic for two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, the first in Pakistan, to fly long-haul UK routes from November.
US announces visa curbs on officials who obstruct return of abducted children; Pakistan named as treaty partner
Marco Rubio announced visa restrictions on foreign officials who obstruct the return of children abducted across borders. Pakistan is a Hague Convention party.
UK to reopen refugee resettlement scheme, with Afghan women and girls and Palestinians among those expected
Britain will reopen a UN-backed refugee scheme, Shabana Mahmood said, with about a quarter of places expected for Afghan women and girls and Palestinians.
Recruitment agent jailed for 41 years for sending 92 nurses to Saudi Arabia on fake certificates
A Rawalpindi court jailed the agent and ordered Rs100,000 compensation for each of 92 nurses deported from Saudi Arabia over fake certificates.