Macron wins 27.85% in French first round, Le Pen 23.15%

Paris, April 11 (AFP/APP):Emmanuel Macron won 27.85 percent of votes in the first round of France’s presidential election, while far-right veteran Marine Le Pen scored 23.15 percent, according to final results from the interior ministry on Monday. The results allow both to advance to a run-off, while far-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon came in third at […]

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French bank Societe Generale to exit Russia

Paris, April 11 (AFP/APP):French banking group Societe Generale said Monday it was ceasing activities in Russia and selling its majority stake in Rosbank, weeks after Ukraine’s leader urged French firms to leave over Moscow’s invasion of his country. Societe Generale said in a statement that its withdrawal from Russia would cost it 3.1 billion euros […]

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Pakistan’s political change won’t affect solid friendship with China: Global Times

BEIJING:The internal political change in Islamabad will not affect the solid friendship between China and Pakistan. Experts from both China and Pakistan are confident in the future of the China-Pakistan ties, as they believe the new government will continue to uphold the country’s long-standing tradition to make sure the friendship with China and all China-Pakistan […]

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Seven arrested as police recover man kidnapped for ransom

MULTAN:Muzaffargarh police arrested seven accused in an operation employing modern technology and recovered a man, found confined in chains, 13 days after he was kidnapped for ransom from Khangarh, police said on Monday. SSP Investigations Ziaullah Khan told newsmen at a press conference that a citizen Ehsanullah was kidnapped from Khangarh on Mar 28,2022, during […]

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PM-elect announces in-camera parliament security committee session to ascertain veracity of foreign letter

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister-Elect Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Monday announced that he would be soon arranging an in-camera session of the parliamentary security committee to ascertain the facts, involved in the purported foreign letter regarding alleged foreign interference into country’s internal politics. Shahbaz Sharif was delivering his maiden speech in the National Assembly after his election to […]

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