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Sehrish Kanwal Gilgit: In the shadow of the Karakoram’s snow-capped peaks, journalism in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) is anything but serene.  Beneath the region’s postcard beauty lies a stark reality: reporters here work in a constitutional…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has raised the registration fee for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) from Rs7,000 to Rs9,000 for the upcoming MBBS admissions, marking an 80…

News Desk Islamabad: Female voter registration has overtaken male registration nationwide, reducing the gender gap to 7.4 percent, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced on Wednesday. ECP Secretary Omer Hameed Khan…

AFP/APP Geneva: Negotiations on a global treaty to curb plastic pollution have hit a deadlock, with oil-producing countries resisting production limits and talks descending into what diplomats describe as a “dialogue of the deaf.” The…

News Desk  Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday sold one sealed Bahria Town property and received conditional bids for two others, fetching a combined Rs2.27 billion, while shelving the auction of three…

APP Gilgit: Rapid glacier melting and recent rains have caused the water level in the Hunza River to rise, severely damaging the Karakoram Highway at Mor Khun and Gircha, cutting off Pakistan’s land link with China. According to…

APP Karachi: Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) and the Shia Ulema Council have called off their planned march from Karachi to the Pakistan-Iran border following successful talks with the Federal Government held here on Thursday midnight.…

APP Rawalpindi: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) in Rawalpindi discarded approximately 4,000 litres of water-mixed milk early on Friday morning. According to the PFA spokesman, the teams checked 20 vehicles carrying milk at the…

News Desk  Lahore: The Punjab School Education Department (PSED) has announced an extension of summer vacations in all public and private schools across the province until August 31, citing the ongoing heatwave. According to senior…

APP Islamabad: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar has pledged to personally pursue the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with a Rs1.24 billion corruption scam unearthed in the…