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Farkhand Yousafzai Islamabad: “I will be 100 years old next year and thank God I am still perfectly healthy. To this day, I do not remember ever suffering from any serious illness,” says Qadir Khan, a citizen of Hyderabad which is the…

News Desk Islamabad: An avalanche, triggered from Shounter Top, at Bakarwal Campsite on Saturday morning washed away the site which was a camp established by herders (nomads), thereby killing 11 people and injuring 13. Upon receiving…

News Desk Rawalpindi: A devastating gas explosion took three young lives and injured two others in the Sadiqabad area of Rawalpindi on Saturday. The devastating gas explosion engulfed a residence, resulting in the tragic loss of three…

News Desk Rawalpindi: In a tragic incident that happened on Saturday, a bull race in Gujar Khan’s jurisdiction resulted in the shooting death of one man and the injuries of four others. According to the preliminary reports, the shooting…

Shazia Mehboob Peshawar: ‘There can be differences in our views on politics but the entire world has a shared cultural heritage. Like the rest of the world, our approach towards historical sites is pro-archaeology, and we want the…

APP Islamabad: A 50-year-old person who was tested positive for Mpox upon arrival at Islamabad International Airport on May 22 is now stable and recovering, and would be discharged within a day or two, informed the Ministry of National…

News Desk Islamabad:  Wild poliovirus has been detected in a sewage sample from the Hangu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The Pakistan Polio Laboratory at the National Institute of Health informed us that wild poliovirus type…

AFP Tando Allahyar: At 82 years old, architect Yasmeen Lari is forging the way in fortifying Pakistan’s rural communities living on the frontline of climate change. Lari, Pakistan’s first woman architect, has ditched a lifetime of…

News Desk Abbottabad: The ongoing series of heavy rains coupled with thunder and hailstorms in Abbottabad and Mansehra districts on Friday have started damaging the standing wheat crops, which are ready to harvest. Torrential rain and…

APP Lahore/Bahawalpur: Drizzle in the provincial capital on Friday morning turned the weather pleasant, while the Meteorological Office has projected another wet spell from Sunday, which is likely to persist until Wednesday in the upper…