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News Desk Islamabad: The agency is seeking $173.5 million to provide humanitarian assistance to flood victims in post-disaster relief efforts. Only 15 per cent of the total pledged funds for the UN’s flash appeal has been received…

News Desk Karachi: “The interested stakeholders must support the idea of building a Disaster Risk Management unit for the cultural heritage, which would support the development of art conservation in Pakistan, and allow for the heritage…

Shazia Mehboob Mansehra: The Hazara University in Mansehra was visited by the Italian Archaeological Mission to Pakistan on Friday. The mission team was led by the University of Naples, Italy Department of African, Asian, and Mediterranean…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: Rishi Sunak is firmly installed at 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister. As the first non-white and the first Asian Prime Minister of the UK, he has shattered the ultimate glass…

Wraa Noor Haider Islamabad: As many as 53 Pakistani journalists were killed in the country between 2012 and 2022, but the perpetrators were convicted in only two cases,  according to Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report released…

Mukhtar Kareem Quetta: Climate change, an intimidating phenomenon, is a cause for some  huge concerns amongst the global community. However, governments across the globe by and large  have been reluctant in taking required measures to slow…

News Desk Quetta: In a major move to encourage women and balance gender-based discrimination in Balochistan, comparatively a conservative province with many cultural barriers, the Balochistan police have deployed female traffic…

APP Islamabad: The Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change was briefed on Friday that the country witnessed a 300 per cent increase in glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) incidents and rising sea level threatening the existence of…

News Desk Peshawar:  The Provincial Meteorological Center Peshawar (PMCP) on Friday said that mainly dry weather is expected in most districts of the province, while cold in hilly areas during the next 24 hours. However, it said that…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan needs at least US$16.3 billion for rehabilitation and reconstruction in a resilient way and overall resilience of the country to future climate shocks, said a report of Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA)…