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AFP/APP Thailand: Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai was blanketed by hazy smog Friday, as residents and visitors to the usually picturesque northern city were left wheezing in the toxic air. The city topped air monitoring website…

News Desk Islamabad: A fresh bout of rain hit low-lying areas, while upper regions of Hazara division experienced snowfall starting on Sunday, leading to a drop in temperature. The high-altitude areas like Kaghan, Siren, and Konsh…

APP Hyderabad:  Smoking inflicts harm on nearly every organ in the body and adversely impacts overall health, said cardiologist Dr Kashif on Thursday. However, individuals can markedly decrease their risk of smoking-related diseases…

Shazia Mehboob Peshawar: The increasing level of household pollution, both in the form of biomass and solid waste generation, is posing serious threats to public health and the environment in Peshawar. The air quality index (AQI) in…

Naveed ul Haq Malik Lahore: In the wake of uncontrolled expansion, poorly conceived development initiatives, and inadequate time management by city authorities, Lahore finds itself entrenched in yet another winter of dense smog,…

Dr Saeed Ahmad Ali Lahore: On November 2nd, the capital city of Punjab was shrouded in a thick blanket of smog, obscuring even its towering buildings and historic landmarks. The streets were crowded with motorbike riders determined to…

Xinhua/APP New Delhi: The overall air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 302 on Sunday, and the most prominent pollutants are PM 2.5 and PM 10, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research…

Xinhua/APP Beijing: China’s national observatory on Tuesday morning issued a yellow alert as Typhoon Koinu approaches the southern and eastern parts of the country. It is the third most severe warning in its four-tier typhoon warning…

Peshawar: Witnessing the historic independence movement of Pakistan, the Islamia College Peshawar (ICP) has carried the torch of education for the people of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for the past 110 years. ICP is a distinctive educational…

Islamabad: The Asian Study Group (ASG) and Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) organized a comprehensive programme on the origin, history, evolution, art, popularity, tradition, and performance of Qawwali to entertain the audience…