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\News Desk Geneva: In a new alert, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that more countries now face cholera outbreaks, increasing numbers of cases are being reported, and the outcome for patients is…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi Division Commissioner Laiquat Ali Chatta inaugurated the five-day anti-polio campaign on Monday by administering drops to children under five years of age at the Holy Family Hospital. As many as…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) introduced a new platform, the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR), coupled with SMS verification to help citizens and institutions across the country…

Wraa Noor May 3rd, the World Press Freedom Day, marks the substantial progress towards enabling a free press and freedom of expression around the world. However, media freedom, access to information, freedom of expression and safety…

News Desk Islamabad: As many as 140 cases of threats and attacks against journalists, media professionals, and media organisations were reported in Pakistan between May 2022 and March 2023. This is an average of around 13 cases a month,…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Allah does not change the state of people until they change it themselves. At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in Yemen whilst queuing for financial aid distribution. We also hear of regular reports from Pakistan…

Asem Mustafa Awan In the National Constitutional Convention, emphasis was placed on working together for the bright future of Pakistan and the supremacy of the Constitution. It was reiterated time and again that all state institutions…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Globally, 2.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and 4.5 billion people have no adequate facility for safely managed sanitation services, said Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Rishi Sunak of the Indian ancestry is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Humza Yousaf of Pakistani descent has become the First Minister of Scotland and the leader of Scottish National Party, succeeding…

News Desk Islamabad: The government has successfully completed the first phase of polio vaccination campaign to immunize over 17.41 million children five years old in Sindh and Punjab. The five-day vaccination campaign was held in two…