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News Desk Islamabad: A unanimous resolution was passed by the Senate on Friday to denounce the heinous violation of the Holy Quran in Sweden and the Netherlands, and sharply protested against the Swedish and Dutch governments for…

News Desk Peshawar: In order to ensure that all institutions are working together to defend children’s rights, speakers at a consultative session on the institutional framework for child protection in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa stressed the…

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Wraa Noor Islamabad: In Pakistan, the mortality rate of pneumonia is 72 deaths per thousand live births under the age of five, which is an alarming rate, apprised PIMS Child Specialist Dr Traiq. “In the winter season, viral infections…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: We are about to say goodbye to 2022 and a warm welcome to 2023, in hope and in trepidation. 2022 has been perhaps the most tumultuous year for both countries of my residence – Pakistan my country of birth and…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Following the submission of a no-confidence motion by the Pakistan Democratic Alliance against Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, the political pundits are gauging the pulse of the ongoing battle between…

Mohammed Ajeeb London: With the recent announcement by the retiring army chief Bajwa that the military has decided to follow strictly the policy of non-interference in the country's politics, is not being taken seriously to be true by…

Badil Baloch Quetta: After decades of persecution, oppression and exploitation; the fishermen of Gwadar resorted to a sudden up rise, sending a wave of serious concerns to their exploiters and oppressors. Gwadar district has around a…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: One-and-a-half-year-old Irfan, sitting in his mother’s lap at a private shelter home, is continually trying to divert his mother’s attention as tears are rolling down her cheeks while she explains her suffering at…

News Desk Islamabad: The water table is abnormally low and the resultant water shortage could plunge the federal capital into a serious crisis in the future, said Deputy Commissioner of  Islamabad Irfan Nawaz Memon on Wednesday. DC…