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AFP/APP Beijing: Beijing is the third most polluted major city on Earth on Wednesday, just ahead of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, stated IQAir– air quality monitoring firm. With tens of millions of people in northern China under severe…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: The situation in Gaza is growing more desperate by the hour. I regret that instead of a critically needed humanitarian pause, supported by the international community, Israel has intensified its military operations,…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: Two years after Pakistan became the first country in the world to specifically legislate on journalists’ safety, the state is still failing to use this important legal instrument to combat the rising impunity of…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: In a powerful display of solidarity, British Muslims came out in force in Bradford, Manchester, and London in alliance with Palestine to voice their condemnation of the relentless and indiscriminate bombardment of…

Asmat Shah Garwaki Peshawar: As many as 5.4 million school-aged children in Pakistan would be obese by 2030 if the unchecked sale and manufacturing of unsafe food, including chips and snacks, continued at such a high rate in markets,…

APP Chitral: A tourist spot Garam Chashma (Hot Spring) known as ‘Tongshogor’ of Bhisti Valley, founded by the local tourists in lower Chitral, is a charming place to promote tourism. This eye-catching place is located at an altitude…

Fakhar e Alam Peshawar: The October 27, 1947, and August 5, 2019 are the blackest days in the history of Kashmir as on these days, India had made a deep-rooted conspiracy to rob Kashmiris of their history, language and ethno-cultural…

APP Rawalpindi: As many as 30 new dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 2,133 in the district. District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC) Dr…

News Desk Rawalpindi: The District Health Authority (DHA) has lodged 29 FIRs (First Information Report), issued tickets to 11, sealed one premises, and imposed a fine of Rs 279,000 on violations of dengue SOPs during the last 24 hours.…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: It has not gone unnoticed that despite the crocodile tears of Pakistani politicians and the public outcry, the government and the Pakistani military establishment have remained relatively silent on the current…