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APP  Islamabad: At least four people were killed and three were rescued after a boat carrying mostly schoolchildren capsized in the river Jhelum in Srinagar on Tuesday. Personnel of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been…

News Desk  Islamabad: Approximately 150 children die due to various birth defects on a daily basis in Pakistan as revealed by Dr Muhammad Arshad, a distinguished pediatric surgeon and president of the Association of Pediatric Surgeons of…

News Desk  Multan: Leading experts on Friday emphasized the critical significance of water and energy, asserting that they are fundamental to the survival of nations. They stressed the necessity of global discourse on water-related…

News Desk  Islamabad: A team of scientists led by Dr Amir Ali Abbasi at the National Center for Bioinformatics, Quaid-I-Azam University (QAU), has unraveled the reasons behind Pakistan's lower COVID-19 contagion rates during the…

APP Rawalpindi: President Al-Shifa Trust (AST) Eye Hospital, Maj Gen (retd) Rehmat Khan, highlighted a concerning trend on Monday, stating that every fourth person in the country suffers from diabetes, with 25 percent of them unaware of…

AFP/APP Washington: US President Joe Biden and presumptive White House challenger Donald Trump traded barbs Saturday on the key topics of age and immigration, as they targeted the battleground state of Georgia. Biden, hoping to ride…

News Desk  Isialabad: The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) has called on all voices in Pakistan to become part of its efforts to amplify the importance of women in climate action by participating in an `Article…

AFP/APP Havana: The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group on Tuesday announced a six-month extension to a ceasefire in effect since August, with the ELN agreeing to suspend kidnappings for ransom. The…

Sanjay Mathrani Sukkur: On the conclusive day of the Sukkur Youth STEMLearning Festival, speakers underscored the imperative to integrate climate change education and emergency response strategies into the academic curriculum. Active…

APP Islamabad: Approximately 34 million people in Pakistan, constituting 26.7 percent of the adult population aged 20–79, are affected by diabetes. This rate is significantly higher than the global average, where approximately 1 in every…