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News Desk United Nations: One life lost is one too many. We must undertake all efforts, including by developing transparent, safe, and predictable disembarkation mechanisms for people in distress at sea, while complying with…

News Desk Paris: Google launched its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union, Brazil, and a dozen other countries on Thursday and unveiled new features as it expanded access to its answer to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT. The US tech giant…

Asem Mustafa Awan The alarm bells are ringing, and with floods and upcoming monsoons, the picture appears bleak. The United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) has done the needful and it is time the government took measures to secure…

News Desk Islamabad: The National Assembly on Saturday unanimously recognised and expressed gratitude for the contributions of international and civil society organisations and the Pakistani diaspora in addressing climate change-related…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Over 1.5 million children, between six months and 59 months of age, would be vaccinated against measles during the week-long drive, launched in 10 districts of Punjab, including 42 union councils (UCs) in Rawalpindi…

News Desk United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for immediate global action towards net-zero emissions which must start with the polluted heart of the climate crisis: the fossil fuel industry. Countries must…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: The ‘political family mafia’ and the ‘mob rule’ has taken full control of the country. I cannot comment on Imran Khan’s arrest because I am not privy to the case against him but the manner of his arrest was wrong…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: The arrest of Imran Khan has further exacerbated the political impasse in Pakistan, beleaguered by mounting political and economic crisis. The foreign exchange reserves have dwindled, barely enough to pay for a…

Muhammad Ajeeb London: One of the country’s biggest drawbacks is that it has for a long period been ruthlessly and mercilessly ruled by the connivance of feudals, wealthy families, senior bureaucrats, and army generals, who have inflated…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Sweden and Finland abandon their long-standing policy of military non-alignment to apply to become the members of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), founded in 1949. The NATO is pledged to the collective defence…