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News Desk Islamabad: One out of every six children worldwide (nearly 333 million) lives below the poverty line and if this number continues to increase, the Sustainable Development Goals to end child poverty by 2030 will not be achieved,…

News Desk United Nations: The extreme weather–an increasingly frequent occurrence in our warming climate–is having a major impact on human health, ecosystems, economies, agriculture, energy, and water supplies, stated World…

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 Peshawar: A two-day Jashan-e-Baharan festival started in Kharasha-Khwa Stori Khel Orakzai tribal district on Saturday to introduce the tourism sector as an industry in the Orakzai merged district and invite tourists to explore…

Shazia Mehboob Tanoli Islamabad: While the bigwigs of the country pleading for financial assistance to fight against climate change implications, the absence of proper disposal mechanisms in the districts sensitive to climate change speaks…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Book Review: This was a common policy and practice applied by the British authorities for the public places during their rule of India. It was perhaps this that led Mahatma Gandhi to remark when asked by a…

Asem Mustafa Awan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif while addressing the Pakistan Day ceremony has said that the future of the country lies in going by the Constitution according to its spirit. "We have to create unity in our ranks," he said.…

Pakistan in Picture  Asem Mustafa Awan This is not an uncommon sight. The donkey handler is a hardworking labourer, one of the lucky one who at least has means to rake out some basic living to be able to feed his family and his three…

News Desk Islamabad: Political will and pecuniary support are needed to combat war, climate change, famine, and the food crisis as humanitarian needs worldwide increase, and be ready for the next emergencies that inevitably lurk around…

News Desk Peshawar: Climate change is a harsh reality that has a negative influence on life on planet Earth. It is urgently necessary to promote the idea of “green entrepreneurship” in order to battle the threat by directing businesses’…