education

News DeskPeshawar: The state of girls’ education in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is dismal, out of the 4.7 million out-of-school children in the province, around 66 per cent are girls.Moreover, around 23 per cent of girls cannot reach the…

News DeskIslamabad/Lahore: Schizophrenia affects approximately 24 million people or one in every 300 people (0.32 per cent) worldwide and this rate is 1 in 222 people (0.45 per cent) among adults, according to the World Health…

News DeskNottingham: The British sculptural artist Willard Wigan surprised everyone by creating works of art smaller than an ant. A ‘miniature masterpiece’ consisting of 24 sculptures by Dr Willard will be exhibited at the Woolton Paul…

News DeskA 4-year-old boy Saeed Rashid Al-Mehiri from Abu Dhabi has become the world’s youngest author after writing a book called ‘The Elephant, Saeed, and the Bear’, which has sold 1,000 copies as of March 9, 2023.The book’s story…

News DeskIslamabad: Meta has partnered with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the non-profit Poynter Institute to create a free introductory fact-checking course, which is composed of three modules focusing on…

News DeskRawalpindi: The prevalence of glaucoma, a vision-threatening condition in children, is becoming more common in Pakistan, which requires proper intervention.Al-Shifa Trust Head of Paediatric Department Dr Sumaira Altaf said…

News DeskISLAMABAD: Globally, 2.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and 4.5 billion people have no adequate facility for safely managed sanitation services, said Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources…

Mohammed AjeebBradford: Yesterday when I was browsing through my archive I came across a quite lengthy article which was written by me about 10 years ago and published in the International Daily News London in two instalments.It…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: These four friends ran out of fuel. Soon found timely help and are again off on wheels. There are many points to ponder: firstly, personal safety is overlooked which is a concern; secondly, they are out to…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan urgently needed the financial inclusion of women to turn fifty percent of its population into a productive workforce. Assisting women with the promotion of their fledgling businesses through information…