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APP Islamabad: Renowned meteorologist Anjum Nazir Zaigham has called for better planning and legislation to mitigate the effects of smog, which he described as the result of years of accumulated pollution. Zaigham explained that…

Adnan Bacha Swat: A married woman was allegedly murdered in the name of honor in the Manglawar Banjot area of Swat, police sources reported on Sunday. Following the alleged murder, local police arrested four individuals, including the…

AFP/APP Iraq: In a sun-baked cemetery in northern Iraq, silence lingers over a forsaken corner devoid of mourners, where women killed in gender-based violence rest in unmarked graves. Domestic violence and femicide have long plagued…

News Desk  Islamabad: Journalists and civil society members have strongly opposed the proposed Punjab Defamation Bill (2024).  In a letter signed by journalists and civil society members from across Pakistan, they asserted that this…

APP Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will announce the unofficial results of all 859 constituencies of the National and Provincial Assemblies on February 9, which will be issued by the Returning Officers. “The ECP…

APP Peshawar: At least three labourers were killed and seven others critically injured when a mini dumper carrying them skidded off the road and fell in a gorge in Achar Nala area of Upper Kohistan late at night, police revealed on…

Tahira Adam Khan Loralai, Balochistan: “I am a victim of gender-based violence (GBV) and I believe the root cause is the nature of male dominance. I’m financially independent, yet my in-laws continue to put pressure on me and harass me.…

New York: Plastic production has increased exponentially over recent decades and today the world generates 400 million metric tonnes of plastic waste a year. Therefore, the world must beat the toxic tidal wave of plastic pollution that…

News Desk Kohistan: At least 10 members of the same family, including women and children, died and 13 others injured when a house caught fire and its roof collapsed on the residents in Siri Paye, an area of Lower Kohistan district of…

News Desk Peshawar: An exclusive protection centre has been established in Peshawar to provide shelter and free food to older people and persons under the age of 18 from the transgender community. District Officer Noor Muhammad said,…