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News Desk Peshawar: A toll-free helpline called "Marsata" has been launched in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to assist displaced Afghans. This initiative, inaugurated by the local non-governmental organization Blue Veins, in collaboration with the…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Rawalpindi's Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director Muhammad Tanveer has affirmed a no-tolerance stance against defaulters, emphasising strict adherence to the law. He directed officers to enforce…

News Desk Bahawalpur: The local Met Office on Saturday predicted dry to partly cloudy weather for the city for the next 24 hours. The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded were 25 degrees Celsius and 16 degrees Celsius during the last…

AFP/APP New York: New York State sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, pointing to the soda giant's plastic waste as a scourge of waterways and blasting the company's "misleading" statements on the environment. The civil suit, filed by New York…

News Desk Peshawar: The health experts at a seminar in Peshawar on Monday revealed that 40 per cent of children in Pakistan are either overweight or obese. This alarming trend is primarily attributed to a sedentary lifestyle, excessive…

APP Peshawar: Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Aafaq Wazir emphasised that the polio vaccine would protect the future generation from permanent disability for which the parents’ cooperation is imperative. Chairing a review meetingon…

APP Islamabad: Most parts of the country, especially Karachi hospitals, are witnessing a surge in cases of the influenza virus. We advise people to take necessary precautions and not panic given the rise in influenza cases, said Chest…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) informed that the Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS) over the west-central Arabian Sea has crossed the Yemen coast south of Al Ghaydah late at night or early in the…

News Desk Islamabad: Several passengers received injuries as the driver of a metro bus lost control and drove the bus over the boundary wall near Faiz Ahmed Faiz metro bus station on Tuesday. According to details, an eyewitness said…

News Desk Peshawar: A developed handicrafts sector in Pakistan could guarantee a handsome contribution to GDP, investment opportunities, enhanced foreign exchange earnings, cultural preservation, entrepreneurial development, and…