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News Desk Peshawar: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Wednesday issued an alert of flash floods in Upper and Lower Chitral, Kohistan, Upper and Lower Dir, and Swat due to the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF).…

News Desk Peshawar: Himalayan glaciers disappeared 65 percent faster in the 2010s than in the previous decade; the glaciers could lose up to 80 per cent of their current volume by the end of this century; the availability of water in the…

News Desk Italy: About two dozen bronze statues dating from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD have been discovered in the ruins of ancient spas in Europe with the help of a former garbage collector. A month after the discovery…

Asem Mustafa Awan A new spike of inflation has gripped the country well ahead of the start of Ramazan, the holy month of fasting for Muslims all over the world. The back breaking rise in prices of daily use items is taking toll on all but…

News Desk Bogota: An outbreak of bird flu is causing significant losses in several species of wildlife in Peru. The H5N1 strain has killed thousands of sea lions and pelicans in protected areas across the country, authorities said.…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The entire country was submerged in darkness, but according to the Minister for Energy, Khurram Dastagir, this was ‘business as usual’, a minor glitch and nothing to worry about but a ‘voltage fluctuation’.…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The recent-past deadly floods in Pakistan have not only served as a wake-up call for the government and policy makers but have also served as a stark reminder to the international community, particularly wealthy…

Wraa Noor Haider Islamabad: As many as 53 Pakistani journalists were killed in the country between 2012 and 2022, but the perpetrators were convicted in only two cases,  according to Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report released…

Islamabad: An estimated 1,000 maternal healthcare facilities have been completely or partially destroyed in flood-affected areas of Sindh province, leaving thousands of pregnant women’s health vulnerable to flood devastations, a state-run…