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News Desk Islamabad: All educational institutions in Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) launched a massive drive to collect donations for the earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria in response to the prime minister’s plea for support of…

                                    Pictorial Asem Mustafa Awan: The bone-chilling cold has made the kittens sit close to the comfort of the heater, and they are doing it because the fear factor is missing. The photographer Malik…

News Desk Islamabad: A westerly wind that had previously affected North Balochistan will engulf the higher parts of the country on Friday night and deliver light to moderate rain with snowfall over the hills in various parts of the…

Ishtiaq Ahmed This short piece is prompted by the current process underway for the appointment of Vice Chancellor of the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU) by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training (MoFEPT).  I am quite…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: One-and-a-half-year-old Irfan, sitting in his mother’s lap at a private shelter home, is continually trying to divert his mother’s attention as tears are rolling down her cheeks while she explains her suffering at…

News Desk Islamabad: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) introduced a new child-focused initiative designed to improve nation-level disaster preparedness and better prepare for upcoming climate calamities. To address the…

Mukhtar Kareem Quetta: Climate change, an intimidating phenomenon, is a cause for some  huge concerns amongst the global community. However, governments across the globe by and large  have been reluctant in taking required measures to slow…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has indicated chances of rain-wind-thundershower in southeast Sindh, upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, upper Punjab and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. While mainly…

News Desk United Nations: Pakistan was ranked 161st among 191 countries on the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) 2022 annual rankings. The HDI ranking is measured by combining indicators of health, education, and standards of living,…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned the concerned authorities to take precautionary measures in wake of more rains during the coming days due to another low-pressure area (LPA) approaching Sindh from…