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Heavy Rainfall Lashes Mirpur Division

News Desk Mirpur: In the final leg of the monsoon, certain parts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), including the lakeside Mirpur district, experienced the heaviest spell of torrential rain, strong winds and thunder late Friday. While this…

Climate Change, Monsoon & GLOF

Sadia Kayani Islamabad: The monsoon is the season of heavy rain, melting glaciers, cloudbursts, lightning, and GLOF (Glacial Lake Outburst Flood). The combination of these climatic factors compounds the risk of natural disasters.…

Their Last Wish Was Milk!

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Hungry and crying, their last wish was milk, and what happened next was the family of four ending their lives owing to the tyrannical system prevailing in Pakistan. Help was sought but it was simply not…

Pakistan’s Fault Line

Seemab Khan Peshawar: Pakistan hatched out of the colonial egg on 14th August 1947, justifiably on an ideological basis followed by Islamic democracy and a desire for maximum provincial autonomy. The 1973 Constitution of Pakistan divided…