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AZERTAC/APP Baku: Extreme day-to-day temperature swings have intensified markedly in recent decades, particularly in low- and mid-latitude regions where most of the world’s population lives, a study published in Nature has found, Anadolu…

APP  Peshawar: As Pakistan’s population surpassed 245 million last year, the strain on its most vital resource—water—is becoming impossible to ignore.  In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a combination of warm winters, declining snowfall, and…

Nadeem Tanoli Islamabad: Pakistan’s deepening education challenges came into sharp focus in Parliament on Friday as the Ministry of Education acknowledged that literacy gains remain far too weak to keep pace with the country’s rapidly…

News Desk  Lahore: Coordinator to the Federal Tax Ombudsman, Saif Ur Rehman, has warned that Pakistan’s rapidly growing population, coupled with intensifying climate change impacts, poses a grave threat to the country’s economic…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In a country where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line, as reported by the World Bank, the sight of an elderly man balancing heaps of snack packets on his motorbike through the narrow…

Sher Ahmed Durrani  Islamabad: Balochistan is the largest province in Pakistan, and it stands at a complicated crossroads, struggling to come to terms with deep-seated poverty. This issue goes beyond the realm of economic statistics; it…

AFP/APP United Nations: Nearly 80 percent of the world’s poorest population — about 900 million people — are directly exposed to climate hazards intensified by global warming, bearing what the United Nations has described as a “double…

APP Karachi: More than 2.4 million girls aged 9 to 14 years—66 percent of the target population—have been vaccinated during Sindh’s 12-day Human Papillomavirus (HPV) campaign, which concluded on Saturday. To boost coverage, district…

App Islamabad: Leading cancer expert has cautioned of a sudden increase in colorectal, liver, and oral cancer rates in young people, citing plastic exposure, food contamination, and environmental pollution among other causes. Speaking…

Iftikhar Ahmed Peshawar: Often called the Manchester of Pakistan, Faisalabad has seen a rapid rise in population over the years. With the fast growth in the number of residents, the roads are packed with heavy traffic, causing serious…