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News Desk Lahore: The provincial capital once again ranked as the world’s most polluted major city on Saturday morning after its air quality plunged into the “hazardous” category, according to Swiss monitoring platform IQAir. At…

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…

News Desk Islamabad: The United States has approved the sale of state-of-the-art air-to-air missiles to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), signalling a revival of defense collaboration between the two countries after years of limited…

APP Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday met Professor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Government of Bangladesh, and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to building constructive and forward-looking relations with Dhaka…

Dr Ikramullah Peshawar: South Asia has recently seen powerful youth-led movements, with Nepal and Bangladesh standing out as examples where younger generations rose against injustice and forced political change. Whether such…

News Desk Islamabad: A wave of sudden celebrity deaths in South Asia—reportedly due to heart attacks—has ignited a firestorm of speculation online, with many social media users attributing the incidents to anti-aging treatments and…

News Desk Islamabad: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has confirmed that the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan was not solely a military decision but the result of intense US diplomatic intervention amid fears of…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan's data consumption surged to unprecedented levels in FY2024-25, with citizens using a staggering 27,897 petabytes (approximately 28 billion gigabytes) through mobile and fixed broadband services, according…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that the threat of war between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India is at its most dangerous level in years,…

APP Istanbul:  Pakistan and Turkiye on Sunday reaffirmed their commitment to deepening multifaceted cooperation and elevating their strategic partnership to new heights. Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, currently on a two-day…