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News Desk Islamabad: The National Commission for Minorities Bill manifests gaps that need to be addressed to make the prospective minority rights body truly functional, effective, independent, autonomous and resourceful, stated Joint…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir has said that Pakistan will only negotiate with the Afghan Interim Government instead of any other group. Addressing a grand tribal jirga in Peshawar, the Army Chief…

Mohammed Ajeeb Bradford: The suicide terrorist attack on Sunday, July 30 has accounted for 54 lives. This pattern of violence is becoming too regular and frequent. How has the country arrived at this violent juncture? Extremist…

Farooq Mahsud South Waziristan: Women journalists in the southern districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa are dealing with a lack of opportunities and gender discrimination, resulting in a significant shortage of women's voices and perspectives in…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The alarm bells are ringing, and with floods and upcoming monsoons, the picture appears bleak. The United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) has done the needful and it is time the government took measures…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Her merchandise worth only a few thousand rupees, mostly unstitched cloth but authorities turned a deaf ear to the wailing orphan who in her early teens was a bread earner for the family in Larkana and the…

News Desk United Nations: More than 2.4 million refugees will require resettlement in 2024, compared to just over 2 million in 2023, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report. In its ‘Projected…

News Desk Peshawar: The state of girls’ education in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is dismal, out of the 4.7 million out-of-school children in the province, around 66 per cent are girls. Moreover, around 23 per cent of girls cannot reach the…

Shazia Mehboob Peshawar: ‘There can be differences in our views on politics but the entire world has a shared cultural heritage. Like the rest of the world, our approach towards historical sites is pro-archaeology, and we want the…

News Desk Islamabad: All points of sale are selling innovative tobacco products around points of interest for youth. These products, mainly nicotine pouches, are displayed at visible eye level for children and placed beside candies,…