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AFP/APP Washington: US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley faced a firestorm of criticism on Thursday after failing to mention slavery as a cause of the American Civil War when asked what led to the conflict at a campaign event. Less…

Shazia Mehboob Peshawar: The increasing level of household pollution, both in the form of biomass and solid waste generation, is posing serious threats to public health and the environment in Peshawar. The air quality index (AQI) in…

AFP/ APP United Nations: There are no functioning hospitals in the north of Gaza, and injured patients who need surgery and cannot be moved are “waiting to die," the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday in a plea for a…

APP Lahore: The number of dengue cases is decreasing in Punjab, as only 18 new cases were reported in the province during the last 24 hours. The latest Health Department data reveals a total of 15,047 confirmed dengue cases across 36…

News Desk Islamabad: The Ministry of Energy's Petroleum Division issued a Saturday clarification, debunking the attributed suggestion of Petroleum Levy review by the Energy Minister as factually incorrect. The ministry, in a statement,…

APP Rawalpindi: As many as three more dengue cases were reported in Rawalpindi during the last 24 hours, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 2,680 in the district. District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr…

Xinhua/APP Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted the South Indian Ocean on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences reported. The quake's epicenter, located at a depth of 10.0 km, was initially…

News Desk Bahawalpur/Karachi: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts that hot and dry weather is likely to prevail over most parts of the Sindh province. Meanwhile, the local Met Office forecast dry to partly cloudy…

News Desk Islamabad/Karachi: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts that dry weather is expected in most areas of the country, while cloudy weather with rain-wind-thunderstorm is likely at isolated places in north…

News Desk Rawalpindi: Director General Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa has directed the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) to take action against illegal advertisements and marketing, and lodge FIRs against the owners of the illegal…