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News Desk Islamabad: Meta warned a million Facebook users Friday that they have been "exposed" to seemingly innocuous smartphone applications designed to steal passwords to the social network. So far this year, Meta has identified…

News Desk Parachinar: Heavy hailstorm with torrential rain on Thursday destroyed standing crops over a vast area and vegetables in tribal district Kurram, local sources said. The hailstorm continued in Mahora, Sameer, Topki, Ibrahimzai,…

Islamabad: Prime Minister's Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Muhammad Tahir Ashrafi has said that transgender persons were part of the society and they should be given full rights. Talking to a delegation of…

News Desk A private aesthetic clinic Sunday set up a medical camp for the Afghan refugees exposed to infectious skin diseases and provided treatment to many, including children and women. The refugees, who were exposed to infectious…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a breakout session on Tuesday urged the United Nations member states to accelerate focus on poor, vulnerable and marginalized groups by ensuring implementation on resolutions passed to achieve the target…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has indicated chances of rain-wind-thundershower in southeast Sindh, upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, upper Punjab and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. While mainly…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has announced scholarships worth Rs.45 million for students belonging to religious minorities. Ministry’s Spokesperson Umar Butt informed that the ministry had…

News Desk United Nations: Pakistan was ranked 161st among 191 countries on the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) 2022 annual rankings. The HDI ranking is measured by combining indicators of health, education, and standards of living,…

Asma Ghani Islamabad: 10 years ago, in August 2012, hundreds of Christian families, living in Mehrabadi area near G-12 Islamabad, fled their homes at night to save their lives leaving behind all their belongings after a teenage girl of…

Asma Kundi ISLAMABAD: Nida, 42, a Christian housemaid, rang the doorbell of a nearby house, where she worked as a cleaner and after the door opened, she asked the house lady if she could use their toilet. The lady inquired why she…