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News Desk Bogota: An outbreak of bird flu is causing significant losses in several species of wildlife in Peru. The H5N1 strain has killed thousands of sea lions and pelicans in protected areas across the country, authorities said.…

News Desk Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday took notice of an extra-judicial killing of a person in the jurisdiction of Nankana Sahib police station and directed an investigation into the incident. In a…

Mohammed Ajeeb London: Yesterday when I was browsing through my archive I came across a quite lengthy article which was written by me about 10 years ago and published in the International Daily News London in two instalments. It…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: The entire country was submerged in darkness, but according to the Minister for Energy, Khurram Dastagir, this was ‘business as usual’, a minor glitch and nothing to worry about but a ‘voltage fluctuation’.…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The recent-past deadly floods in Pakistan have not only served as a wake-up call for the government and policy makers but have also served as a stark reminder to the international community, particularly wealthy…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Islamabad: The Climate Summit has opened in Egypt. We are way behind what needs to be done to rescue our climate and prevent catastrophes awaiting our planet. No country is doing enough but the developed countries which…

Wraa Noor Haider Islamabad: As many as 53 Pakistani journalists were killed in the country between 2012 and 2022, but the perpetrators were convicted in only two cases,  according to Freedom Network’s Annual Impunity 2022 report released…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan’s second annual partial solar eclipse saw partial viewings in different parts of the country on Tuesday. The partial eclipse began at 13:58 PST and ended at 18:02 PST with greatest eclipse occurred at 16:00…

Islamabad: An estimated 1,000 maternal healthcare facilities have been completely or partially destroyed in flood-affected areas of Sindh province, leaving thousands of pregnant women’s health vulnerable to flood devastations, a state-run…