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Girls Awards is a global initiative to identify and support strong local organisations working with and for girls with flexible funding. The charity – based in Peshawar, Pakistan – is recognised for its work to promote...

The Secretary General of Pakistan Academy of Sciences and Chairman of Biotechnology Department at Quaid-i-Azam University, Prof. Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari is the laureate of 2015 UNESCO Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science. Upon the recommendation...

The main city in occupied Kashmir is under a security lockdown to prevent protests during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Police sharpshooters are stationed on the rooftops of all buildings near the cricket...

Pakistan is striving to mount diplomatic pressure on India to move towards resolving the Kashmir dispute based on United Nations Security Council resolutions. This was stated by Pakistan’s permanent envoy to United Nations Maleeha Lodhi while...

Various literary, educational, political, social and cultural organizations have chalked special programmes to pay homage to the national poet. Pakistan Academy of Letters Islamabad is organizing a function in connection with Iqbal Day tomorrow. Renowned poets,...

Damascus: Increasing numbers of Syria’s women and men, considered by this observer as this war-torn country’s ‘Monument Citizens’ have recently expanded the scope and range of cultural heritage site protection and preservation on behalf of humanity....

Part I – Jill Stein and the Green Party The presumptive presidential candidate for the U.S. Green Party, Dr. Jill Stein, has long held definite ideas of what the party’s position should be on the Israeli-Palestinian...

The government says it is considering developing an underground rail network in Dhaka to ease terrible traffic congestion. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the Planning Commission to ready a project for this, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa...

By Ali Raza Just when people were hoping that the Afghan Taliban’s strength had been broken due to the ‘sudden’ death of their leader, Mullah Omar, the attack on the city of Kunduz came as a...

First Aid Training For Media Personnel by Pakistan Red Crescent Society, Dera Ismail Khan Branch ( KPK) Two days Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement Dissemination and Basic First Aid Training Workshop for Media Personnel in...