Four new cities likely to get hotter than usual by end of 21st century: Study

ISLAMABAD:A recent study has revealed four cities which are likely to get hotter than usual by the end of 21st century due to climate change in the region. The country is facing extreme weather changes for the past few decades which have affected certain regions more than others. Experts, academicians, environmentalists and general public are […]

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Business community asked to have close liaison with FTO to address their grievances

ISLAMABAD:Federal Tax Ombudsman ( FTO) Dr Asif Mahmood Jah Sunday emphasized the urgent need of uninterrupted close liaison of business community and tax payers with FTO offices across the country for immediate redress of their genuine grievances on top priority. While talking a corporate sector delegation led by Meher Kashif Younis, former Senior Vice President […]

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Prolonged power outages: manifestation of previous government’s incompetence

ISLAMABAD:Despite having a 38,000 MW power generation capacity, people had to bear the brunt of prolonged power outages across the country during the last half of April primarily due to the mismanagement of the then government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The frequent power disruption forced people to recall the era before 2013 during which they […]

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International Families Day being celebrated

ISLAMABAD:International Day of Families marked on May 15 (Sunday) across the globe including Pakistan, celebrated the importance of families and the work started during the International Year of Families. International Day of Families promoted the importance of a healthy and well-balanced family. A wide range of events were organized at local, national and international levels. […]

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Bilawal to lead Pak delegation at meeting on global food crisis

UNITED NATIONS:Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will arrive in New York on Tuesday to lead Pakistan’s delegation to a ministerial-level meeting on global food security aimed at responding to the escalating food prices across the world in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who convened the meeting at […]

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Spiking temperature rise, heatwave in summers to increase GLOF frequency: Experts

ISLAMABAD:The abrupt temperature increase and heatwave impacts spiking-up may increase the potential threats and frequency of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) like incidents in the northern areas of the country during the summer. The Shisper Glacier in Hassabad Village of Hunza District created damage to property and infrastructure falling on its route of surge as […]

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PTDC, Agri Tourism Corporation join hands to promote tourism in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), Agri Tourism Development Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote the concept of Sustainable Rural Tourism in Pakistan. Aftab-ur-Rehman Rana, Managing Director PTDC and Tariq Tanveen, CEO of Agri Tourism Development Corporation signed the MoU at PTDC Head Office with the purpose to develop a working relationship between […]

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Public-private partnership in healthcare services imperative for sustainable society

ISLAMABAD:Public-Private partnership for rendering quality health care services in far flung areas of the country is look more imperative and a way forward to establish more sustainable and strong society. These remarks were expressed by the Director Operation MERF (Medical Emergency Resilience Foundation Pakistan) Syed Ghalib in an exclusive interview with reporter. He said that […]

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