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Three-day anti-polio campaign begins in 46 sensitive UCs of Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan: More than 500,000 children up to five years of age will be administered polio drops in a three-day anti-polio campaign that began...

Hajj flights from Lahore, Peshawar to begin on August 28, 29

LAHORE/PESHAWAR: The first special hajj flight from Lahore will leave for Saudi Arabia on August 28, while the first hajj flight from Peshawar carrying...

16 killed, over 80 injured as heavy rain, hailstorms hit Peshawar

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Heavy rain accompanied by hailstorms lashed various parts of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 16 persons and injuring more than 80...

Rape cases have shamed India: Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI, India: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the growing incidents of rape in the country have shamed us and...

Iran’s Maryam Mirzakhani becomes first woman to win top maths prize

SEOUL, South Korea: The 37-year-old Iranian-born mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani has become the first woman to be awarded the Fields Medal, mathematics' equivalent to the...

Ebola virus outbreak: Nigeria declares state of emergency

ABUJA, Nigeria: The Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in the country over the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. In...

Love never dies—Love letters written in August 1945 to a 17 year old young Dorothy Bartos Carlberg reached her in August 2014

Love never dies—Love letters written in August 1945 to a 17 year old young Dorothy Bartos Carlberg reached her in August 2014 Monitoring Desk: This...

Man, woman shot dead in Balochistan for honour

QUETTA, Pakistan: A man and a woman were shot dead by a relative in a honour killing incident in Dera Allahyar area of Balochistan’s...

Italy willing to give Pakistan soft loans for energy, education sectors

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Italian ambassador Adriano Chiodi Cianfarani held a meeting with the federal finance minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad on Monday, during which...

350 small hydel power stations to be set up in Malakand

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will set up 350 small hydel power stations in Malakand Division to generate 9,000 megawatts electricity. The media reports...

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