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Five million Chinese workers expected in Pakistan by 2025

KARACHI: There would be around five million Chinese nationals working in Pakistan by 2025 whose health needs can only be met by enhancing collaboration between Pakistani and Chinese medical universities, research institutes and biotechnological firms under the China Pakistan Health Corridor (CPHC), a senior Pakistani public health expert said. “In order to meet the health […]

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Chitral timber mafia making hay out of govt’s ‘windfall policy’

Zar Alam Khan ISLAMABAD: While billions of rupees have been spent on the tsunami afforestation programme, the government’s own policy of cutting trees for commercial use is helping the timber mafia in denuding Chitral of its green forest cover, according to official documents. Under the policy, the trees that are damaged due to strong winds

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Firefighters trying to save world\’s oldest tree

Firefighters battling to protect the world’s biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said they are optimistic it can be saved. Flames are creeping closer to the majestic General Sherman and other giant sequoias, as man-made climate change worsens California’s fearsome fire season. “We have hundreds of firefighters there giving it their all,

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Afghan female footballers evade Taliban, reach Pakistan

Female footballers from Afghanistan along with their families crossed the Torkham border to reach Pakistan on Tuesday night after the government issued emergency humanitarian visas to evacuate them from their country following the Taliban takeover. The footballers belonging to the national junior girls team were facing threats from the Taliban due to their involvement in

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