By Malik Asad ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has removed all permanent staff from its news and current affairs channel and detached the transmissions of four provinces from its main hook-up. Sources in the PBC (Radio Pakistan) said during the last a few months, the management had transferred over a couple of dozen permanent […]
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RESHUN, May 31: The Chitral Environment Protection Society (CHEPS) in collaboration with the Government High School Reshun, Islamia Model School and College Reshun, Samarqand School and College Reshun, Community Based School Reshun and Government Primary School Reshun arranged an awareness programme in at GHS Reshun. “The programme aimed at minimizing natural hazards where men act
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LAHORE, May 29: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm and disgust over the murder of a young woman, who was beaten to death with bricks by her family, close to the Lahore High Court for marrying without their consent. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the commission said: `The HRCP is
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ISLAMABAD, May 29: The worst has come true for the Alpine Club, which has conceded that Pakistan is not a popular destination for mountain climbers this summer. “Security and safety is the biggest deterrent for foreign climbers. Deaths of climbers at Nanga Parbat base camp, last year, are one of the major reasons why foreign
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KARACHI, May 28: Leading climate change researchers, policy makers, and disaster response experts gathered at the Climate Change Adaptation Conference here to discuss the impact of climate change on the lives of people living in the coastal areas of Pakistan. The conference organised by Focus Humanitarian Assistance Programme (FOCUS) Pakistan – an agency of the
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