GILGIT: Eight people, including a child, were killed and nine others injured on Friday when a van carrying tourists plunged into a ravine near Babusar Pass in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Chilas Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Wazir Liaqat said the vehicle, carrying 16 tourists, was headed to Gilgit from Sahiwal. “After the vehicle […]
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said the coffee table book ‘Fading Vistas’ underscoring the beauty of northern Pakistan reminded that what was at stakes in the highly glaciated region of the country due to climate change. The minister was speaking at the launch of the coffee
PESHAWAR: At least five people, including three children, were killed in rain-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as heavy showers continued wreaking havoc in the province, officials said on Thursday. Rain-related in incidents, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), left a man dead and two women injured in Abbottabad as their house collapsed due
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has allowed students appearing in the Medical and Dental Colleges\’ Admission Test (MDCAT) 2023 to change their venue/admitting university in the registration portal of the council. The option will only be open for a limited period of 48 hours from August 6 to 7. “The candidates who have
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Climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which is warming faster than the global average, the World Meteorological Office (WMO) said in a new report published on Thursday. Climate change impacts. Melting ice and glaciers and rising sea levels threaten more socio-economic disruption in future, according to the agency’s latest State of the Climate report for
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