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Chief secretary promises special focus on resolving Chitral\’s issues

May 23, 2023

PESHAWAR: Chief Secretary Nadeem Afzal Chaudhry said special focus would be made on resolving Chitral\’s issues. He was talking to a delegation from Chitral led by Shahzada Sirajul Mulk at his office on Monday. The delegation members briefed the chief secretary about the issues of both Lower and Upper Chitral, particularly the poor condition of […]

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March 1, 2023

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Looming danger of nuclear war in Ukraine

October 9, 2022

Col (r) Ikram Ullah Khan Amid growing fears that Russian President Putin may resort to using nuclear arms in Ukraine to stave off a possible rout of his invading forces after Ukrainian army launched a doughty counter-offensive against them, the threat of nuclear war is looming large on Ukraine\’s murky horizon. This grim senario of

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The forgotten medieval habit of \’two sleeps\’

January 15, 2022

For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear? It was around 23:00 on 13 April 1699, in a small village in the north of England. Nine-year-old Jane Rowth blinked her eyes open and squinted out into the moody

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Soldier drinking beer out of dead Taliban’s prosthetic leg

December 1, 2020

Senior Australian special forces soldiers drank beer out of the prosthetic leg of a dead Taliban soldier at an unauthorised bar in Afghanistan – with a photograph of the act being revealed for the first time by Guardian Australia. A number of photographs obtained by the Guardian show one senior soldier – who is still serving –

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Why India’s citizenship law has stirred anger?

December 28, 2019

India is in lockdown after violent protests swept across the country against Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. Defying curfews and internet shutdowns, tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to reject the ruling party’s Hindu nationalist agenda. Critics claim the law threatens India’s status as a secular democracy while the demonstrations have

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\’Snow-capped Himalayas turning into black mountains\’

May 30, 2018

ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of Nepal in Pakistan Sewa Lamsal Adhikari called for mountains to be protected from the effects of climate change, at an event to mark Mount Everest Day on Tuesday. “The snow-capped Himalayas are gradually turning into black mountains. Nepal and Pakistan house most of the world’s tallest mountains and both require additional

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Assembly approves bill merging FATA with KP

May 27, 2018

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly on Sunday approved the KP-FATA merger bill, paving way for the merger of the Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) with the province. The bill was passed with two-thirds majority — a Constitutional prerequisite for the proposed merger. As many as 92 lawmakers voted in favour while seven MPAs used

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Car meets with accident, no casualties

February 18, 2018

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Seven killed in road accident in Ghizer

February 1, 2018

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