The United States green-lighted the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine late on Friday, paving the way for millions of vulnerable people to receive their shots in the world\’s hardest-hit country. President Donald Trump immediately released a video on Twitter, where he hailed the news as a “medical miracle” and said the first immunisations would take place “in […]
AYUN: The year\’s last festival of the Kalash tribe of Chitral got underway in the three valleys of Buburate, Birir and Rumbur. It will continue till 22nd of this month. The main function to launch the winter festival of Chitramas or Choumos was held at the newly-constructed dancing hall in the village of Blangoro in
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A project that combines satellite images, mapping technologies and the local knowledge of villagers to help build climate-proof settlements in disaster-prone areas of Pakistan won an international award on Thursday. More than one million people have benefited from the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) Pakistan project, which was a gold prize winner at the World
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It was his first contact with another elephant in eight years. Reaching out with his trunk, Kaavan tentatively greeted a fellow inhabitant of the Cambodian sanctuary where he is beginning his new life after being rescued from grim conditions in the Islamabad zoo. The 36-year-old bull elephant — dubbed the “world\’s loneliest” — was the
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Many have been telling spooky tales about royal residences since the dawn of time as royal fans believe supernatural creatures lurk the halls of the palaces. Amongst the royal properties that are most famous for strange and mysterious happenings within palace walls, is Windsor Castle which has made headlines for being haunted. According to a
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