HERAT: Authorities from Afghanistan’s vice ministry created a bonfire of confiscated musical instruments and equipment in Herat province at the weekend, deeming music immoral. “Promoting music causes moral corruption and playing it will cause the youth to go astray,” said Aziz al-Rahman al-Muhajir, head of the Herat department of the Ministry for the Promotion of […]
DUBAI: Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday attended the unveiling of the wax figure of former prime minister Shaheed Benazir Bhutto at an event held at Madame Tussauds in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. She is the first Pakistani whose wax figure is displayed at Madame Tussauds, Dubai. The occasion coincides
CHITRAL: The main Chitral-Dir road was on Sunday blocked for several hours after flash flooding triggered by torrential rains near Drosh. The office of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral advised travellers to wait for the reopening of the road, saying staff and machinery under supervision of senior officials were at the site. The flash flooding
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A new UN report raised concerns on Wednesday about the excessive use of smartphones, calling for them to be banned in schools worldwide. According to the UN’s education, science and culture agency UNESCO, the over-use of mobile phones impacts learning. UNESCO’s report on technology in education urges countries to carefully consider how technology is used in schools.
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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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CHITRAL: Polo players were paid tributes at a function held here for preserving and promoting the free style game of the region despite high financial cost of keeping horses. The function was organized by Chitral Polo Association at Town Hall in honor of the winning Chitral team of the annual Shandur polo festival 2023. Event
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