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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