MKKS National Park Management Plan validated by the stakeholders

MURREE, Jun 23 (APP): The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Pakistan on Thursday organised a one-day workshop on Murree Kahuta Kotli Sattian (MKKS) National Parks management plan validation at Bhurban, Murree, as part of the Karot, Biodiversity Management Plan Implementation Project. Asim Jamal […]

UN rights chief urges impartial probe of Ethiopia mass killings

Geneva, June 23 (AFP/APP):The UN rights chief called Thursday for the Ethiopian authorities to conduct “prompt, impartial and thorough” investigations into weekend attacks in the west of the country that have killed hundreds of people. “I am horrified by the senseless killing as well as […]

England v New Zealand 3rd Test scoreboard

Leeds, United Kingdom, June 23 (AFP/APP): Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of the third Test between England and New Zealand at Headingley on Thursday: New Zealand 1st Innings T. Latham c Root b Broad 0 W. Young lbw b Leach 20 K. Williamson […]

New eye exam may be able to predict a heart attack

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 24 (ONLINE): Soon, retinal scans may be able to predict heart attacks. New research has found that decreased complexity in the blood vessels at the back of the retina in the human eye is an early biomarker for myocardial infarction. “For decades, I’ve […]

Mainly hot, dry weather likely to prevail in most parts of country

ISLAMABAD, June 24 (Online): Mainly hot and dry weather is likely to prevail in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours. Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad and Muzaffarabad twenty degree centigrade, Lahore twenty-seven, Karachi thirty, Peshawar twenty-two, Quetta […]