Women live in fear and despair in South African hostel

Alexandra, South Africa, Feb 19 (AFP/APP): In one of South Africa’s roughest townships, an overcrowded and dilapidated housing complex has maintained one rule for decades: No men allowed. Sitting in a concrete hallway, Brenda fumes. The electricity went off the night before, with no sign […]

Intense light may boost heart health

Islamabad, FEB 19, (ONLINE): A novel use of intense light therapy may help decrease the tissue damage experienced during heart attacks, reveals new research in mice. New research introduces a potential novel therapy for heart attacks. The study, out of the University of Colorado and […]

PM Imran’s visit to Russia to be ‘game-changer:’ Fawad

PIND DADAN KHAN, Feb 19 (APP): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Saturday highlighted the significance of Prime Minister Imran’s Khan upcoming visit to Russia, terming it ‘great and game-changer for bilateral relations of the two countries. “It will be a great […]

Ukraine rebel leader announces ‘general mobilisation’

Moscow, Feb 19 (AFP/APP): The leader of the east Ukraine breakaway region of Donetsk on Saturday said he had introduced general mobilisation, with fears mounting of war in the ex-Soviet country. The announcement came after observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe […]

USAID HESSA Project inaugurated at NUST

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (APP): USAID’s Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) project has been inaugurated at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). HESSA is a project of the governments of the United States and Pakistan, launched from the platform of USAID. The project […]

Four injured as gas leakage causes fire

PESHAWAR, Feb 18 (APP):At least four people including women and children were injured when fire erupted in a house due to gas leakage in Hasham Garhi, Qadirabad here on Friday morning. Rescue 1122 said, leakage caused gas accumulation in a house in Qadirabad which resulted […]