Saudi Arabia intercepts armed drone launched by Yemen rebels

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia intercepted an armed drone launched towards the kingdom by Yemen’s Huthis, state media said Sunday, a day after the US moved to delist the rebels as a terrorist group. The Saudi-led military coalition “intercepted and destroyed an armed drone,” said spokesman Turki al-Maliki in […]

Hopes fade for mountaineers missing on K2

ISLAMABAD – The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said Sunday that a second helicopter search found no sign of the missing climbers Ali Sadpara, John Snorri, and JP Mohr on K2.  The helicopter crew and an accompanying photographer traced the route up to a height […]

Deserving families thank PM for soft house loans

ISLAMABAD – Poor and deserving families from across the country have thanked Prime Minister Imran Khan for provision of soft loans through micro financing company Akhuwat to construct their own houses. A statement issued by the PM media wing here yesterday said the government had allocated five […]

Paving the way for information transfer in tiny circuits

ISLAMABAD-Removing one charged molecule from a one-dimensional array causes the others to alternately turn ‘on’ or ‘off,’ paving the way for information transfer in tiny circuits.Small electronic circuits power our everyday lives, from the tiny cameras in our phones to the microprocessors in our computers. To […]

Turkish serials rate high in popularity in Bangladesh

Like in other parts of the world, the Turkish mega-series Dirilis Ertugrul is taking Bangladesh by storm, with hundreds of people even in remote areas getting hooked to it. “People are rushing to my shop to get the series in their mobile memory cards instead of demanding […]

Women’s empowerment – UNFPA Report

Every woman has the right to exercise her reproductive rights and to be protected from violence and harmful practices in both the development and humanitarian contexts. Pakistan Vision 2025 has embedded five components of women’s empowerment into its objectives, including activities that promote women’s self-worth, […]

Female Empowerment in Pakistan

Credit: BORGEN Magazine SEATTLE, Washington — Pakistan ranks second lowest in the world for gender equality, placing at number 148 out of 149 countries. The nation ranked 146 in economic participation and opportunity and 97th in political empowerment. In an effort to work towards greater […]

Omar Saeed elected president Punjab Squash Association

LAHORE-Chaudhry Omar Saeed on Friday elected president of the Punjab Squash Association (PSA) for the next four-year term.  According to former PSA Secretary Sheeraz Saleem, the PSA elections were held under the chair of former PSA President Dr Nadeem Mukhtar, where all the representatives as well as […]

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