How much should I weigh for my height and age?

ISLAMABAD, Feb 23 (Online): Many people wish to know the answer to this question: how much should I weigh? There is no single ideal weight for all individuals, but various tools and calculators can offer a guide. A note about sex and gender Sex and […]

Fund Raising event for Al-Khidmat Razi Hospital, Rawalpindi Islamabad

Islamabad (PNI) President of Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan Dr. Hafeez ur Rahman has said that Al-Khidmat Foundation and its affiliated institutions, Al-Khidmat Razi Hospital, and AGOSH Centers, are a beacon of hope in the darkness of despair, be it an earthquake, flood, coronavirus or any other […]

Some historical landmarks spared in quake-hit Turkish city of Kahramanmaras

Türkiye, Feb 18 (APP):The urban center of Kahramanmaras, the province at the epicenter of devastating earthquakes in southern Türkiye earlier this month, suffered widespread damage in the strong tremors, with many buildings collapsing in the centuries-old city. Some major streets leading to the heart of […]

Ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century

Paris, Feb 13 (AFP/APP):The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is the fifth-deadliest this century. Here is a list of the 10 worst quakes since 2000, ranked by death toll: – 2004: 230,000 dead, Southeast Asia – On December 26, a […]

50 years of EU expansion: who’s in and who wants to join?

Paris, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): The European Union, which holds a summit with war-battered membership candidate Ukraine in Kyiv on Friday, has gone through several waves of expansion in the past 50 years. Four months after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine last year, the 27-nation bloc […]

How does the human brain create consciousness, and why?

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (Online): Scientists and philosophers have long struggled to explain how the brain generates conscious experiences. Some doubt whether the objective tools of science can ever get to grips with a phenomenon that is so subjective. Even so, researchers have begun to identify […]