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Colombo, July 16 (AFP/APP):Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Singapore and resigned following months of protests over the country’s financial meltdown. AFP looks at how cash-strapped Sri Lanka ended up in […]

KARACHI 15 July (Online): An uneasy calm prevailed in parts of Karachi on Friday after a call for protest and strikes was given by ethnic groups in the wake of the killing of 35-year-old Bilal Kaka in Hyderabad and a violent demonstration at Sohrab Goth […]

Tokyo, July 8 (AFP/APP): Shinzo Abe smashed records as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform and forging key diplomatic relationships while weathering scandals. Nearly two years after poor health forced him to leave office, the 67-year-old was shot during a campaign event in […]

Share on Pintere ISLAMABAD, July 07 (Online): We’ve all experienced it at one time or another – a pang of hunger that darkens your mood and can make you lash out at the slightest provocation. It’s popularly called being “hangry,” both hungry and angry. Now, […]

By Fakhar Alam PESHAWAR, Jul 06 (APP):Despite ecological diversity, suitable climate and vast fertile land, Pakistan is unfortunately among the lowest edible oil producing countries. Having only 20 percent domestic production of the total requirement, the country spends approximately US$ 4 billion annually on import […]

Khartoum, July 5 (AFP/APP): Sudanese strongman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has announced the army will make way for a civilian government in a bid to end protests that have rocked the country since October’s coup. Burhan’s announcement late Monday came amid a fresh wave of […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 5 (APP):The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which is aimed at ending poverty in all its forms, is characterized by a shallow commitment to racial justice and equality, an independent UN-appointed rights expert told the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, adding […]

ISLAMABAD, June 10 (Online): People with rare diseases frequently wait years for a proper diagnosis, have to travel long distances for specialty care and face high out-of-pocket health care expenses, a recent Oregon State University study found. This combination of challenges in accessing appropriate medical […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 01 (APP): Road traffic accidents claim nearly 1.3 million lives each year, cost some countries up to 3 per cent of their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and are the biggest killer of five to 29-year olds globally, the UN General Assembly […]

The Knowledge Executive, a Canadian nonprofit for training youth seeks your help in compiling a deigital scrapbook to celebrate 75 years of Canada-Pakistan Friendship. We are interested in collecting pictures, paintings, posters, poems, short stories (max300 words), and short texts that depict friendship between the […]