Throttling Journalism in Kashmir By Irtaza Muhammad

While independent and investigative journalism is taken as an essential part of a pluralistic society the world over, working in this field in the Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IOJK) immediately comes up with the thoughts of ending up behind bars because of the draconian […]

Finance Ministry rebuts int’l media news on Pakistan’s state of economy

ISLAMABAD, Mar 23 (APP): The Ministry of finance Wednesday rejected news items published in the international media about the state of Pakistan’s economy, terming them biased and one-sided as the views of the government or the independent assessments of its development partners including the IMF, […]

International conference on education concludes at SU with recommendations

HYDERABAD, Mar 22 (APP): The two day international conference on “Paradigm shift in education: Post pandemic approaches in teaching, learning and assessment” (ICPSE- 2022) was concluded here on Tuesday evening with approval of 33 recommendations. The recommendations approved by the experts will be tabled with […]

Govt’s dream of ‘education for all’ translating fast into reality

ISLAMABAD, Mar 17 (APP):Amid changing scenario of science and technological developments, education has played a vital role to gear up the young generation for meeting the contemporary and future challenges being faced by the developing nations including Pakistan. Like other SAARC countries, Pakistan is also […]

Obesity is spreading like a plague, fears DUHS VC

KARACHI March 16 (Online): Dow University of Health Sciences Vice Chancellor Prof. Muhammad Saeed Quraishy has said that obesity is spreading like a plague. It is only recently. Outbreaks appear to be exacerbated during this period. At present, about 40% of the population in Pakistan […]

High value crops – a game changer for country’s economy

By Muhammad Atif Ismail MULTAN, Mar 15 (APP): With the world population nearing 7.9 billion, human beings are under severe threat of better environment and food security. Depleting water resource, land degradation, low per acre yield and rising edible items demand are posing enormous challenges […]

ASER report launched

ISLAMABAD, Mar 10 (APP): The 19 percent of children remained out of school in 2021 while the 40 percent of government and 23 percent of private schools imparted multi-grade teaching till grade 8 while multi-grade in grade 2 and 8 has been dropped in government […]

‘Time is now’ for gender equality: UN leaders

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 09 (APP):‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’ is the theme for the UN’s commemoration of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, celebrating the work of women and girls in fighting climate change and ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Senior UN officials joined women […]

Ukraine war threatens to upset delicate Black Sea equilibrium

Constanta, Romania, March 5 (AFP/APP):In the Black Sea’s biggest port Constanta, the Romanian frigate Regele Ferdinand is preparing to set sail with tensions high as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to upend the regional balance of power. With 240 crew and a helicopter on board, […]