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Should parents limit screen time for young children?

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Islamabad, April 20 (Online): Screens are everywhere in our daily lives. As adults, we are constantly switching between working on a computer, checking our phones, watching TV in the evening sometimes even playing on a tablet at the same time. Children are picking up on […]

Economy on track to achieve set growth target

Posted on November 30, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (APP):The country’s economy is on track to achieve the growth target set by the government for the fiscal year 2021-22, according to monthly Economic Update and Outlook for November released by the finance ministry here Monday. “The economy of Pakistan is on […]

People speaking up against growing “pandemic” of “institutional racism” in UK

Posted on November 30, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29 (APP):After the British-Pakistani cricketer Azeem Rafiq recently spoke up against the “institutional racism” in the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, one of the top clubs in the UK, people are speaking up in the country against the bigotry they had been facing in […]

New Covid variant shuts borders across the globe

Posted on November 29, 2021 by News Desk

The Hague, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):A new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs as the EU chief said governments faced a “race against time” to understand the strain. Indonesia announced similar entry restrictions on Sunday and Angola […]

Living among the mafia blurs lines in Italy’s south

Posted on November 28, 2021 by News Desk

Vibo Valentia, Italy, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):Two years ago, thousands of people in the Calabrian city of Vibo Valentia took to the streets on Christmas Eve morning to celebrate a massive police sweep that netted hundreds of alleged mafia members. For those living under the shadow […]

Swedish embassy, UN Women Pakistan kicks off global drive against gender-based violence

Posted on November 27, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (APP):As the ’16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’ campaign has kicked off across the globe, the Swedish embassy and UN Women Pakistan Friday organized an event titled ‘2020 in retrospective – Celebrating Pledges Made to End Violence Against Women’. The Swedish […]

French fishermen block ferries, Channel Tunnel in post-Brexit row

Posted on November 27, 2021 by News Desk

Calais, France, Nov 26 (AFP/APP):French fishermen on Friday disrupted cross-Channel traffic for several hours in protest at the post-Brexit fishing rights granted by Britain, blocking ferries and freight traffic through the Channel Tunnel. Half a dozen fishing boats blocked access to ferries at the northern […]

Muslim mason sculpts shrines for Bangladesh’s Hindu dead

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Hooriya Qureshi

Barisal, Bangladesh, Nov 22 (AFP/APP):Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community has endured waves of violence and persecution, but one Muslim artisan has devoted his talents to shepherding their dead along a peaceful journey to the next life. Taher Ali Khan has crafted thousands of shrines to departed […]

Experts fear progression of infectious diseases in wake of Afghan refugees’ influx to Pakistan

Posted on November 21, 2021 by News Desk

PESHAWAR, Nov 21 (APP):Hanzala Hamzullah, a middle-aged businessman with bulky appearance, considered an itching skin rash on toes of his right foot as a routine reaction to a mosquito bite, but extra swelling, severe pain and conversion of infected site into a fully blown up […]

PM’s Billions Trees Honey Program: A sustainable livelihood initiative to alleviate poverty, bolster honey’s exports