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UN slams deadly attack at guesthouse in Afghan city of Puli-e-Alam

UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations strongly condemned Friday’s suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan, in which at least 21 persons were killed and over 100, including women and children, wounded. According to media reports, a vehicle laden with explosives detonated near a guesthouse on Friday evening […]

AJK to observe World Press Freedom Day on Monday – May 03 with renewed resolve:

MIRPUR (AJK) :Like the world over, the journalist fraternity in Azad Jammu Kashmir is all set to observe the World Press Freedom Day on Monday – May 03, with the renewal of the pledge to lend all of their energies and professional skills for the […]

Pakistani PhD student calls for replicating Chinese flood control model in Pakistan

BEIJING, Pakistan should replicate and implement China Sponge City model to combat the recurring floods, said Khansa Gulshad, a second-year Pakistani PhD student in flood control and management at Graduate School of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) on Friday. The sponge […]

AJK President condemns ill-treatment towards jailed Kashmiris in Indian prisons

MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan while condemning the inhumane treatment of 174 political leaders and thousands of political activists lodged in occupied Kashmir and Indian jails on Friday demanded their immediate and unconditional release. “The deteriorating health of the […]

Political crisis, pandemic pushing half of Myanmar into poverty: UN report

UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations Friday warned that half of the population of Myanmar could be living in poverty next year due to the pandemic and political turmoil that began with the coup of February 1. That level of impoverishment has not been seen in […]

PIA transports another one million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Pakistan from China

BEIJING, Three special flights of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) carrying a fresh batch of one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine left here on Thursday for Pakistan as the country is combating the third wave of pandemic. The fresh consignment is in addition to one million […]

ECOSOC Chief Munir Akram calls for policies that tackle inequality and ensure justice

UNITED NATIONS, The President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, has stressed the need for addressing inequality at the international and national levels to promote the goal of justice envisioned in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of efforts […]

JF-17 fighter jet gets J-20’s combat missile: reports

BEIJING, : The latest, upgraded version of the JF-17 fighter jet has recently been spotted equipped with China’s most advanced air-to-air combat missile that is also used by China’s J-20 stealth aircraft, with military observers saying on Thursday that the weapon will give the China-Pakistan […]

UN report puts petroleum industry workers at increased cancer risk

UNITED NATIONS, :People working in the petroleum industry or living near petroleum facilities are at increased risk of developing several different cancer types, according to a new report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARCWHO), which is a part of the UN World […]

NDMA Chief meets AJK Prime Minister Farooq Haider

MIRPUR (AJK: : Chairman National disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lt.General Akhtar Nawaz Satti called on the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Muhammad Farooq Haider Khan at Jammu and Kashmir house in the federal metropolis on Wednesday and discussed, the situation emerged of the […]

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