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ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of World Olive Tree Day, a two-day ‘Pak Olive National Gala’ started in Islamabad to provide opportunities to explore olive sector development. The event has been organized by “Promotion of olive cultivation on…

ISLAMABAD: A female teacher lost her life and 20 students sustained injuries when a bus they were travelling in fell off the road into a ravine at Shahdara picnic point located near Islamabad on Saturday. Police and rescue officials said…

NANKANA SAHIB: Over 3,000 Yatrees from India have reached Nankana Sahib to attend the 554th birth anniversary celebrations of the founder of Sikh religion Baba Guru Nanak Dev Jeewhich started on Saturday. The Sikh Yatrees reached Lahore…

ISLAMABAD: In its annual general meeting, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Civil Society Alliance Pakistan made a collective pledge to eliminate hunger and reduce all forms of malnutrition in Pakistan. The alliance reaffirmed its…

PARIS: Pakistan was elected as vice chair of the UN children's emergency fund, the UNESCO,  for the 2023-2025 term at the executive board's elections held in the French capital on Friday.  Pakistan bagged 38 votes against just 28 of India…

RAWALPINDI: Two army officers sentenced under the Army Act for espionage and inciting sedition. Major (Retired) Adil Farooq Raja and Captain (Retired) Haider Raza Mehdi, both retired officers of Pakistan Army, were convicted and sentenced…

KARACHI: A huge fire engulfed a shopping mall in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Karachi in which 11 people lost their lives and dozens of others injured on Saturday morning. Moreover, damages have been caused to property worth millions of rupees. Doctors…

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday issued non-bailable warrant for the arrest of PML-N former federal information minister Marriyam Aurangzeb. The warrant was issued in a case registered against her and another party leader…

GAZA/I (Reuters): Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war's first truce, the Red Cross said, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers. Nine hours after guns fell silent for the first…

ISLAMABAD (APP): Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Human Rights and Women Empowerment Mushal Hussein Mullik says Women Protection and Rehabilitation Centers (WPRC) are providing early and prompt response to victims of violence.  She…