In rare good news for the environment, a UN report confirmed Monday that the hole in the ozone layer that had been threatening Earth since the 1980s is shrinking. The discovery of a large hole in the gaseous shield that protects life on Earth from ultraviolet radiation triggered global alarm […]
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PESHAWAR -UNS: Amid an uptick in militant attacks in the country, renowned clerics in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa issued a fatwa (religious decree) denouncing terrorism, it emerged on Monday. The development comes as terrorism is again rearing its head in the country, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Pakistan has seen a […]
GENEVA: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday appealed to the world to help Pakistan deal with the disaster caused by cataclysmic floods, saying “massive investments” are needed for the country’s rehabilitation which is expected to cost more than $16 billion. Officials from some 40 countries as well as private donors […]
Half of the Earth’s glaciers, notably smaller ones, are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change, but limiting global warming could save others, according to a new study. The findings, published in the journal Science on Thursday, provide the most comprehensive look so far […]
WASHINGTON -UNS/Reuters – A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts. Between August and September, as President Vladimir Putin indicated Russia would be willing to use […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS/BBC: Former Lieutenant General Javed Iqbal, who was sentenced to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment by a military court for espionage and providing sensitive information to foreign intelligence agencies, was released from Adiala Jail after two and a half years of his sentence. Former Army Chief Qamar Javed Bajwa […]
Turkey condemned on Tuesday a “provocative act” by Israel’s new far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, referring to his visit to Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem. Ankara’s statement came amid efforts by Turkey and Israel to normalise ties, after a four-year deterioration in relations, and mutual appointment of ambassadors. “We […]
LAHORE -UNS: Country’s two political families had plundered the country for 30 years said Chairman PTI Imran Khan on Tuesday. Addressing the party workers on the matter of white paper via video link, the deposed premier expressed his concern over the current situation, saying that he feared the direction in […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and deposed Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday continued castigating former COAS General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa for toppling his government in league with “foreign hands” and leveled fresh allegations saying that Bajwa blackmailed him and party top brass through videos. Speaking to a private TV […]
By Saleem Bukhari ISLAMABAD : The presence of banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the federal capital, Islamabad, has exposed a permanent and serious threat to institutions, citizens and security. The other day, TTP’s Umar Media released a video in which a terrorist is making a video while sitting on the […]
