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Moon sighted in Pakistan, Ramadan begins Tonight

Peshawar: The Holy month of Ramadan will begin tonight (Thursday, March 23) across the country after receiving moon-sighting testimonies from different parts of the...

Six women shot dead during one week in KP

Khalida Niaz In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 6 women were gunned down in different incidents during the last week. As per the police reports, the first incident took...

Urgent need for climate-resilient Conservation Planning to address Water Scarcity in Merged Areas of...

Ihsan Afridi Water is a basic need for the survival of all living organisms on earth. However, global climate change, coupled with rapid-fire population growth,...

Calcium deficiency killing cows in Dir Upper

Nasir Zada "My high breed cow died yesterday while she was given a calcium deficiency drip, and regular treatment was also going on but even...

Division of Labor: A sign of Gender Inequality

Sundus Behroz Last Sunday, while doing housework, I asked my brother to make me a cup of tea as I was very much tired. My...

At least 12 people die as powerful earthquake jolts Pakistan & Afghanistan

At least 9 people died, including two women and as many children and over 100 people were injured last night when a severe earthquake...

Ruet-eHilal Committee meets today for Ramadan moon-sighting

The central and zonal Ruet-e-Hilal committees meeting will be held in Peshawar on Wednesday, for sighting the crescent of the Islamic month of Ramadan,...

U.S. mobilizes Diaspora and Private Sector Resources for Flood-Affected Communities

Islamabad: United States Ambassador Donald Blome, on Tuesday, highlighted the valuable contributions of the U.S.-Pakistani diaspora and the private sector at a U.S. Agency...

Over 10 million flood affectees lack access to safe drinking water: UNICEF

ISLAMABAD: Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, living in flood-affected areas remain deprived of safe drinking...
The four major public sector universities in the provincial capital are tax defaulters

Tug-of-war at Peshawar Varsity leaves students uncertain about their Future

Hassam ud Din Peshawar University Teachers Association (PUTA), pressing the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to immediately dismiss the vice-chancellor of the university, has threatened to...

PTI moves SC against Kp Governor for delaying elections

Usman Danish Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, on Monday, approached the Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against Governor Ghulam Ali and the Election Commission for not...

Abbottabad: PTI’s Atif Munsif Khan and 7 others killed in a Targeted Attack

Atif Khan Jadoon, chairman of Haveliyan, Tehsil of Abbottabad district, was killed along with 8 colleagues in a targeted attack. As per the police report,...