UNDP’s GLOF II project helps residents of Gilgit-Baltistan have access to clean drinking water through Glacier Grafting
GILGIT – A Glacier Grafting campaign was launched in Kuwardo village of Gilgot-Baltistan to provide clean drinking water and irrigation water.
The GLOF...
Pakistan Army officials confirmed that an avalanche has killed an Austrian mountaineer, however, his two British companions have been retrieved alive by a helicopter rescue mission.
The mountaineers were rescued from 7,338 meter Ultar Sar mountain located in Hunza Valley...
Reversing deforestation and forest degradation in high conservation value Chilgoza Pine in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - A new project called “Reversing deforestation and forest degradation in high conservation value Chilgoza Pine in Pakistan” has been launched to improve environment, enhance resilience...
Gulafshan, a NUST graduate aims to promote peace and women encouragement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Gulafshan Tariq becomes first Pakistani woman motorbike rider to concluded here 22-day journey to different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A 24-years young Pakistani girl covered around three...
The salaries of govt employees and pensioners gets 10% increase
Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2017-18. It was fifth and final budget of PMLN’s tenure, with the total outlay of Rs. 4.778...
Biodiversity and tourism linkages in the scenic Hindu Kush Himalaya
By Janita Gurung and Anu Kumari Lama
Biodiversity is the basis for many tourism activities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Scenic landscapes, forests, lakes, mountains, and farmlands attract many tourists to...
EU-funded Subai-Pakistan Project will improve the transparency and accessibility of the Provincial Assemblies
ISLAMABAD - European Union in Pakistan has launched 3-year EU-funded Subai-Pakistan Project to strengthen the assemblies and improve the transparency and accessibility of the Provincial Assemblies.
A high-level launch...
Pakistan, world's sixth most populous country, is all set to begin its first census in almost two decades.
Pakistan's much-awaited sixth population census – the country’s first in 19 years – is all set to begin in 63 districts all...
Nine years after the development of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae began, the Korean government finalized a significant deal with Korea Aerospace Industries for the production of 20 fighter jets