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Pakistan’s first population census in 19 years to begin on March 15

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...

WAPDA awards Rs 180 billion Dasu Hydropower contract to Chinese firm

Pakistan government awarded Rs180 billion worth of two contracts to a Chinese firm for first stage of the Dasu hydropower project. Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) signed agreement of Rs180 billion worth of two contracts to China Gezhouba Group...

KP launches Durshal Government Innovation Lab

KP IT Board, Code for Pakistan and World Bank launched the third cycle of the KP Civic Innovation Fellowship Program Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board, Code for Pakistan, and the World Bank Group launched the third cycle of the KP Civic...

Slovakia’s Jan Jukubco steals the show in Malam Jabba Int’l Alpine Ski Cup

Slovakian and Ukrainian skiers outclassed their rivals in both men and women categories of the ski competition. MALAM JABBA - Jan Jukubco of Slovakia remained unbeatable on the last day (30 January 2017) of the Malam Jabba International Alpine Ski...

HEC countrywide crackdown against illegal educational institutes

Lahore lead university, Superior University and University of South Asia are among the updated ban university list by HEC. ISLAMABAD - Higher Education Commission (HEC) has declared 100 universities, colleges and institutions as illegal on its list on the website. At...

Rafia Baig is the first Pakistani woman to join Bomb Disposal Unit

Meet Rafia Baig, the first Pakistani woman to join bomb squad A 29-year-old woman from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has become the first Pakistani female to join the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU). This news is particularly significant for the people of KPK province,...

Pakistan remembers APS martyrs on second anniversary of worst terror attack

"It felt as though we would never be able to come out of this pain. But we came out of that time better and stood strong in front of the enemy." It was exactly on this day, 16 December, two...

Suicide blast at Mardan district court claims 13 lives, 52 injured

MARDAN - At least 13 people including two policemen and four lawyers were killed and more than 50 others injured in a suicide attack near district court of Mardan. The attacker lobbed a hand grenade at the entrance of the...

4 out of 10 Pakistanis live in multidimensional poverty

People in FATA and Balochistan living in extreme multidimensional poverty whereas poverty ratio in KPK is at 49%, Gilgit-Baltistan and Sindh at 43%, Punjab at 31% while the rate is lowest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir at 25% ISLAMABAD – Around 39 percent of...

490 soldiers martyred, 3,500 militants killed in Operation Zarb-e-Azb: DG ISPR

Pakistan marks two years since the start of Operation Zarb-e-Azb during which a 3600-kilometer square area was cleared of terrorists. This included Datta Khel, Alora Mandi and Shawal Valley. ISLAMABAD - Around 490 soldiers of the Pakistan Army have died in the...

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Raging wildfires in northern California has forced nearly 30,000 residents to evacuate as the state endures a brutal heatwave.