Six women shot dead during one week in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khursheed Bano, the chairperson of “De Hawa Lor”, an organization working for the rights of women and transgenders, attributes the excess in cases of...
US announces 500 new scholarships for Pakistani flood-affectees
WASHINGTON: The United States government announced 500 new scholarships for university students from the flood-affected districts in Pakistan to assist them in completing their...
Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski jailed for 10 years
MOSCOW: Belarus handed a 10-year jail term to Nobel Prize-winning activist Ales Bialiatski, drawing immediate condemnation internationally.
Bialiatski, who founded the authoritarian nation's most prominent...
Pakistan envoy Dhaka unveils portrait of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
DHAKA: High Commissioner for Pakistan to Bangladesh, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, unveiled a portrait of Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at the...
Premier Shehbaz inaugurates school on wheels project in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday inaugurated Schools on Wheel project to provide education to the children especially in the rural areas at...
UK-Pakistani awarded prestigious Pegasus scholarship
British-Pakistani barrister Fahrid Chishty has been awarded a highly prestigious legal scholarship by the Inns of Court in London.
This is the first time in...
HEC invites applications for accreditation of National Research Journals
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has invited applications for accreditation of Pakistan-based research journals for the year 2023-24 (July 1, 2023-June 30,...
Afghan Government allows girls education below 6th grade
KABUL: The Taliban's Ministry of Education has issued a letter asking officials to open schools and educational centres for girls below sixth grade.
The Ministry...
Poets Munir Niazi, Parveen Shakir remembered on their anniversaries
ISLAMABAD: The death anniversary of renowned Urdu and Punjabi poet Munir Niazi is being observed on Monday and fans of the decorated poet remembered...
Afghan female students, lecturers protest in Kabul against Taliban’s closure of varsities
KABUL: Students and lecturers of Kabul University protested in the Afghan capital against ban on women attending classes in the latest severe blow to...
