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TAPI gas pipeline and Pak energy needs

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, which had been stalled for a long time due to the situation in Afghanistan and international complications, seems to be on the way to becoming operational. This progress was exp...

Improvements needed against tough teams ahead in Junior Hockey World Cup?

The national junior hockey team qualified for the World Cup, a news that filled the Pakistani nation with joy. After a long time it was also seen that people related to the final match against India kept calling each other asking if there was a link...

Components of Petrol Prices in Pakistan

Inflation is a persistent problem in Pakistan, affecting the purchasing power of people and causing widespread economic hardships. One of the major contributors to inflation is the prices of petroleum products, which have been volatile in recent year...

Social Media: A pleasure or curse?

Technologies which allow us to share information, pictures and ideas among three things are what we call social media. Today, social media has created new styles of communication for us, which made huge impact on everyday lives of people. In modern d...

Increasing trend of drug among teens

In a symposium organized by the Directorate of Private Institutions and All Sindh Private Schools and Colleges Association in a hotel in Karachi, Joint Director of the Anti-Narcotics Force, said that the use of drugs among thirteen to seventeen-year-...

CHALLENGES IN ONLINE BANKING

This is the outgrowth of personal computer banking that uses the internet as a channel of conducting various banking activities such as paying of bills, paying of mortgages, checking the account balances, transferring of funds among different account...

Nation necessitate educated women

 “Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world”. This is how Nelson Mandela would define the term. Unfortunately, women have largely been excluded from the educational field. And nowadays the education is bein...

Climate effects: individual and collective steps

Indicators of climate change at the global level require that serious efforts be made to protect the planet and that countries around the world individually and collectively ensure environment-friendly measures. Amnesty International has made it clea...

Is being optimistic really matter?

Positive thinking refers to a belief or mental attitude which makes us think that good things will happen eventually and our efforts will pay off sooner or later. A positive mind anticipates happiness, health, joy, and a successful outcome of every s...

West concerned about Uyghurs, ignorant of Muslims plight all around

The West following the USA, particularly from the days of Trump, is very much concerned about  the plight of Uyghurs, people of Turkic ethnicity, predominantly Muslims in China’s province of  Xinjiang. The Western countries are emphat...

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Defence minister dismisses IAF chief's 'implausible, ill-timed' claims

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif dismissed recent remarks by the Indian Air Force (IAF) chief claiming the destruction of Pakistani jets during Operation Sindoor, calling them "implausible" and "ill-timed." His remarks came hours after IAF Ai...

Islamabad-Washington enters into 'new era' of ties: Field Marshal

WASHINGTON: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir termed his second visit to the United States in just 1.5 months a "new dimension" in ties between Washington and Islamabad. Field Marshal Munir is undertaking an official visit to the Un...

PM congratulates Azerbaijan's Aliyev on peace deal with Armenia

ISLAMABAD: President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan spoke with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif yesterday, expressing deep appreciation for Pakistan's steadfast support on the Karabakh issue, Radio Pakistan reported. The prime minister extended warm felicit...

Governor Sindh pays homage to Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai's (RA) shrine

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori visited the shrine of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (RA) on the second day of the 282nd Urs celebrations, offered Fateha, and laid a floral chadar. He recorded his remarks in the visitors' book and distri...
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