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The United Nations will stay in Afghanistan, for now, to help millions of desperate Afghans despite the Taliban's restrictions on the international body's female staff, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday.Guterres was speaking to medi...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has started screening at Torkham border for prevention of monkeypox.In this regard, the health department has formed a team of doctors to screen the passengers coming from Afghanistan at the Pak-Afghan border.Source: ...

A Chinese man's harrowing ordeal at a Tibetan hotel, where a corpse was found under his bed, has led to a murder investigation and a suspect's arrest.The man noticed a "strong" smell when he checked into his hotel in Lhasa on 21 April.After he moved t...

Protests by India's top wrestlers against their federation chief have entered the second week amid a deadlock.The wrestlers are demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation Of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh, alleging he has sexually harassed female at...

The milestone, which was reached on 30 April, came as 2,978 flights took off across the country."The skyrocketing domestic passenger traffic post Covid is a reflection of India's high growth," aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia tweeted.India's pos...

Rain-wind thunderstorm is expected in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next twelve hours.However, isolated heavy falls/hailstorm is likely in Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Punjab and Kashmir.Dry weath...

Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch and Governor Balochistan Malik Abdul Wali Kakar held a meeting in Quetta today.During the meeting, matters pertaining to the overall situation of the province, promotion of higher education in Bal...