By Zafar Ahmed Khan The United Nations Secretary-General Mr. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday on a four-day visit to Pakistan. During his stay here he will be speaking at the international conference on 40 Years of Hosting Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, which is being organized by the Government of Pakistan and […]
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By Muhammad Habib Sanai Jan Khaskheli earns his bread by working as a full-time journalist and as a reporter, he writes on very innovative topics such as birds and their habitats, hidden aspects of ecosystems, plights of artisans, common men of rural areas, fisherfolk, agricultural workers, water situation, crop situation, environmental degradation etc., mostly in
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By Zafar Ahmed Khan The federal government on Saturday announced a declaration of a national emergency after a months-long locust attack on agriculture products. The locus swarms had attacked standing crops in southern parts of the country in desert and arid areas of Sindh and Balochistan. According to Food Security Commissioner Dr. Waseem, locusts are
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By Zafar Ahmed Khan As mercury drops and consumption of gas increases in the country, the people in the metropolitan city of Karachi continue to face hardship amid the worst shortage of gas contrary to the claims of the PTI government that everything was OK. The consumers whether they are domestic or industrial are suffering
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By Muhammad Habib Sanai According to the veteran historian Dr. Mubarak Ali, “The modern historiography of Sindh was introduced during the British rule when the Historical Society of Sindh was founded with the purpose of reconstructing the history of Sindh. The Society published a historical journal, which contained well-researched papers, thus contributing immensely to recording
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My daughter said that she and her school friends have decided not to receive the new Typhoid vaccination in the school because according to them in some schools in Karachi, children fainted after receiving vaccines. Although I have tried to convince her NOT to refuse, she seems reluctant. I have also assured her that I
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The 2nd Karachi Biennale 2019 was kicked off on Friday, 26th October 2019 by the city Mayor Waseem Akhtar. The first Biennale in 2017 was a great success as a large number of artists came from across the country and abroad. Its main functions were held in NJV’ School’s historical building at main M. A.
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