SKARDU – Mountain biker and adventure athlete, Samar Khan, has become the only female cyclist to reach the base camp of the world’s tallest peak. Khan, who holds the title of the first Pakistani to summit Mount Kilimanjaro and the Biafo Glaciers in the Karakoram Range on a bike, has set a unique record by …
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Approximately 0.4 million olive trees would be planted in Balochistan during the current year to promote low water-consuming farming, aimed to fight water scarcity in the province.According to sources, the Balochistan Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) would plant 221,000 olive saplings while the remaining would be planted by Balochistan Agriculture Research and Development Centre as part …
A health tech company has developed Pakistan’s first indigenous telepresence robot, named PakRobo, marking a significant stride in healthcare and health education. PakRobo which is the result of collaboration between health-tech platform Educast and information technology firm Innovate IT, empowers medical experts and physicians to conduct live patient examinations remotely, both nationally and internationally. While …
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As Far As They Can Run’ showcases the journey of special children turn athletes Academy and two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Haya Fatima Iqbal is on a roll! Her film, As Far They Can Run, is nominated for the Outstanding Short Documentary category of the 44th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The film documents the journey of …
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Lahore-based Ahmed Uzair and Anum Uzair have become the first Pakistani couple to summit the world’s eighth-highest peak Mt Manaslu — 8,163 metres tall — in Nepal. According to mountaineering company Seven Summit Treks, which spearheaded the climb, the husband-wife duo successfully climbed the peak today along with three Sherpas. Alpine Club of …
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah on Thursday launched the Nadra biker service for carrying out processes of CNIC renewal and modification at the doorsteps of applicants. During his visit to the Nadra headquarters, the authority’s chairman Tariq Malik briefed the minister about its operations in Sindh, Balochistan and south Punjab which have been badly …
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The ability of Jinnah to unite a series of political expediencies with the popular appeal of Islam to demand a separate state for the Muslim people, has brought him the accolade ‘the founder of Pakistan’. The worldwide Islamic revival of the 1970s has overshadowed the attempts made by Muslims earlier in the century to unite …