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By Syed Muhammad Abubakar
CHAKWAL: Hammad Sher Afghan, aged 34, lives in Dalail Pur village, situated 1.5km away from a cement factory in tehsil Choa Saidanshah of district Chakwal. Hammad says all of his five children suffer from asthmatic infections...
By Saba Saeed & Hamza Sarfraz
Over the recent past, reform efforts and interventions in education sector have been underway across the country and particularly in Punjab. These interventions have achieved some progress in terms of education indicators but there...
By Rana Tanveer
As many as 53 journalists including one from the United States (Daniel Pearl) and one from Afghanistan (Anwar Saleh) have been killed in different terrorism related incidents and target killings in Pakistan since 1994.
According to Committee to...
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Despite half of population, few female candidates contest General Elections 2018
By Muhammad Daud Khan
ISLAMABAD: An analysis of the final list of the candidates reveal that 172 women candidates are contesting elections for National Assembly...
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Gujrat, PAKISTAN: In the recent boat sinking incident off the coast of Libya, Muhammad Enayet of Gujrat, has lost his eldest son...
Census 2017 and Disability
Census to be held after a gap of eight years but no questions on disability in the main form.
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