ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said that alternative forms of energy are becoming more cost-competitive with conventional fuels therefore government should accelerate the pace of its development. Energy crisis is greatest bottleneck …

Karachi: Pakistan Meteorological Department has established the highest Glacier Monitoring Station which will record ground based observation at an elevation of 4500m on the top of Passu and Batura Glaciers.

Islamabad: A Policy Dialogue on Reproductive Health was organized by LEAD Pakistan in Lahore today. The basic objective of this Dialogue was to discuss and debate research conducted under “Enabling Effective Leadership for Reproductive Health”, …

The New York-based press watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), is working to promote press freedom in the world. Recently CPJ launched a global report in which it was stated that at least 19 journalists …

Karachi: People across the world are changing what they eat because of the rising cost of food, according to a new global survey released today as part of Oxfam’s international GROW campaign, and Pakistan’s newly-formed …

PESHAWAR: At least 50 militants attacked a Police Check Post late Friday in Sarband area of Peshawar, however, no loss of life was reported in the incident. According to the media reports, the militants fired …

Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee expresses its grief and sorrow on the killing of human beings belonging to Muslim community by the fascist Indian police of state of Bihar. This Committee condemns it in strong …

Karachi: Speakers at a consultative seminar identified poverty, hunger, bad education system and rising cost of living as major causes of rising child and bonded labor in Pakistan. They urged the present government to eliminate …

Mithi, Tharparkar: Members of civil society organizations, environmentalists, climatologists, development experts have called for addressing root-causes of poverty as it is building up pressure on natural resources in the country. They said that poverty, hunger, …

Karachi: Former federal information minister, Javed Jabbar, global IUCN Vice President and Asia Regional Councilor, has termed rapidly expanding desertification a serious threat to Pakistan’s environmental, agriculture and food security. He said that there is …