ISLAMABAD: The United States National Security Agency (NSA) spying on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a violation of international law, said Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam. During the weekly Foreign Office briefing, Aslam raised the NSA spying issue and lodged … read more
KARACHI: Pakistan has received $556 million as the fourth instalment of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan approved last year to bolster the country’s struggling economy. The fourth payment of the Extended Facility Fund (EFF) was released after an IMF … read more
Washington: Scientists have discovered a way to regrow human corneal tissue using hard-to-find limbal stem cells known as ABCB5 molecule. Limbal stem cells reside in the eye’s basal limbal epithelium or limbus and help maintain and regenerate corneal tissue. Their … read more
London: Many of the Caribbean’s coral reefs could vanish in the next 20 years, according to a new report which found that healthy coral reefs have declined by about 50 per cent in the past four decades. The report, published … read more
NORTH WAZIRISTAN/BANU: After a long period of speculation, which also included attempts at peace talks, Pakistan on June 15 launched a military operation against militants in the troubled North Waziristan agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). On its 15th … read more