APEX COMMITTEE MEETING Sameer Nazir KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the Rs3.4 billion police package was assured by the prime minister when targeted operation was launched but the commitment has been fulfilled. “This has … read more
Paris: Sea-level rise is accelerating, not declining as some have hoped, scientists said on Monday citing meltwater from Earth´s ice sheets as the likely cause. In 2013, the UN´s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the global mean sea … read more
CAPE TOWN: Zimbabwe pulled out of this month’s historic cricket tour to Pakistan and then retracted their decision within 16 minutes in a bizarre turnaround on Thursday. Zimbabwe Cricket initially released a statement saying that a decision had been reached … read more
Moscow: Russia´s AIDS epidemic is worsening and at least two million people are likely to be infected with HIV in about five years as the virus increasingly affects the population, the country´s top AIDS specialist said on Thursday. Russia has … read more
Washington: Rescue workers in Philadelphia on Thursday found a body in the wreckage of the passenger train that derailed this week in the US city, bringing the death toll to eight, officials said. Authorities said that with the discovery of … read more