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Pakistan, Qatar Charity Join Hands to Tackle Out-of-School Children and Boost Skills Development

  • September 23, 2025
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Minister of State for Federal Education and Professional Training, Wajiha Qamar, praised Qatar Charity’s role in advancing education in Pakistan and welcomed its ongoing support for the government’s reform initiatives. During a meeting with Ameen Abdul Salam, Country Director of Qatar Charity, she highlighted the importance of strengthening collaboration in the education sector, particularly in […]

Education

Pakistan, Australia Vow to Strengthen Bilateral Ties Through Trade, Education, and Parliamentary Cooperation

  • September 23, 2025
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Chairman of the Senate, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, met Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins on Monday to hold wide-ranging discussions on expanding bilateral relations and identifying new avenues of cooperation.The talks focused on diverse areas including trade, education, defence, parliamentary exchanges, cultural collaboration, climate change, and people-to-people linkages.Gilani highlighted the historic nature of Pakistan-Australia relations, […]

Travel

Gorgan’s Cotton Festival 2025: Celebrating Heritage & Boosting Tourism

  • September 23, 2025
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Gorgan in Iran’s Golestan province is preparing for its fourth annual Cotton Festival, scheduled for October 2 at Tooska Farm along Tooskestan Road. Held under the slogan “From Farm to Garment”, the festival highlights the province’s tourism opportunities while honoring its deep agricultural traditions. Cotton, often called the “white gold” of Golestan, has long played […]

Travel

TTG Rimini Fair Excludes Israel Following Gaza Conflict Debate

  • September 23, 2025
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The TTG Travel Experience Fair in Rimini, organized by the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), will not feature Israel this year after objections from local government leaders. Rimini’s mayor, Jamil Sadegholvaad, and Emilia-Romagna Regional President, Michele de Pascale, wrote letters arguing that Israel’s involvement is inappropriate due to its military action in Gaza. Their concerns were […]

Travel

Into the Frozen Wilderness: Camping atop Greenland’s Ice Sheet

  • September 23, 2025
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Greenland’s massive ice sheet offers more than frozen landscapes; it offers a journey into stillness. For travelers who seek extreme beauty and raw isolation there is nothing quite like setting up camp on this frozen giant. Imagine pitching your tent on a sea of white, the sky clear and stars sharper than any city light, […]

Business

Supreme Court: Literal Rule Must Guide Tax Law Interpretation, CIR Appeals Cannot Remand Cases

  • September 23, 2025
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has reaffirmed that fiscal and tax statutes must be interpreted strictly on the basis of their wording, without judicial additions or assumptions. A three-member bench, led by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and comprising Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, ruled in an appeal filed by the Commissioner […]

Business

Pakistan Targets New Global Markets for Kinno Exports with Seedless Varieties & Value-Added Citrus Products

  • September 23, 2025
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Pakistan is ramping up efforts to expand its citrus exports, with a strong focus on kinno, by exploring new international markets and introducing higher-value products. National Food Security and Research Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain announced on Saturday that the Department of Plant Protection (DPP) has accredited the Citrus Research Institute’s post-entry quarantine facilities. This milestone […]

Business

ADB Flags Pakistan’s Digital Trade Gaps: Weak Reforms, Poor Infrastructure Holding Back Growth

  • September 23, 2025
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that Pakistan is falling behind its regional peers in harnessing digital trade, citing fragmented regulations, inadequate infrastructure, and weak policy coordination as major obstacles. In a report released on September 19 titled “Digitally Connected Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC): Digital Trade, Emerging Regulatory Challenges, and Solutions,” the […]

Science

Scientists Discover Three Strange New Deep-Sea Snailfish Species, Including the Pink “Bumpy Snailfish”

  • September 21, 2025
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Scientists Discover Three Strange New Deep-Sea Snailfish Species, Including the Pink “Bumpy Snailfish” Scientists have identified three previously unknown species of deep-sea snailfish, including a striking pink species named the bumpy snailfish (Careproctus colliculi). The discovery was made possible through collaboration between the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and researchers at SUNY Geneseo, the […]