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K-P renews push to enrol out-of-school children, expand girls’ education

Province plans new classrooms, accelerated learning centres and higher stipends to improve access and retention Post-budget seminar on girls’ education organized by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women (KPCSW). Photo: APP The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Education Department has reinstated focus on the enrolment of out-of-school children in the formal education system while expanding … Read more

Global investors trim US exposure amid debt fears

[ Norway cuts Treasury allocation as Dutch central bank moves gold reserves to London amid rising risks A street sign for Wall Street is seen outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, US, July 19, 2021. REUTERS Growing concerns over soaring government debt, rising bond yields and geopolitical uncertainty … Read more

How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal’s tunnel rescue efforts

Over 500 experts share data in group as rescuers search devastated hydropower plants for survivors People stand next to damaged buildings following the deadly flash floods and a mudslide, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 4, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS An army of experts in a WhatsApp group is guiding rescue workers scouring a Nepali valley … Read more

Iqra Aziz calls marriage to Yasir Hussain a blessing, dismisses age-gap concerns

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Actor speaks about compatibility, motherhood, mom guilt and her plans to eventually take on theatre Iqra Aziz described her relationship with husband Yasir Hussain as a blessing, saying their age gap had never affected their relationship. The actor spoke in an interview while supporting her husband at his theatre production So Suite in Lahore. During the … Read more

Natasha acquitted in drug case linked to Karsaz accident

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate’s court in Karachi on Thursday acquitted Natasha, the accused in the Karsaz road accident case, in a separate case registered under the anti-narcotics law after the prosecution and investigating authorities failed to prove the charge against her. The court observed that the medical evidence did not establish that Natasha had consumed … Read more

PSX closes with modest gains of 400 points

[ KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) ended Friday on a modestly positive note, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index closing at around 175,330 points, up almost 400 points, after spending most of the session under pressure. The KSE-100 Index closed at 175,328 points, up 0.24% DoD (+399 points), with 259 million shares traded. Trading activity … Read more