China’s rapid rise in South Asia since the 2000s, with deepening and expanding engagements with all countries is now felt in every corner of the world. China’s growing economic capabilities and interdependence are pushing it to protect and promote its expanding interests abroad through a combination of traditional and new instruments. China’s influence in South...
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April 24, 2024April 24, 2024EDUCATION
Peshawar High Court Commences Hearing on Filling Vacant Positions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission
Peshawar, [Tuesday]: Today, on the 24th of April, the Peshawar High Court commenced the first hearing of the petition filed by the Executive Director of the Center for Peace & Development Initiatives, emphasizing the urgent need to fill vacant positions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission. During the hearing, the Honorable Court noted the absence...
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April 24, 2024April 24, 2024Pakistan
Ready to share tech prowess with Pakistan, says Iran President Raisi
• Iranian president visits Lahore, Karachi; says ‘no power on Earth’ can hurt Pak-Iran ties • Says Israel will be ‘annihilated’ if it attacks Iran, lauds Islamabad’s stance against Tel Aviv • US warns Pakistan to keep ‘sanctions’ in mind amid trade talks with Iran KARACHI / LAHORE: Tehran is ready to exchange its prowess...
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April 24, 2024April 24, 2024Columns
Transported to another era
THE structural foundation of the Roman Empire, history tells us, included the roads that were built. With this communication network, the expanding empire was able to connect newly conquered lands. It did not matter how disparate a culture or how unintelligible a language was to the ruling Romans; the road was the connection they needed....
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April 23, 2024April 23, 2024Pakistan
Iran President Raisi arrives in Lahore
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday morning arrived in Lahore on the second day of his three-day visit to Pakistan. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz received Raisi and his delegation. His visit to Pakistan is the first of its kind by any head of state after the February 8 general elections. The Iranian president then...
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April 23, 2024April 23, 2024Columns
Transitions and instability
A CLIP from a recent television talk show is doing the rounds on the banned platform, X. In it, a journalist/ commentator discusses how rumours of a possible extension for the Supreme Court chief justice have cropped up time and again. The option was ‘discussed’ during the tenures of Saqib Nisar and Asif Saeed Khosa,...
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April 22, 2024April 22, 2024Pakistan
PML-N emerges victorious in by-elections on 21 national, provincial seats
The ruling PML-N on Monday emerged victorious in by-elections held on 21 national and provincial seats, according to provisional results released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). On Sunday, by-polls were held across the country amid allegations of “record rigging”, temporary suspension of cellular services in specific districts of Punjab and Balochistan and multiple incidents of violence, leading...
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April 22, 2024April 22, 2024EDUCATION
Probyn’s School System Chakwal Hosts Annual Project Presentation Day, Showcasing Innovative Project-Based Learning
Chakwal, Pakistan – April 20, 2024 – Probyn’s School System Chakwal, a leading educational institution, successfully organized its annual Project Presentation Day on April 20, 2024, at its main campus in Chakwal. The event was graced by the esteemed presence of Brigadier Shahid Manzoor, Director of Admissions at the National University of Technology (NUTECH),...
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April 20, 2024September 5, 2024Columns
Empowerment is Expensive: My Unfolding Story of Social Entrepreneurship
What could be more joyous than to see some of the wishes coming true in your lifetime? Within the list of many wishes, a foremost and prioritized wish within my generation of crazy changemakers was to see the understanding of “social entrepreneurship.” Being a witness to a time when the mere word ‘entrepreneurship’ was not...
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April 17, 2024April 17, 2024Columns
Rising Temperatures Threaten Global Fruit Cultivation: A Shift in Orchard Dynamic
Environmental stresses pose significant threats to global food security and have detrimental effects on crop production worldwide, particularly impacting fruit cultivation. Abiotic stresses, such as rising temperatures, reduced precipitation, heat waves, and cold temperatures, disrupt the timing of flowering, fruit set, and harvesting, leading to decreased productivity and compromised fruit quality, especially in arid and...