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Hell and ice water: Glacier melt threatens Pakistan’s future

4:40 pm January 10, 2020

Shisper Glacier (Pakistan): The villagers of Hassanabad live in constant fear. Above them the vast Shisper glacier dominates the landscape: A river of jagged black ice moving towards them at as much as four metres per day. Climate change is causing most glaciers worldwide to shrink, but due to a meteorological anomaly this is one […]

Pakistan varsity sets up Research Chair to honour Indian-American Nobel winner

9:28 pm January 9, 2020

Lahore : Indian-American biochemist Har Gobind Khorana, who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for medicine, was on Thursday honoured by a Pakistani university, which announced to set up a Research Chair in his name. “The Government College University Lahore (GCU) is going to set up a Research Chair at its Chemistry Department in the name […]

US strike on Iran could have consequences in North Korea

2:04 pm January 7, 2020

Seoul: The US strike that killed Iran’s top military commander may have had an indirect casualty: a diplomatic solution to denuclearizing North Korea. Experts say the escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran will diminish already fading hopes for such an outcome and inspire North Korea’s decision-makers to tighten their hold on the weapons they […]

6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes in Indonesia’s northwest

1:59 pm January 7, 2020

Banda Aceh: A strong earthquake jolted Indonesia’s northwest on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The 6.2 magnitude quake struck at a depth of 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) just off the coast of Simeulue island, west of Sumatra, according to the US Geological Survey. […]

Not ready for peace with India without resolving Kashmir issue in just manner: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi

JNU attack ‘yet another reminder of growing intolerance in India’: Qureshi

10:48 pm January 6, 2020

Islamabad: Needling India, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday alleged that the attack on students and teachers at the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is “yet another reminder of growing intolerance” in the country. Nearly 35 students were taken to hospitals on Sunday evening after a violent mob ran amok, attacking students and […]