The government has taken steps to address shortages of fuel and gas to some extent when compared to the earlier situation which had long queues that stretched for kilometres outside fuel and gas stations. But a well-planned recovery plan still cannot be seen that can address the long-term food security issues.
The first girl from Chitral to play football on both national as well as international level, 21-year-old Karishma is the founder of the Chitral Women’s Sports Club - responsible for training 60 girls and simultaneously encouraging their participation in sports
SriLankan Airlines yesterday confirmed media reports stating that an employee of the airline at SriLankan Cargo operations division at the Bandaranaike International Airport tested positive for the COVID-19 virus Monday morning
About 45 percent of the population in Dhaka city have developed antibodies to the coronavirus, with the rate climbing to 74 percent among slum-dwellers, according to a new study
At least 55 illegal madrassas (religious seminaries) are active in northern parts of Kabul, the capital city, and these seminaries are being guarded by tens of armed men
Delegates from the Afghan republic’s negotiating team said an agreement on the procedural rules of the negotiations might be reached within the next two days
Top Pakistani Lashkar e Taiba militant Saif-ul-lah, involved in a number of fatal attacks on the Central Reserve Police Force troopers, was killed along with one more terrorist, in a shootout in Srinagar on Monday
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that despite challenging times due to COVID-19 and border tensions and disputes caused by Pakistan and China, India was not only resolutely facing them but also bringing about historical changes in all sectors of development under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's able leadership
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) on Monday said its researchers have developed a sustainable antimicrobial wrapping material that can prevent packaged food contamination by bacteria as well as reduce the plastic waste generated in the environment when disposing of the wrappers
After a wait of seven months, the houseboat industry in Kerala is ready to greet tourists again. The Kerala government has given its nod to all tourist activities to resume from Monday, while the beaches will open from November 1
Bhutanese, especially the youth have responded to what the economic affairs minister, Loknath Sharma called, “call of the nation,” as hundreds of Indian workers left from the Punatsangchhu-II hydroelectric project (PII) jeopardising the progress of the project
Since insurance companies in Nepal announced COVID-19 schemes in April, more than 1.4 million applied, but many patients are having payment disputes and few have collected their dues, thus jeopardising the public’s trust in the entire insurance sector
A Pakistani official from the Ministry of National Health Services has expressed hope that the country would acquire a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the next six months
At least six pilgrims were abducted by unidentified armed assailants near the Pakistan-Iran border, the media reported
The opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has announced that the country's former President Asif Ali Zardari has been shifted to a private hospital here after he felt "unwell"
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tasked the one million-strong Corona Relief Tiger Force (CRTF) of volunteers to monitor prices of food items, adding that he would discuss the future mechanism at a convention in Islamabad this week
