NASA has abandoned plans to service its decaying space telescope, leaving the massive observatory to fall back to Earth at an undetermined location.
22 August 2026
Japanese mountain rangers rescued a seven-year-old child left stranded at Mount Fuji's sixth station while his father continued hiking ahead.
22 August 2026
Political leaders, social activists, and veteran diplomats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have backed the Prime Minister’s call for a grand dialogue on Balochistan.
22 August 2026
Iranian Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf confirms neighbors submitted security proposals aimed at establishing collective regional stability without foreign intervention.
22 August 2026
Donald Trump’s aggressive economic strategy aims to cut Iran’s illicit revenue streams, but Tehran’s shadow banking networks and Chinese buyers present formidable resistance.
22 August 2026
Neurological research demonstrates that human fear of snakes and spiders stems from evolutionary prepared learning rather than innate biological instincts.
22 August 2026
Rana Waheed scored twice as Pakistan beat Japan at the Hockey World Cup, claiming their first tournament win in 16 years.
22 August 2026
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has called on Israel to halt 1,200 new housing units in the strategic E1 corridor.
22 August 2026
Political flip-flops in Islamabad highlight how existential survival forces Pakistan's opposition to trade moral outrage for tactical backdoor compromises.
22 August 2026
International squash returns to Karachi from August 26 to 30, offering local athletes vital PSA ranking points and a $6,000 prize purse.
22 August 2026
Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh presented credentials to President Luis Abinader, opening new economic and diplomatic avenues between Islamabad and Santo Domingo.
22 August 2026
Rawalpindi police detained two primary suspects after discovering a woman tied up and strangled with an electrical wire inside a residential bathroom.
22 August 2026
USD/PKR
277.35
▲ 0.4800%
EUR/PKR
324.24
▲ 1.5300%
GBP/PKR
378.41
▲ 1.1400%
SAR/PKR
73.91
▲ 0.0500%
AED/PKR
75.50
▲ 0.0000%
CAD/PKR
201.45
▲ 1.3000%
AUD/PKR
198.91
▲ 1.6000%
Billionaire Ray Dalio warns US debt buybacks signal an imminent fiscal crisis, advising investors to shelter capital in gold and bitcoin.
22 August 2026
Direct-to-consumer pet food brand Years recalls fresh meals as pet owners report severe ocular inflammation and mounting veterinary bills.
22 August 2026
Federal Reserve attempts to suppress yields collapse under $40 trillion in US debt, driving borrowing costs higher for global markets and sovereign borrowers.
22 August 2026
Top portfolio managers warn against hyper-concentrated stock rallies, urging capital rotation into international assets and value stocks.
22 August 2026
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Discoveries, research and scientific breakthroughs
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Learning, research and academic insights
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Government and NGO campaigns together achieve a 5-percentage-point rise in national literacy within three years.
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A government initiative to decentralize higher education brings technical universities to Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and interior Sindh.
A partnership between religious education boards and the Ministry of Education introduces STEM subjects alongside traditional Islamic studies.
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Targeted scholarship programmes, safe transport schemes, and community engagement drive a historic rise in female education participation.
Free nutritious meals provided in public schools improve attendance by 20% and reduce dropout rates in food-insecure communities.
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