4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (287+ words) LAHORE: The population of the rare Punjab urial is experiencing a steady resurgence across the rugged Salt Range, with recent sightings of large herds signalling improving stability for the vulnerable wild sheep, officials said. Recent footage captured near the Chakwal…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (316+ words) Pakistan may not have produced a natural historian in the mould of Attenborough, but it has produced its own towering figure in conservation in Syed Babar Ali. Unlike Attenborough, Ali was never a naturalist, nor did he spend decades documenting…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (196+ words) LAHORE: The Lahore Zoo received a new a male hippopotamus from Africa Zoo on Wednesday. According to details, a male hippopotamus brought under the project "Revamping of Lahore Zoo" reached Lahore Zoo from Africa on Wednesday. The zoo already had…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (860+ words) ISLAMABAD: The upper House of Parliament on Friday passed a bill for regulating virtual assets as well as the "establishment" of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) " a body already set up under an ordinance approved by the president…...

9+ mon, 6+ day ago  (1580+ words) For decades, the residents of Ghumawan valley have lived under the shadow of machines. Stone crushers roar throughout the day and detonate through the night at 180 decibels (comparable to the sound of a rocket launching). They spew dust, fracture homes,…...

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (306+ words) The draft of the amended SBCA law, a copy of which is available with Dawn, was already shared with stakeholders by the Sindh government. The proposed force would be tasked with implementing building regulations and cracking down on illegal construction…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (228+ words) WASHINGTON: A massive wall of dust swept through Phoenix, plunging the southwest US city into near-total darkness, grounding flights, forcing motorists off the road and cutting power to thousands. The giant haboob, which occurred on Monday, is a common phenomenon…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (193+ words) Alaska Airlines has requested a ground stop for all its mainline aircraft according to an advisory notice by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), with the company citing an "IT outage." The airline told AFP that on Sunday it "experienced…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (274+ words) KARACHI: A gunfight between a police constable and a Rangers man resulted in the death of the former in the SITE area on Friday, police said. South DIG Syed Asad Raza said Constable Waseem Ahmed Abro was killed and Rangers…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (462+ words) A policeman was shot dead while a Rangers man was shot at and hurt as they scuffled over a "personal grudge" in Karachi's Site area on Friday, according to police. "Initially, the injured Rangers sepoy claimed that the policeman was…...