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Flu Vaccine Shortage Raises Concerns Ahead of Winter

Residents of Islamabad are struggling to find seasonal influenza vaccines as winter approaches. Popular brands, including Vaxigrip and Influvac, are reportedly unavailable due to international shortages, transport disruptions and pricing issues. DRAP CEO Obaidullah Malik said China’s Sinovac vaccine was expected by November 15. Meanwhile, Virionza has sparked a pricing controversy after its barcode displayed a lower price than the amount printed on its packaging. Read More…

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Health Ministry Scraps Vaccination System Amid Probe

The health ministry has abolished the Border Health Services vaccination setup and plans to issue a fresh tender for meningitis and influenza vaccines within a month. Officials were arrested over alleged procurement irregularities and unauthorised committees. Meanwhile, religious pilgrims and overseas job seekers have been directed to arrange mandatory vaccinations through travel agents until a replacement system is established. Read More…

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Curiosity captures striking dawn scene on Mars

NASA has released a striking image of dawn on Mars captured by its Curiosity rover, highlighting rugged rock formations shaped billions of years ago. The car-sized rover, exploring Gale Crater since 2012, took the image about an hour after sunrise. Scientists believe the distant ridges formed from wind-blown sediment or volcanic ash that later hardened into rock before being sculpted by Martian winds. Read More…

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IMF warns AI boom could deepen global inequality

The global artificial intelligence boom is increasingly driving economic growth but could widen inequality by leaving some countries behind, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday. She said AI investment could surpass spending on major infrastructure networks, with the US, China and India leading growth. Georgieva urged broader global access to AI and cooperation, while calling for difficult policy choices to address mounting debt in advanced economies. Read More…

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Bajaur College Finally Opens After Years of Delay

The long-awaited Government Degree College Salarzai in Bajaur was inaugurated after a delay of about 12 years. The college has begun operating in a temporary building and is preparing to offer first and second-year classes in pre-medical, pre-engineering, computer science and fine arts. Officials said around 200 students had applied for admission, while the college currently has 14 faculty members. Read More…

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Sara Shakeel Turns Beauty Into a New Perspective

Globally acclaimed Pakistani artist Sara Shakeel is marking a successful decade in the art world with her latest exhibition, You Can See Through Me, in Lahore. Known for incorporating crystals into photographs, sculptures and installations, Shakeel explores womanhood, body image and spirituality through a feminist lens. She says her work challenges conventional ideas of imperfection, arguing that everything created by God possesses its own beauty and should be viewed accordingly. Read More…

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Artemis II crew crosses midpoint to Moon, captures stunning Earth views

The Artemis 2 astronauts have passed the halfway point between Earth and the Moon as they sped toward a planned lunar flyby, with NASA releasing initial images of Earth taken from inside the Orion spacecraft. Astronaut Christina Koch said the crew had a collective "expression of joy" upon being told of the milestone, which was hit around two days, five hours and 24 minutes after the spacecraft blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "We can see the Moon out of the docking hatch right now, it is… Read More…

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Pakistan, UAE sign five accords of cooperation in banking, mining

Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday signed five accords to boost bilateral cooperation in different fields including banking, railways, mining and infrastructural investment. The documents were signed during the first official visit of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Pakistan, at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The crown prince and the prime minister witnessed the ceremony as the officials from both sides exchanged the pre-signed documents of agreements and Memorandums of Understanding for cooperation in various fields. Read More…

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Ramadan 2025: Met office shares latest prediction

The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted that the Ramadan 2025 will commence from March 2. According to sources, the department has stated that the Ramadan crescent is unlikely to be visible in Pakistan on February 28. The department further explained that the moon will be born on February 28 at 5:45 pm, and at sunset, the moon’s age will be 13 hours and 12 minutes. However, for the Islamic month to begin, the moon’s age must be at least 19 hours. Read More…

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PTI sit-in to continue despite Islamabad crackdown, announces CM Gandapur

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister (CM) Ali Amin Gandapur announced that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will continue its sit-in across Pakistan despite the last night crackdown against party workers in Islamabad. Addressing a press conference in Mansehra, Ali Amin Gandapur stated that PTI has always led peaceful protests, upholding the supremacy of law and democracy. Gandapur emphasized that former prime minister, Imran Khan, is currently in jail, and the party’s mandate was stolen in the February 8 elections but the PTI workers were subjected to violence, and their peaceful protest was… Read More…

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