Small, quivering orbs designed to feed and reproduce and enhance the view of artificial organisms Scientists claim they are closer to creating life from scratch after building tiny, quivering blobs that use lab-made DNA to feed, grow and reproduce in a dish. According to a report published in The Guardian, the synthetic cells were made […]
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Rescue teams pulled the injured from the debris and shifted them to nearby hospitals ISLAMABAD/QUETTA/PESHAWAR: Three children and a woman died and more than 30 others were injured in various incidents triggered by heavy monsoon rains and lightning in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), rescue officials said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, monsoon rains accompanied by wind and
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The parties agree to continue discussions in the coming period, with the next round of talks planned Pakistan and Qatar facilitated separate meetings between US and Iranian negotiators in Doha on Thursday, with both sides reporting positive progress on issues linked to Islamabad’s memorandum of understanding (MoU), according to an official statement. A statement issued
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Arrested terrorist alleges Afghanistan-based banned outfit planned attacks with help of local facilitators Five cases have been registered by the Sindh Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in connection with the terrorist attack on a Rangers transport company in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar in which three Rangers personnel were martyred. Investigators said an arrested terrorist claimed the attackers belonged
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Hit at 22.57 with its epicenter in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush; no damage reported A computer screen showing the earthquake in the Karachi area. PHOTO: SUHAIL YUSUF An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit Islamabad and parts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday night. Tremors were felt in several cities across KP including Peshawar,
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State registers FIR after police say 19-year-old was killed by relatives; a suspect arrested A 19-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her uncle and cousin in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Dir district after she was seen talking to a neighbor outside her home, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on June 26 in the
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At least two children were killed and more than 20 people were injured in separate lightning strikes in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, officials said. In Khyber district, lightning struck a house in Zakhak Hail Bazaar area of Landi Kotal, killing two children and injuring members of the same family. Confirming the deaths, Assistant Sub-Inspector Azmat Wali
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Home Secretary says the move will speed up services across all passport offices and ensure transparency Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced on Wednesday that the country had switched to cashless transactions at all passport offices. On June 19, the government decided to digitize the passport issuing system as part of sweeping reforms aimed at modernizing
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About 22% of the 171,600 cases reported to the agency were reported by women, NCCIA data reveals The Punjab National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Wednesday established a dedicated special cell to expedite registration, investigation and resolution of cyber crime cases involving women, children and girls. speaks to Express PakinomistPunjab NCCIA Director (Operations) Muhammad
Removes the presumption by lower courts that mutation constituted evidence of the transaction SC restores female heirs in ancestral property after 71 years, places burden of proof of oral gift on beneficiaries In a move to strengthen women’s inheritance rights, the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday ordered the restoration of the inherited share of two
