Sana Jamal, Correspondent

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Why Pakistanis use homemade cable cars despite risks?

Locals use these cable cars to cross rivers, reduce travel distances between valleys

A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangles hundreds of metres above the ground in the remote Battagram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on August 22, 2023.

450,000 Pakistanis left country seeking better jobs

Saudi Arabia emerges as main destination with 205,515 choosing kingdom, followed by UAE

Islamabad International Airport. The exodus during the first seven months of 2023 (January to July) has seen 450,110 Pakistanis leave their homeland in pursuit of work opportunities abroad, according to the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment.

Who is Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar-Pakistan’s new caretaker PM?

Less-known senator from Balochistan will oversee general elections

Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar during an interview with AFP in Quetta in a file photo.

WhatsApp alternative called ‘Beep Pakistan’ unveiled

The homegrown app is slated for public release within a year

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for IT and Telecom Syed Aminul Haque at the launch of ‘Beep Pakistan’ App on August 7, 2023, in Islamabad.

Aerospace tech hub to generate thousands of jobs

Project to enhance self-reliance, and serve as platform for youth and future generations

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visiting exhibits after inaugurating the National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (NASTP) in Rawalpindi. Pakistan’s army chief and air chief also joined the launch ceremony held in early August 2023.

Pakistan tech industry driving digital transformation

Experts call for massive training programmes to capitalise on Pakistan’s IT potential

Asif Peer, CEO of Systems Limited, and Khurram Majeed, General Manager at Systems MEA, accepted the honor as Pakistan’s IT firm was recognized as the 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year.

Pakistan’s population soars to 241 million

2023 census reports a population increase of over 35 million in the last 6 years

A census official at work. The census, which began on March 1, 2023, was a significant undertaking to accurately capture the demographic landscape of the nation

Pakistan launches PNS Tariq, last warship under MILGEM

Turkish-made ships are equipped with surface-to-surface, surface-to-air weapon systems

PNS Tariq is the fourth and the last of MILGEM corvettes built by Turkiye for Pakistan.

Pakistan Minerals Summit unveils $6 trillion potential

Saudi team and foreign investors attend talks as Pakistan seeks to harness vast resources

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (centre) along with Pakistan Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir, Saudi Vice Minister for Mining Affairs Engineer Khalid bin Saleh Al Mudaifer and other foreign dignitaries at Pakistan Mineral Summit held in Islamabad on August 1, 2023.

UK’s 1st woman diplomat ‘delighted’ to be in Pakistan

Jane Marriott has previously served as British ambassador in Mena region

The British High Commissioner-designate to Pakistan, Jane Marriott, has arrived in Islamabad to take up her new assignment.

Pakistan: Monsoon rains claim 168 lives in one month

Punjab worst-hit region with 67 deaths, followed by 46 fatalities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A man cries outside the mortuary after he lost his son by monsoon rains on the outskirts of Islamabad, on July 19, 2023.

Pakistan signs LNG procurement deal with Azerbaijan

Countries explore new avenues of partnership including energy, defence and technology

Managing Director of Pakistan LNG Limited, Masood Nabi (right), and CEO of Azerbaijan’s SOCAR Trading, Mariam Almaszade, signing an agreement for LNG cargo in Lahore on July 24, 2023.

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