Pakistan’s 11th Earth Hour will be held from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, today. Earth Hour is a worldwide event started by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) to encourage individuals, communities, households, and businesses to turn off all non-essential lights as …Continue reading
Pakistani Professor Wins UNESCO Prize for Microbiology
The 2017 Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology was awarded to Pakistani microbiologist Professor Shahida Hasnain and Dr Samir Saha from Bangladesh. The prize has an endowment of $10,000, which will be shared by the two laureates. Set up in 1977 …Continue reading
UNESCO Recognizes Pakistan’s Falconry Cultural Heritage
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added Pakistan’s falconry cultural heritage to the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. According to the APP, this move aims to further safeguard the living heritage of falconry in …Continue reading