For many women, surviving cancer means enduring not just physical pain but the unspoken emotional wounds of a system blind to mental health. At just 40, Farhat had never imagined her world would shrink to hospital corridors, infusion drips, and the sterile hush of oncology wards. A spirited schoolteacher from Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Karachi, she was known for her laughter — loud, …
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For many women, surviving cancer means enduring not just physical pain but the unspoken emotional wounds of a system blind to mental health. At just 40, Farhat had never imagined her world would shrink to hospital corridors, infusion drips, and the sterile hush of oncology wards. A spirited schoolteacher from Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Karachi, she was known for her laughter — loud, …
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How and why Trump brought Pakistan in from the cold The Times of India Are potatoes good for you? Not french fries. USA Today Trump has made it clear the onus is now on Zelenskyy. Will he bend? The Times of India Potatoes aren’t the problem — unless you eat them this way, study says San Francisco Chronicle Scientists Reveal the Potato Dish That …
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The test tube carrying the Pakistan-origin wheat seeds was aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule, which was launched from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre on August 1. Space, as all Trekkies agree, is the final frontier. It is mysterious, magnificent, mighty, and draws in earthlings who have long dreamed of exploring other worlds. In recent years, these dreams have crossed over from …
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German Olympic biathlete Laura Dahlmeier was struck by falling rocks while scaling Laila Peak in Pakistan on Wednesday. Authorities have abandoned efforts to recover the body of German Olympic biathlete Laura Dahlmeier, who died in a mountaineering accident in Pakistan this week. Dahlmeier was confirmed dead on Wednesday, having been hit by falling rocks while climbing at an altitude of …
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Rescuers had hoped to find the double Olympic gold medallist on the 6,096-metre (20,000-foot) Laila Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram Mountains. German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died on a mountain in northern Pakistan after a climbing accident at a remote site that rescuers struggled to reach because of bad weather, a local government spokesman has said. Dahlmeier, an Olympic gold …
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Olympic and world champion in biathlon Laura Dahlmeier has passed away at the age of 31, according to her management company. The German athlete was on a trip in the Karakoram mountains in Pakistan when she suffered severe injuries in an accident. An experienced and certified mountaineer, Dahlmeier was caught in a rockfall around noon on 28 July at an …
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Former German Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead on Wednesday, two days after being caught in a rockslide high in the mountains of northern Pakistan. The 31-year-old was swept away by falling rocks on Monday at an altitude of around 5,700 meters (18,700 feet) while ascending the 6,069-meter-high Laila Peak. Dahlmeier’s climbing partner, Marina Eva, sent a distress signal and …
Read More »PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers comprising local mountaineers and porters resumed efforts on Wednesday to reach injured German Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier on a peak in northern Pakistan, officials said. Faizullah Faraq, a spokesman for the regional Gilgit-Baltistan government, said rescuers were racing against time to reach Dahlmeier despite bad weather on the Laila Peak, where she has been …
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Rescuers are hoping to locate the double Olympic gold medallist on the 6,096-metre Laila Peak in the Karakoram Mountains. A team of foreign climbers were on Wednesday due to launch a rescue mission for the two-time Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, days after the German athlete was seriously injured by a rockfall on a Pakistani mountain. The accident happened about …
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