Pakistan and Turkiye on Tuesday noting the worsening humanitarian crisis and famine, reaffirmed their solidarity with Palestine and stressed the urgent need for humanitarian aid and relief. The matter was discussed as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Jeddah on the sidelines of 21st extraordinary […]
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has accused Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of adopting double standards for “shying away” from the upcoming by-elections. In a tweet on X, the defence minister criticised the PTI leadership, saying the party was confident of manipulating results in K-P due to its control over the provincial government, but feared defeat […]
In the wake of devastating floods in Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) Ghizer district, the closure of 63 schools, originally ordered until August 25, has been extended as relief and rehabilitation efforts continue. G-B government spokesperson Faizullah Faraq said the schools in Ghizer had been shut due to the destruction caused by floods, adding that the closure may […]
The officers of Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HWSC), responsible for keeping the sewage pumping stations functional, seem to be on pins and needles as they await the fate of hundreds of employees laid off over two months ago. The issues of repair and maintenance expenditures and making payments to contractors have also been distressing […]
The Karachi Citizens’ Forum (KCF) held a press conference on Tuesday, expressing concern over recurring urban flooding that paralyses the city after every rainfall. The Forum noted that even a brief spell of rain damages property, disrupts businesses, results in the loss of lives, leads to the closure of schools, causes traffic gridlocks, and leaves […]
Rain: a curse or a blessing? As a nature lover, I believe it is a blessing. Unfortunately, the country I belong to, beautiful with its diverse weather and natural aesthetics, has been damaged by years of mismanagement. Nature, however, has its own way of doing justice when human beings play foul with it. Normally, rainy […]
For many years, India successfully leveraged US tensions with China and Russia to its advantage, playing both ends against the middle. On one side, New Delhi spotlighted its potential as a counterweight to China and on the other, it reaffirmed its allegiance to Chinese- and Russian-led geopolitical blocs, BRICS and SCO, which America believes pointedly challenge […]
The US-Russia summit is without doubt a historic moment. President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Donald Trump of the United States met in Alaska on August 15. The widely circulated argument regarding the summit was that its agenda centred on halting the long-drawn war between Russia and Ukraine. Western legacy media had already framed […]
In response to the ongoing severe flooding in Narowal district, the local administration has sought assistance from the Pakistan Army, as rising floodwaters continue to inundate large swathes of the region. The flooding has been triggered by the discharge of approximately 250,000 cusecs of water from the Ravi River at Kot Nainan, submerging vast tracts […]
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was informed on Tuesday that the federal government owed the province Rs74,287 million in net hydel profit. The K-P Assembly met with Deputy Speaker Sorriya Bibi in the chair. Over the last five years, the province received Rs76,578 million, and for FY2024-25, the Finance Department estimated Rs111,303 million of which only Rs28,500 […]