US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he hoped Russia’s Vladimir Putin would move forward on ending the war in Ukraine but conceded that the Kremlin leader may not want to make a deal at all, adding this would create a “rough situation” for Putin. In an interview with the Fox News “Fox & Friends” […]
Heavy rains and persistent downpour in Karachi have severely disrupted the city’s flight operations, bringing them to a near halt on Tuesday with widespread cancellations and delays due to stormy weather conditions. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cancelled flights PK-310/311 on the Karachi-Quetta route and PK-308/309 on Karachi-Islamabad due to adverse weather. The Lahore-Karachi flight PK-305 […]
The Sindh government announced that all public and private schools in Karachi will remain closed on Wednesday, August 20, due to forecasts of further heavy rainfall. Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said schools would remain shut across the city in view of possible downpours. Senior provincial minister Sharjeel Inam Memon also confirmed the decision, adding that […]
A three–six member Pakistani delegation, comprising doctors, media professionals, and social leaders, is participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla—an international mission aimed at breaking the siege of Gaza and delivering urgent humanitarian and medical assistance to Palestinians. This was announced by Pakistan Palestine Forum leader Wahaj Ahmed during a press conference at the National Press Club Islamabad, […]
We lulled ourselves into believing that the floods and landslides devastating Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan would never reach us. We comforted ourselves with the lie that Karachi was somehow immune, that climate change would punish the north but spare our city. We were wrong—dangerously wrong. Today, Karachi, a megacity of more than 20 million people and […]
Power outages were reported across several parts of Karachi amid heavy rainfall since Tuesday morning, with many areas still plunged into darkness, leaving netizens frustrated as they grapple with daily disruptions and limited access to essential services. At least seven people were reported dead heavy monsoon rains battered the city, flooding neighbourhoods, paralysing traffic and […]
Ukraine and its European allies have been buoyed by Donald Trump’s promise of security guarantees for Kyiv to help end the war in Ukraine but face many unanswered questions, including how willing Russia will be to play ball. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed Monday’s extraordinary summit at the White House with the US president as […]
Makers of weight-loss drugs are expected to rake in more than $150 billion in revenue by the early 2030s, thanks to the ever-growing popularity of Eli Lilly’s Zepbound and Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. The GLP-1 drugs sold by both companies are weekly injections, although several drugmakers are racing to develop an oral medicine or pill that […]
Tourism operations in Punjab’s Salt Range, Murree and other northern areas have been suspended due to heavy monsoon rains, landslides and an increase in cloudburst incidents. Punjab Tourism Secretary Raja Jahangir Anwar said on Tuesday that climate change has severely disrupted the tourism sector, causing substantial economic losses. “Both domestic and international tourism have suffered,” he […]
Torrential monsoon rains lashed Karachi on Tuesday, triggering urban flooding in several neighbourhoods, disrupting traffic, and causing widespread power outages. Dark clouds covered the city by afternoon, followed by heavy showers with strong winds in areas including Surjani Town, Federal B Area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Qayyumabad, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Malir, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Nazimabad, and New Karachi. Shahrah-e-Faisal right now #karachirain […]