Police and paramilitary troops fanned out across Dhaka and other cities in Bangladesh on Friday after violent protests overnight over the death of a popular youth leader, with concerns of further unrest ahead of national elections in which he was due to run. Streets were calm in the morning, but residents in the Muslim-majority South […]
Pakistan’s final nationwide polio eradication campaign of 2025 has reached its fifth day, with the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) reporting that over 42.2 million children were vaccinated during the first four days. The nearly week-long campaign, running from December 15 to 21, has mobilised more than 400,000 polio workers who are visiting homes nationwide […]
Lahore’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reached 215 on Friday, showing improvement compared to previous weeks, according to provincial monitoring data. Authorities attributed the decline to enforcement measures such as vehicular emission checks, industrial monitoring, and action against non-compliant brick kilns. The Punjab government said field monitoring had been intensified. Following directives from Chief Minister Maryam […]