Studies and observations show that rural households continue to rely on fuelwood and animal dung as their main sources of domestic energy. It is estimated that per capita fuelwood use is 0.52 m3 in the warm plains and 0.72 m3 in the colder mountain areas of Pakistan. Therefore, a family of 10 consumes about 5.2 […]
Muhammad Arshad, a cloth merchant from Rail Bazaar, Faisalabad, was at his shop when he received a call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as an employee at his children’s school and said that a new WhatsApp group had been created for parents’ guidance. He asked Arshad to click on a link sent […]
As expected, Pakistan has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), unlocking $1.2 billion under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Resilience & Sustainability Facility (RSF). This inflow will help strengthen foreign exchange reserves, stabilise the currency, and unlock additional funding from partners such as the ADB, World Bank, IDB, AIIB, and […]
Two alleged terrorists linked with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and several other suspects were arrested by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) and police in multiple operations conducted across the metropolis on Sunday. According to an SIU spokesperson, an operation was carried out on intelligence about the presence of terrorists near Thado Nalo Bridge in […]
A student allegedly committed suicide in the boys’ hostel of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS), Jamshoro. The body of Abdullah Soomro, a fourth-year MBBS student enrolled at Bilawal Bhutto Medical College, was found in room 144 of the Ibn-e-Sina Boys Hostel on Sunday. Soomro had been allotted room 35 but had […]