Global environmental disasters in August
ANKARA: The world witnessed several unexpected environmental developments and disasters in August, including deadly floods and landslides in Pakistan; a hailstorm in Spain, torrential...
Railways lease 4,694 acres land to generate revenue
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways had leased out as many as 4,694 acres of its precious land during the last four years to transform the department...
Water, vector-borne diseases on rise in Sindh’s flood relief camps
KARACHI: Different water and vector-borne diseases have broken out in the relief camps set up for the flood-hit people of Sindh, according to a...
7 die, 957 injured in 908 Punjab road crashes
LAHORE: The Punjab Emergency Service Department (PESD) Responded to 908 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) in all 37 districts of Punjab during the last 24...
UN condemns ‘shameful’ year-long ban on Afghan girls’ education
KABUL: The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a...
Communist Party of China sends food packs for flood victims in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), through the embassy of Peoples Republic of China in...
Yoon’s peace overture to the North
In his National Liberation Day address on August, 15, 2022, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol unveiled his government’s ambitious plan to help the North...
NDMA: over 1,500 killed, 12,000 injured in monsoon rains, floods
ISLAMABAD: The total death toll in Pakistan from this season's monsoon rains and floods since mid-June has risen to around 1,545, along with 12,860...
WHO raises alarm about outbreak of diseases in flood-hit areas
ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation (WHO) raised alarm about a “second disaster” in the wake of deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors...
Masood credits Pakistan callup on T20 success in England
KARACHI: Shan Masood believes playing for English county Derbyshire in the Blast has played a role in his maiden call-up to the Pakistan T20...
UNCEF calls for immediate lifesaving support to 3.4m kids amid deadly floods
ISLAMABAD: United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that 3.4 million children in Pakistan are in need of "immediate, lifesaving support" in...
Water, vector-borne diseases on rise in Sindh camps
KARACHI: Various water and vector-borne diseases have broken out in the relief camps set up for the flood-hit people of Sindh, a report released...
Sharif speech at UN to stress Pakistan focus on climate
ISLAMABAD: The prime minister will use his speech at the United Nations on Friday to focus on climate-induced catastrophic floods in the country, the...
Imran says launch of Lahore business district next month
LAHORE: Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chair, has said the groundwork for over 100 skyscrapers in Punjab's first Central Business District Punjab (CBDP) to...
King to host world leaders as UK counts down to queen’s funeral
LONDON: US President Joe Biden was in London on Sunday to pay his last respects to Queen Elizabeth II, as ordinary mourners waiting in...