Adania Shibli, a Palestinian novelist, was scheduled to accept the “LiBeraturpreis” of the LitProm association, which honors female writers from the Global South for a work recently published in German, on October 20 at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Some critics gave Shibli’s book Minor Detail high praise. Elisabeth Jaquette’s English translation, which was released in […]
Govt reduces petrol price by Rs40 per liter, effective today The federal caretaker government has drastically lowered gasoline prices, by as much as Rs. 40 per liter, giving much-needed assistance to those who have suffered the most from a difficult economic crisis since mid-2022. As of today, October 16, the cost of gasoline has decreased […]
Namira Salim, along with two other passengers, was the first Pakistani woman to be launched into space by Virgin Galactic on Friday. Virgin’s fourth commercial space mission was this one. The other two travelers were American astronomy instructor Ron Rosano and British advertising executive Trevor Beattie. At 8:10 p.m. Pakistan time, at 1540 GMT, Virgin […]
The death toll could rise given reports of landslides and people trapped beneath collapsed structures after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rocked western Afghanistan on Saturday killed 14 people and injured 78 others. According to the USGS, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the northwest of Herat, the major […]
The Indian prime minister and the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, which is now the site of multiple ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup matches, were threatened with bombings in an email that the Mumbai police received on Thursday night. The email warned the authorities that if the Indian government does not pay 5 billion Indian […]
On Friday, Karachi police detained a guy for groping and harassing a woman in the Samanabad neighborhood of Karachi. The event was captured on CCTV, which shows a man going down a lane before grabbing a female bystander. On social media, users were outraged by the footage and demanded the suspect’s quick arrest. District Central […]
As the monsoon season ends in Pakistan, the upper portions of the nation are set to get one final round of rain starting tomorrow (Thursday). The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) issued a weather advisory stating that the westerly rain-producing wave is likely to enter the upper areas on Thursday, September 28 during the evening or […]
Pakistan has received its first supply of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Russia, according to the Russian embassy in Islamabad, marking the South Asian nation’s second significant purchase of Russian energy. The consignment follows Pakistan’s first-ever delivery of Russian crude under a pact the two countries established earlier this year, which the embassy claimed was […]
A collision occurred on Sunday between the Lahore-bound Mianwali Express and a goods train near Sheikhupura, resulting in nine people sustaining injuries. Official sources report that the passenger train was en route to Lahore when it collided with a stationary freight train positioned on a loop line at Qila Sattar Shah station, located approximately 20 […]
Imran Khan, the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has received a summons from a district and sessions court in Islamabad. He is required to appear in court on September 25 in connection with a case concerning his third wife, Bushra Bibi, and what has been termed an “unIslamic nikah.” The civil judge, Qudratullah, has instructed […]
