Another period of moderate to heavy rainfall is predicted for Karachi between April 17 and 18, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). The Met Department predicted that on the evening of April 16, a second western disturbance will move into Balochistan, perhaps bringing more rain to the port city. According to the PMD, “from […]
According to authorities, the number of people killed in rain-related events in different districts of Balochistan on Monday night increased to seven. In a news conference, Balochistani government spokesman Shahid Rind said that two people died in a home collapse event and five people died from lightning strikes. The occurrences happened in Balochistan’s Sorab, Killa […]
In a heartbreaking occurrence that occurred in Nushki area of Balochistan, 11 people were shot dead by unidentified terrorists, nine of them were travelers from Punjab. Approximately one kilometer distant from Nushki, at the steep area of Sultan Chadhai, over a dozen militants stopped the Quetta-Nushki-Taftan N-40 National Highway on Friday night, according to Nushki […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner and education campaigner Malala Yousafzai encouraged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to raise education spending to 4% of the national GDP on Tuesday, highlighting the need of giving girls’ education special attention. Malala noted in a letter to the prime minister that Pakistan was only allocating less than 2% of its GDP […]
The Federal Investigation Agency has been instructed by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to handle a complaint filed against four people, including a former army chief and a spymaster, for allegedly breaking their code of conduct and spreading false information “in accordance with law.” On Monday, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard a petition submitted […]
According to Jawad Memon, a weather specialist, Karachi can have mild to heavy rain starting on Sunday, April 14. Memon stated that the heat is getting stronger in a few places of Sindh and that it would continue to be hot there through April 12. According to the weather specialist, Karachi’s Eid-ul-Fitr temperatures would range […]
In a joint statement published on Monday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ office of the Spokesperson, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reaffirmed its commitment to expedite the first phase of their $5 billion investment in Pakistan. According to the statement, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister […]
In a plea filed with the Islamabad High Court (IHC), the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) requested a delay of the Senate elections for the chairman and deputy chairman positions on Monday. Five PTI senators have filed a challenge arguing that the existing electoral college is “unconstitutional” since it is incomplete because Senate elections were not conducted […]
Pakistan vehemently denounced Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s “provocative” comments in a broadcast interview on Saturday, calling them a “admission of guilt”. In an interview with CNN News18, Singh stated that India will cross into Pakistan and execute anyone who tries to cross the border and commits terrorism there. “If they run away to Pakistan, […]
Opponents of the new incentives, which include giving top exporters blue passports, contend that the government ought to put more emphasis on infrastructure development for the growing middle class and fostering the expansion of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). They told that rather than attending to the concerns of the long-ignored “Safaid Posh Tabka,” or […]
