Wednesday marks six months since the Kremlin launched its invasion of Ukraine. As Russia bombs its neighbor, what has become the biggest European war since 1945 has had an outsized impact far south, in the Middle East. A volatile region with an array of existing problems, the Middle East was no exception to the disruptions brought on by the […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday challenged the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) ban on live coverage of his speeches in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The petition was filed by the party chief’s lawyers who requested the court to set aside the order of the ban. “While referring to the violence […]
The biggest showcase of the Asia Cup 2022 is on the edge when arch-rivals Pakistan and India will come face-to-face at the Dubai International Stadium today at 7pm Both teams are long-time arch rivals and their competition is measured as one of the most intense cricket rivalries known throughout the world. Given the political situation […]
With the flood death toll hitting 937 and still on the rise, the government of Pakistan has declared the monsoon rain-induced floods a “climate-inducted humanitarian crisis of epic proportions”. Leaving 30 million people shelter-less, the floods have caused tremendous damage. The government, both provincial and federal, and many non-governmental organisations are working hard to provide relief to […]
The coalition government on Friday took exception to PTI’s “attempts to jeopardize the IMF loan program”. Fund’s board meeting on Monday, with Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, made an appeal wholehearted to shun politics at a time. when unparallel floods have caused havoc on every corner and cranny of the country. The late-night statement was part […]
Since June of 2022, floods caused by monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan killed at least 1,003 people, including 340 children and six military officers in a helicopter crash and over 1,700 more were injured. It is world’s deadliest flood since 2017. Heavy monsoon rainfall and floods have affected 30 million people in Pakistan since mid-June, destroying nearly 218,000 […]
Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant was cut off from the country’s electricity grid; setting off a mass power outage in the adjacent area after fires damaged its last functioning transmission line; Ukraine’s nuclear power company said Thursday. Nuclear power incident rekindled concerns about safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), the biggest nuclear energy […]
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in many parts of the country, warning of urban flooding in several major cities and flash flooding in numerous areas of Balochistan Warning about the possible impacts, PMD stated that the heavy rains may generate urban flooding in Karachi, Hyderabad, Tando Jam, […]
Indian criminal smuggled the head of the Bodhisattva, worth half a million dollars, out of Pakistan and sold it to Canberra gallery Australia returned on Monday an ancient Bodhisattva statue of the Gandhara art to Pakistan following an exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra. It was handed over to Pakistan’s High Commissioner for Australia […]
Many people, including those whose bread and butter thrives on uninterrupted internet service, in the northern and central regions of Pakistan recently suffered massive internet outages due to a technical fault in the Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) optic fiber network. “A cut in the optic fiber has been repaired,” Amir Pasha, head of cooperate communication […]
