Around 255,000 people have fled their homes ahead of Super Typhoon Man-yi, which is expected to make landfall later Saturday or early Sunday, becoming the sixth major storm to pummel the archipelago nation in the past month. With wind gusts of up to 230 kilometers per hour (about 140 miles per hour), Man-yi was on […]
As per details, the increasing smog situation has prompted the provincial government to further extend the closure of all public and private educational institutions, including tuition centers, for another week. Earlier the educational institutions were closed till Nov 17. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, and the air pollution is worsening continuously as the Air […]
The experiment was a collaborative effort involving the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), Army Aviation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and other provincial agencies. According to the Punjab government’s statement, cloud seeding was carried out in Jhelum, Chakwal, Talagang, and Gujar Khan. The Meteorological Department, backing the government’s claim, stated that the cloud seeding started at 2 […]
Babal Khan Bhayo, who had resigned as CM adviser on Forest and Wildlife over the Katcha area arms smuggling controversy in April 2024, has been given the same portfolio. Earlier on April 20, Sindh police foiled an attempt to smuggle arms to Katcha area dacoits and arrested seven individuals including three policemen allegedly involved in […]
As per the notification, the price of petrol remained unchanged at Rs248.38 per litre, and the price of High-speed diesel remained at Rs 255.14 per litre. The prices of light diesel and Kerosene oil also remain unchanged. Earlier, it was reported that the federal government might hike petrol prices due to a high premium on […]
Gross domestic product slipped by 0.1% in monthly terms during September as the services sector flat-lined, while manufacturing and construction dropped, the Office for National Statistics said. For the third quarter as a whole, the economy grew by 0.1%, slowing from 0.5% growth during the second quarter. Economists polled by the Bank of England had […]
The union is demanding, among other things, wage increases in line with inflation, cost-of-living adjustment payments to be rolled into the basic wage rate, and safe working conditions. The union had issued a three-day strike notice to Canada Post earlier this week. “After a year of bargaining with little progress, postal workers made the difficult […]
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting in Islamabad. The Cabinet Committee on Privatization noted with satisfaction the assessment of the aviation division on healthy PIACL’s finances. The CCOP also constituted a committee under the convenorship of the Minister of State for Finance to evaluate possible transaction options for the privatization of the Roosevelt […]
As per details, Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Gul Hasan Aurangzeb issued a nine-page verdict on a petition filed by the PTI founder and Bushra Bibi. The court declared the trial court verdict null and void and directed the concerned court to decide on both pleas again. Earlier, an Accountability Court rejected PTI founder […]
Addressing a press conference, Senior Minister for Information and Environment Protection Marriyum Aurangzeb stated that the Health Department has been issued directives to take immediate action. She said that the smog has led to an increase in respiratory issues, with over 600,000 people affected in Punjab in just one week, and 65,000 hospitalizations reported last […]
