Voting in the largest election in history began on Friday in India, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running for a record third term on the platform of growth, welfare, Hindu nationalism, and personal popularity. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is up against an alliance of twenty opposition parties in the poll, with the latter […]
The District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs), Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs), and other pertinent agencies were ordered by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday to prepare for severe thunderstorms and rain until April 29 nationwide. The NDMA instructed the departments to monitor the weather prediction and stay alert, making sure they were ready […]
The social media platform said it “continues to work” with the appropriate authorities in the nation about their concerns in its first comment since X was suspended in Pakistan in mid-February. In a post on X, the Global Government Affairs team of the platform stated, “We continue to work with the Pakistani Government to understand […]
The federal government has taken measures to disable the SIM (subscriber identification module) of mobile phone customers who have expired or invalid identity cards, amid concerns of impending harsh action against tax evaders. The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) was instructed to disable the SIM cards of the aforementioned users on Thursday by Interior Minister […]
According to environmentalists, Pakistan’s ranking as the second-worst country in the world for air quality is a sad example of government incompetence and irresponsibility. According to a new analysis by Swiss monitor IQAir, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India were the three nations with the worst air quality globally in 2023. This report paints a dire image […]
In the Dera Ismail Khan area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, an unidentified gunman ambushed a team of Customs Intelligence, killing five officials and two civilians, including a five-year-old child. The assailants then fled the scene, according to authorities. The assailants, who were lurking in the surrounding woods, opened heavy fire on the Customs Intelligence officers […]
The prime minister of Australia announced on Thursday that he will think about awarding citizenship to a Pakistani security guard injured in the fatal knife assault at a Sydney shopping center. After being stabbed, Muhammad Taha, the guard, allegedly stated that he thought he “deserved recognition and consideration for citizenship”. Taha stated in a bedside […]
Google announced on Thursday that it has let go of 28 workers after some of them took part in demonstrations against the Israeli government’s cloud contract. A limited number of protesting employees entered and interfered with work at a few unidentified office sites, according to the Alphabet (GOOGL.O) company. “Physically impeding other employees’ work and […]
According to a statement from the Defense Ministry, India successfully tested a cruise missile using domestic technology on Thursday. According to the ministry, India’s Defence Research and Development Organization successfully tested an indigenous technology cruise missile off the coast of Odisha state from the Chandipur Integrated Test Range. “All of the subsystems operated as expected […]
Imran Khan, the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and a former prime minister, said on Thursday that Saudi Arabia was not involved in the “regime change operation.” The declaration follows the opinions voiced by Sher Afzal Marwat, the head of the firebrand party, in an interview with a private TV station concerning the kingdom’s alleged […]
