Pakistan is racing to prevent further loss of life as it reels from one of its worst climate disasters with floodwater threatening to cover up to a third of the country of 220 million people by the end of the monsoon season. Climate change minister Sherry Rehman said Sunday the unprecedented rain had created […]
Shaukat Tarin provoked Punjab and KPK to withdraw from the IMF deal Audio recordings of telephonic conversation between PTI’s leader and former finance minister Shaukat train . And the finance ministers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab revealed the PTI’s plot to overthrow the IMF loan program worth $6 billion ahead of the lender’s Executive Board […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New Zealand has called off its tour of Pakistan due to security concerns. The tour was scheduled to take place in September, but the PCB has since expressed its disappointment at the decision. The tour, which included five T20Is and three One-dayers, was supposed to start on October 14. Both the teams stayed at their […]
Prime Minister Imran says, answering a question by a woman about the grisly murder of Noor Mukadam in Islamabad; and what steps the government would take for women’s safety; Prime Minister says; he had been following the Noor murder case from the first day and termed it a “horrifying” incident. Citing details provided to him, […]
Prime Minister Imran Khann on Sunday criticised the partial coronavirus lockdown imposed by the Sindh government; against the federal government’s wishes, explaining that doing so would break the back of the common man. He expressed his views on the issue while conversing with the people of Pakistan; in a live question-and-answer session via telephone. The premier […]
ISLAMABAD: The Ehsaas Waseela-e-Taleem Programme has set a target of enrolling an additional 1.75 million students during the current financial year. The programme will include one million primary class, 500,000 secondary class and 225,000 higher secondary students. Also, upon completion of the first quarter of the current financial year the students of secondary and higher […]
