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• PM orders NDMA to protect against urban floods in Lahore, Sialkot and Gujrat• The president asks Sindh to prepare for large flows; Nawaz asks legislators to help their voters• The minister announces compensation for Danyore Nullah victims Islamabad / Lahore: The federal and provincial leadership of the country is supervising an emergency response coordinated…
Behind these terms is a simple story about water, the ability of the river and the limits of the infrastructure. When officials warn about an “medium”, “high”, “very high” or “exceptionally high” flood, what really does that mean? During the past week, as Punjab rivers have swollen, these technical terms have dominated official updates. Behind…
• Aurengzeb urges innovative instruments, sector reforms for long -term resilience• The president of ADB says he is ready to help in the launch of Panda Bond inaugural, he hosts market diversification efforts Islamabad: Pakistan sought on Wednesday a deeper collaboration and a new support for loans based on policies of the Asian Development Bank…
From a valley of snow, greenery, and bustling bazaars to a city drowning in garbage, sewage, and dust — Quetta’s decline is a prime example of urban neglect. In Quetta’s Kali Ismail area, near the Balochistan Board office on Samungli Road, 12-year-old Salman, a seminary student, rummaged through a garbage dumping site to pick up…
Islamabad: Google has launched its new ‘AI’ mode in Pakistan, offering users access to their most advanced search experience. First introduced in the United States this year, the function is now expanding worldwide, with Pakistan among the last countries to obtain access. The tool, fed by a personalized version of Gemini 2.5, allows people to…
Natural disasters are acts of God, but we cannot ignore human errors, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz. The waters of the floods sprouted through the mountain villages, the cities made swamps, the mourners gathered in Fresh Graves, since the season of the Pakistan monsoon once again offers calamity scenes, also puts an unfortunate preparation. Without…
Some 200 children were stranded today after flood water involved a school building in the northern state of India Punjab. The heavy rains extended through the Himalayas, killing at least 36 people in India in the last 24 hours and forcing the authorities to open important dams, which in turn caused flood alerts in three…
India said Wednesday that the city of Ahmedabad is an “ideal” location for the Commonwealth 2030 Games, with its offer seen as part of a broader impulse by the Made of Cricket nation to organize the 2036 Olympic Games. Ahmedabad is the key city of the native state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi de Gujarat,…
The tremors of an earthquake of 5.3 magnitude felt in Peshawar and Islamabad on Wednesday, according to a press release issued by the seismic network of the Department of Meteorology of Pakistan (PMD), but so far there have been no reports of victims or damages. The PMD declared that the earthquake occurred at 6:27 pm…
PTI legislators have begun to renounce the membership and presidency of all the permanent committees in the National Assembly on Wednesday after the instructions of the founder of the Imran Khan party. The Pakistan Electoral Commission (ECP) in July and August disqualified a large number of members and leaders of PTI in relation to their…