Balakot: Heavy rain, flash floods and cloudbursts have seriously affected the Kaghan -Dalen tourism industry. Tourist flow in July and August remained insignificant, leaving popular destinations such as Shogran, Kaghan, Naran and Babusar Top deserted. Companies associated with tourism are facing major losses. The valley, which is already vulnerable due to climate change, is witnessing […]
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Rawalpindi: The Punjab Governor has formally issued a notification of the creation of the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) in the newly created tourist district in Murree together with three additional districts. In Murree, a Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is also created, while Murree-Kotli Sattian Development Authority will be created in the two Hill
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Karachi: A tense standoff that was unfolded at the University of Karachi (KU) on Friday when officials of Karachi Development Authority (KDA), accompanied by police personnel, allegedly tried to occupy a piece of land within the university’s premises. The move described by the University administration as an “illegal land grip” was averted after university officials,
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Karachi: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) has become the first municipal body in Pakistan to launch a fleet of electrical bicycles marking a step towards environmentally friendly city management. The initiative was inaugurated on Friday by Mayor Murtaza Wahab at the KMC head office, where 20 bikes were handed over to send riders in the first
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Lahore: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday received a phone call from Iranian President Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian, who conveyed his condolance and solidarity with the population of Pakistan over the destruction caused by continuous floods in different parts of the country. Pezeshkian, who expressed sympathy with the surviving families who have lost loved ones and
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Islamabad: Foreign Minister Ishaq DAR has expressed both Pakistan and China to deep concern about the forbidden Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) activities in Afghanistan at the recent trilateral meeting in Pakistan, China and Afghanistan in Kabul. “We told Kabul management in clear terms: Either intervene against TTP or hand them over to Pakistan,” he said at
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Karachi: Pakistan supports a significant increase in food inflation in the coming months, as devastating floods have caused destruction of the country’s agricultural sector, especially in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). The original estimates and a bleak comparison with the flooding crisis in 2022 are painted a worrying image for consumers who are already struggling with
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Islamabad: National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has warned of an extremely high flooding situation that develops in the Indus River basin as massive waves from the eastern rivers threaten to overwhelm downstream areas in the coming days. According to forecasts, between September 3 and 4, flooding water is expected from 900,000 to 950,000 CUSSCS to
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Lahore/Kasur/Multan: Punjab, the country’s bread basketball, continued to roll from one of the worst floods in decades on Friday, with three of its large rivers in the “Super Flood” stage and the authorities forced to blow up part of Sutlej Riverbank to save Kasur from being turned off by the rising waters. At least 28
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Islamabad: The federal government has constituted a special committee to provide legal aid to tackle the questions of families of missing persons whose cases are under investigation into the Investigative Commission on enforced disappearance, in family law related questions. According to a press release issued on Friday, the families of missing persons who have such
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