SWAT: Principal Saeed Ahmad’s quick order on Friday saved nearly 900 students in Pakistan’s flooding hit Swat Valley minutes before the rolling waters demolished their school. “It was exactly at 9am when I had one last look at the flow and felt it would blow its banks due to continued rain,” Ahmad, 59, the school […]
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Lahore: Senate’s chairman Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has advised the political parties to avert their differences through dialogue and create unity among their ranks. The Senate President, the title of “global effects of Pakistan’s military and diplomatic victories over India,” said the political and military leadership stands shoulder for the shoulder of the wavy to
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Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday praised Pakistan’s intelligence agencies for their critical role in recent conflict with India and claimed they had early access to enemy plans and even obtained video footage of six Indian aircraft shot down. The recent confrontation between the two neighboring countries triggered by the Pahagam attack marked one of
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Khawar Hussain, a Karachi-based journalist and reporter for Dawn News Channel, was found shot dead on Sunday in Sanghar, police said. Hussain had been sitting in his car for hours outside a private hotel on Hyderabad Road in Sanghar City, according to police. You Faisal Bashir said CCTV recordings outside the hotel are under review.
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Punjab authorities have intensified their crashes on illegal hunting during the ongoing Falcon and Quail hunting season and recorded more than 125 first information reports (FIRs) at various police stations throughout the province. According to a spokesman for Punjab Wildlife Rangers, over 300 wild birds are rescued from poachers and released back in their natural
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A newly developed monsoon system began to affect Karachi over the weekend, with light to moderate rain reported in several suburban areas, as Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicts widespread rain and thunderstorms over Sindh between August 17 and 19. While the sky mostly remained clear and humid on Sunday, mild to moderate showers were reported
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Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) clarified on Sunday that the three bids accepted for the import of sugar were accepted according to “the requirements contained in PPRA rules, 2004”. Previously, it was reported by mistake that TCP raised objections to documents submitted by two companies and consequently rejected their bids, despite offering lower prices in
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Heavy monsoon rains have pushed river levels over Punjab to dangerous heights, flooding villages, destroyed crops and cut off Earth’s access in several districts. Local authorities have established flooding camps, while rescue teams continue evacuations as the meteorological department warns of further rainfall and flash floods in the coming days. According to Punjab Disaster Management
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At least 314 people have died and 156 persistent injuries to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) due to flooding, heavy rain and related events from August 15 to 17, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported Sunday. Buner appeared as the worst hit District with 209 dead, followed by Shangla with 36, Bajaur 21, Mansehra 24, Swat 16,
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The Supreme Court has issued a policy on the use of official vehicles by judges. The policy, called the transport policy for the judges in the Supreme Court 2025, will apply to the current and retired judges of the Point Court. According to the Supreme Court’s judges (leave, pension, privileges) order 1997, read with the
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