LAHORE: An extremely high flood threatened to engulf Jalalpur Pirwala, a tehsil of Multan district, as the water level in the Chenab River continued to rise on Sunday, prompting the authorities to evacuate residents from a city with a population of 500,000. Multan City Police Officer (CPO) Sadiq Ali Dogar told Dawn that low-lying areas of the city had been …
QUETTA: Six opposition political parties have announced a complete wheel-jam and shutter-down strike across Balochistan on Monday (today) to protest against the suicide bombing that targeted a BNP-Mengal public meeting at Shahwani Stadium on Sept 2. Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, former National Party senator Mir Kabir Muhammad Shahi, and ANP leader Asghar Achakzai remained unhurt in the suicide …
NORTH WAZIRISTAN/BAJAUR: Two security personnel were martyred in a militant attack in North Waziristan on Sunday, while a civilian died in a bomb blast at a cricket ground in Bajaur tribal district, officials said. During a search operation under the ongoing “Zarb-e-Haider” operation in North Waziristan’s Dattakhel area, suspected militants attacked security forces near the villages of Kharkmar and Kharsin, …
ISLAMABAD: While five judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) have finalised their objections to what they described as the “hasty” approval of new court rules without “meaningful” consultation, the IHC administration has claimed that all judges had been duly involved in the rule-making process months before the full court meeting was convened. The High Court Establishment (Appointment and Conditions …
BY: H.E. Jiang Zaidong, Chinese Ambassador to PakistanAt the invitation of H.E. President Xi Jinping, H.E. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited China from August 30 to September 4 to attend the twenty-fifth meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Member States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of …
ISLAMABAD: The ‘worsening’ law and order situation in Balochistan overshadowed the ongoing debate on the flood situation in the National Assembly on Friday as the lawmakers belonging to the province protested over the alleged government’s failure to protect life and property of the citizens in the wake of recent spike in terrorism incidents. The house also passed a resolution “condemning …
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunications Limited (PTCL) announced on Saturday that cuts to submarine internet cables in Saudi waters may impact internet services in the country during peak hours. In a statement shared on X, the telecom giant said the submarine cable cuts near Saudi capital Jeddah had impacted the partial bandwidth capacity SMW4 (South Asia-Middle East-West Asia) and IMEWE (India-Middle …
PESHAWAR: At least one person was killed in a bomb blast while a cricket match was being played in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Saturday, according to the police. Bajaur District Police Officer Waqas Rafique confirmed the incident in Khar tehsil’s Kausar Cricket Ground and said the blast was carried out through an improvised explosive device. “It appears to be …
KASUR: As floods continue to batter Punjab and severely impact farmers, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday urged both the federal and provincial governments to declare an agricultural emergency in the province. The PPP leader visited the flood-hit Talwar Post in Kasur, on the border with India, met affected families and later spoke to the media. According to statement, Mr …
ISLAMABAD: The nation celebrated Eid-i-Miladun Nabi on Saturday as this year’s festivities gained greater prominence with it being Holy Prophet Muhammad’s (Peace Be Upon Him) 1500th birth anniversary. Muslims around the world celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), known in Arabic as the Mawlid al-Nabawi holiday, on the 12th of Rabiul Awwal — the third month of the Islamic …