February 23, 2025
PAKISTAN

MNVD breaches and flooding from Manchhar endanger Bhan Syedabad

DADU: After Wednesday’s flooding of numerous villages in the union councils of War, Arazi, Dal, Bubak, and Jaffarabad in Sehwan taluka, floodwater from breaches in Manchhar Lake is now exerting further pressure along the Indus Link canal close to Bhan Syedabad town. Bhan Syedabad, which has a population of 150,000 people and 10,000 flood victims, […]

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PAKISTAN

Imran alleges a plot is being developed to overthrow the PTI government in Punjab

Imran Khan, the head of the PTI and a former prime minister, alleged on Wednesday that “Mr X and Mr Y” were pressuring his ministers in Punjab to accept bribes as part of a plot to overthrow the PTI administration there. He said that PTI legislators in Punjab were being offered bribes worth millions of […]

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PAKISTAN

MDCAT 2022 has been postponed owing to flooding, according to the health government

The newly established Pakistan Medical Council has postponed the Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions Test, or MDCAT, due to the country’s current flood situation. Wednesday afternoon in Islamabad, Abdul Qadir Patel, Minister for National Health Services and Regulations, made the announcement during a press conference.He claimed that because of the severe floods, electricity and internet […]

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PAKISTAN

Contempt case: Imran apologises for his “unintentional” comments against the judge in his updated response to the IHC

In his latest response to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday, former prime minister Imran Khan expressed “deep regrets over his unintentional utterances” in the contempt proceedings brought against him for his contentious comments about district and sessions judge Zeba Chaudhry, who had approved PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s physical remand in a sedition case. […]

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PAKISTAN

After the floods, Pakistan “looks like a sea,” says PM Shehbaz, as 18 more people pass away

SEHWAN: After touring some of the places affected by the floods that have affected up to a third of Pakistan, where 18 more fatalities brought the total number of deaths from days of rain to 1,343, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that parts of the country appeared “like a sea.” A crisis attributed […]

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PAKISTAN

IT businesses provide the Alkhidmat Foundation 15 million for flood aid

In these times of extraordinary problems, the Pakistan Software Houses Association (P@SHA) and the Alkhidmat Foundation have teamed up to help ease the suffering of the flood victims. P@SHA member companies have given the Alkhidmat Foundation a total of $15 million, and more donations are on the way. P@SHA started the relief exercise to aid […]

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PAKISTAN

Couple from Islamabad “killed for honour”

In the late hours of Tuesday night in Islamabad Dhok Kashmirian neighbourhood, under the control of the Sangjani Police Station, an unidentified armed man is accused of shooting and killing a newlywed couple. According to the police, the pair may have been “murdered for honour.”They claimed that Nisar, one of the murder victims, and his […]

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PAKISTAN

Imran Khan’s bail in the Section 144 violation case is increased by an Islamabad court

In a case involving the violation of Section 144 in Islamabad, the bail of PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other party leaders was extended by a district and sessions court in Islamabad on Wednesday.At the start of the hearing, Imran Khan’s attorney Babar Awan stood before the court. Co-accused PTI officials Saifullah Niazi, Sadaqat Abbasi, […]

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PAKISTAN Weather

When will it rain once more in Karachi?

KARACHI: Following an update last week that predicted at least two monsoon systems will deliver significant rainfall to Sindh once more in September, the Met office forecasts that the next 24 hours in Karachi will be partly cloudy, with the risk of drizzle in the morning and at night. The Meteorological Department reported that the […]

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PAKISTAN

Imran Khan declares after PDM’s “propaganda to defame” him, “Enough is enough”

Imran Khan, a former prime minister and current head of the PTI, declared on Tuesday that he had had enough of the “cabal of crooks” the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was using to spread false information about him. PDM, the ruling parties that took over the government after Khan was removed as prime minister in […]

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