Lahore: A winter drought ravages crops in Punjab, the farmers said, the region being dried up by a 40% drop in precipitation. Pakistan – which houses more than 240 million people – ranks among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which, according to scientists, make extreme weather events more common and […]
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Islamabad: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is coordinating the repatriation of 22 Pakistani survivors of the recent maritime incident near the port of Dakhla in Morocco. After thorough investigations and careful coordination with Moroccan authorities, these people will be returned to Pakistan in batches, the Foreign Office spokesperson said on Saturday. The Pakistani Embassy in
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Karachi: In South Asia, the climate crisis has made monsoons more ferocious, heat waves more severe and floods more relentless – transforming nature’s wrath from a distant threat into an immediate reality that is reshaping landscapes, disrupting lives and deepens vulnerabilities across a wide range of human concerns, including education. According to a recent UNICEF
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Listen to the article Bangladesh High Commissioner in Pakistan, Mohammad Iqbal Hussain, announced his intention to start direct air services between Bangladesh and Pakistan, further strengthening bilateral links. Speaking on Saturday at a press conference in Peshawar, Hussain underlined the deep and historical relations between the two countries and expressed the intention of initiating direct
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Listen to the article Security forces killed 30 terrorists during three separate counter-terrorism operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the Army’s media wing, security forces carried out an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Lakki Marwat district. “After the troops actually engaged the terrorists
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Listen to the article The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Saturday that 22 Pakistani nationals, survivors of a recent maritime incident near the port of Dakhla in Morocco, will be repatriated in batches to Pakistan. The survivors were part of a boat tragedy that claimed the lives of 50 migrants, including 44 Pakistanis. However,
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Listen to the article A proposal to increase the salaries and benefits of Members of Parliament (MPS) to match those of federal secretaries has been approved by the National Assembly’s finance committee, Express News reported. Following the approval, a summary was sent to Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif for further review. According to sources in the
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Listen to the article An air hostess of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was arrested for smuggling mobile phones in the country. Customs officials at Lahore airport said they had found the phones in his possession after arriving on a flight from Abu Dhabi. According to customs sources, the air hostess has transported dozens of expensive
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Tehreek-e-insaf Pakistani leader (PTI), Sher Afzal Marwat, was acquitted by a district and hearing court in Islamabad in a case linked to a fight at the Supreme Court. The verdict, which was reserved after the hearings on Marwat’s acquittal advocacy, was announced on Saturday. The court rejected all the expenses chosen against Marwat and its
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced a key leadership change in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, with Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur dismissing the provincial party president. Junaid Akbar, a member of the National Assembly, was named his replacement. The decision was confirmed by PTI chief Salman Akram Raja at a press conference in Rawalpindi. Raja said Gandapur’s departure
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