LAHORE: Punjab’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a high-level flood alert for the next 36 hours following reports that India has opened all spillways of the Salal Dam without prior notification, leading to the release of a massive flood wave into the Chenab River. While talking to local news channel, PDMA Director General […]
KABUL: At least nine people were killed and 25 others were injured after a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan late Monday night. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the epicenter of the quake was located near Jalalabad, in Nangarhar province, at a depth of just 8 kilometers, which increased the destructive potential of the
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QUETTA: Provincial Health Minister Balochistan, Bakht Muhammad Kakar chaired an important high-level meeting, to review the flood situation in the province and coordinate ongoing medical relief efforts, on Sunday. According to details, Secretary Health Balochistan Mujeeb ur Rehman, Director General Health Dr. Amin Mandokhail, and senior officials from MSD, MNCH, Nutrition, Public Health, PDSRU, EPI,
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DERA BUGTI: In a heartbreaking incident in the Baskat area of Dera Bugti district, where a six-year-old boy drowned in water. According to reports, the child, identified as the son of Aidan Marhatta, was playing near a water body when he accidentally fell in and drowned. Locals and rescue teams later retrieved the body and
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan has decided to block all SIM cards registered on Afghan Citizen Cards by August 31, Sunday. According to details, the decision is part of broader measures being taken to regulate undocumented Afghan nationals residing in Pakistan and to tighten control over telecommunication services used under foreign identities. Authorities have
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ISLAMABAD: As many as 23 more people have lost their and nine others have been in the past 24 hours due to the torrential rains and floods in Pakistan. According to details, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has released an updated report detailing the ongoing devastation caused by heavy monsoon rains and flooding across
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ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 jolted Islamabad and several cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, on Monday. According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre, the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale and strong earthquake tremors were felt across various parts of Pakistan, sparking panic among residents in several major
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QUETTA: A seven-day anti-polio drive is all set to start across 26 districts of Balochistan from September 1, today, targeting vaccination of nearly 2.2 million children under the age of five. While talking to media persons, Coordinator of the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Balochistan, Inam ul Haq has said that all arrangements for the campaign
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Armenia formally established diplomatic relations, indicating a massive development in their bilateral ties, the Foreign Office (FO) declared. In this regard, the major breakthrough came after decades of estrangement, during which Islamabad refrained from establishing ties with Yerevan owing to its longstanding support for Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. As per the
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SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: Security forces successfully blocked a major terror plot in the Tiarza area of South Waziristan after intercepting a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) packed with large quantities of explosives. In this regard, the incident occurred during a routine operation when forces signaled a suspicious vehicle to stop. The driver attempted to evade the
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