Day: August 18, 2021

ISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Tuesday released 231761cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 259565 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1545.58 feet, which was 153 feet higher than its dead level 1392 feet. Water inflow and outflow in the dam […]

ISLAMABAD:The overall global death toll from suicide has risen by nearly 20,000 in the last 30 years, despite a significant fall in age-specific suicide rates during this period, finds an analysis of international data. The analysis, published online in the journal Injury Prevention, showed that suicide rates are highest among those aged more than 70 […]

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday suspended the order of justice of peace for registration of first information report (FIR) against Senior Minister AJ&K Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan and instructed the FIA to continue its inquiry into the matter pertaining to harassing a citizen. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case regarding the above […]

ISLAMABAD:Azadi Cup Tenpin Bowling Championship will commence from August 25 at Leisure City Bowling Club Jinnah Park, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation (PTBF) said on Tuesday. President of PTBF, Ijaz ur Rehman in a media statement said all arrangements to hold the event in a befitting manner would be b finalized in the Federation’s Organizing […]

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan would like to have similar assurance from the Taliban, as given to China and the United States, that the soil of Afghanistan would not be used against them or any other country. “We will always like assurances, the ones which were given to China and the United […]

ISLAMABAD:A week-long workshop “Lari Zero Carbon Structures for the Marginalized”, aimed at enabling the students & architects construct and reproduce the low cost zero carbon structure, especially in the context of global warming concluded here at Lok Virsa on Tuesday. The workshop was jointly organized by Lok Virsa and Institute of Architect Pakistan (IAP). After […]

ISLAMABAD:Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday restored the membership of Salman Naeem, member of provincial assembly (MPA) Punjab. A three-member SC bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial announced the reserved judgement against the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan regarding disqualification of Salman Naeem over holding two computerized national identity cards.

ISLAMABAD:Wheat flour prices have witnessed sharp increase in open markets of Sindh, particularly it is recorded at highest level in two main cities of the province including Karachi and Hyderabad as compared to other markets across the country. According to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday, the price of a 20 kg […]