FAISALABAD: A minor girl was electrocuted to death in the area of Sammundri police station. Police said here on Tuesday that five-year-old,Hafsa,r/o mohallah Danishpura was passing through a street when she accidentally touched live electricity wire broken from a nearby pole. Consequently, she received a fatal electric shock and died on the spot. The police […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Acting High Commissioner of Malaysia, Deddy Faisal bin Ahmad Salleh on Tuesday launched the “Study in Malaysia Education Fair” in Islamabad. After inaugurating the study fair, Deddy Faisal bin Ahmad Salleh stated that Malaysia has become one of the most preferable study destinations by the Pakistani students as it is house of the world’s […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The federal government under Digital Pakistan’s vision was focusing on skill development to meet demand of the local industry, besides providing optimum facilitation to the private sector and ensuring enabling policy initiatives and legislation. According to an official of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MoITT), about six National Incubation Centers were working across […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Inflicting big losses to human lives and properties on one hand, the floods have polluted the drinking water reservoirs on the other hand, creating an acute shortage of drinking water in affected areas of the province, the Irrigation Department informed on Tuesday. It said around 2 million people of different affected areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The recent torrential rains and floods have wreaked havoc across the country, causing damages of Rs320.824 billion to agriculture and livestock alone. The floods damaged standing crops including cotton, maize, sugarcane, oil seeds and seasonal pulses spreading over millions of hectares of land whereas the livestock sector also faced huge losses, a senior official of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday reached Swat where he would meet stranded local residents and tourists who were struck in Kumrat and Kalam due to rains and flash floods. The Pakistan army aviation helicopters evacuated women, children and foreigners and other people to Kanju Cantt Swat during the rescue […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Tuesday released 576,600 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 604,600 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, Tarbela Dam has already attained its maximum conversation level of 1550 feet and was 152 feet higher than its dead level of 1,398 feet. Water inflow and outflow […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Of the 6.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance following the monsoon rains, floods, and landslides in Pakistan, more than 1.6 million are women of childbearing age. The government estimates that around 33 million people across the country are affected, including an estimated 8.2 million women of reproductive age, said a press release on […]
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