LODHRAN:A stone-hearted man in Lodhran clubbed his father Karim Bux to death over a property dispute, a private news channel reported on Saturday. His family members said that Sohail Ahmad murdered his father at nighttime and fled. They told he had also strangulated his mother to death over a property dispute 10 days ago, and […]
Read MoreKARACHI:A high flood of 560,000 cusecs will pass through Kotri Barrage today, the Sukkur Barrage control room in-charge said on Saturday, with the undeterred water causing widespread devastation and fatalities in different areas of the country. Kotri Barrage lies on the Indus River between Jamshoro and Hyderabad in Sindh, where the situation has been bleak […]
Read MoreBEIJING:Chinese group produced low-cost pre-fabricated houses for the Pakistani flood affectees at the Faisalabad Free-Zone M3IC in Punjab. China’s Henan DR Group’s manager in Pakistan Zhang Shilu said they focused on helping and supporting the flood victims by building low-cost houses at approximately Rs 1.8 million per unit. The actual value of a single unit […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque said that China was a role model for international cooperation and the global community should follow China’s example and make concerted efforts for greater international economic cooperation and regional connectivity. Addressing a forum titled “Beijing Day and Invest in Beijing Summit” at the China International Fair for […]
Read MoreKARACHI:The flour prices in the country have reached record high after a 20-kg bag of the commodity is being sold at Rs2,140 in Karachi. Karachiities are being forced to buy costliest flour in the country as the citizens are forced to buy the flour at Rs1,160 more than in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad. During […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday appreciated all the relevant authorities for making efforts to restore the essential services in the flood-affected areas across the country. On his Twitter handle, the Prime Minister said that despite of the heaviest odds, all the concerned departments including National Highway Authority (NHA), power distribution and supply companies, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said that politics and floods were not a zero-sum situation and urged the politicians to mobilize people, prioritize relief activities and continue with their constitutional efforts to strengthen democracy through national discourse. On his Twitter handle, the president, in an apparent reference to the recent situation of the country […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) while conducting raids in Islamabad, Peshawar, Jhelum and Quetta on Saturday, managed to recover over 75 kg narcotics and arrested six accused. According to an ANF Headquarters spokesman, the ANF in an operation managed to recover 100 heroin-filled capsules at Peshawar Airport from the possession of a passenger. In another operation, conducted […]
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