MIRPUR ( AJK ): As a result of torrential rains, besides melting of glaciers at various upper reaches, the water level in the country ‘s major rivers and reservoirs was constantly rising as seasonal routine. Resultantly, the position of the river inflows and outflows at AJK~ based Mangla dam, Tarbela dam as well as Chashma […]
Read MoreNEW YORK:The daughter of Pakistan’s UN Ambassador, Munir Akram, raised thousands of dollars for the affectees of the deadly floods in Pakistan at a largely-attended fundraiser she hosted on Saturday. Ariana Akram, a student activist, said that the donations made at the gathering of ambassadors, UN officials, members of the business community here and prominent […]
Read MoreWAH CANTT:A seminary teacher was booked and arrested for inhuman torture over student in the limits of Wah Cantonment Police station on Sunday. Police sources said that Nasser Iqbal (9) student of a local seminary was subjected to inhuman torture by the teacher identified as Akmal Shahzad. Police on the complaint of the Manazar Iqbal- […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The deadly heat waves will hit most parts of the world three times more often in the coming decades and the world must attach greater importance to the adverse impact of extreme heat on human lives and economy. Talking to a delegation of environmentalists led by Prof Dr Sajid Rashid Ahmad, Principal, College of Earth […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways would receive first batch of 50 new coaches from China in December to upgrade current rolling stock and provide modern facilities to the passengers. “Out of total 230 coaches around 50 will be provided as completely built units and the remaining 184 to be manufactured in the county by the department’s engineers and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday said a day of mourning would be observed across the country on Monday (tomorrow) over the demise of Queen Elizabeth II. “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has given approval to (a proposal) of observing a day of mourning over demise of the Queen of the United Kingdom. […]
Read MoreMIRPUR [AJK]: Saqib Ashraf Chaudhry (40), the son of Ex Mirpur City Mayor, former Advisor to AJK government and PPP AJK leader Ch. Muhammad Ashraf, died in a road accident in London on Saturday, family sources stated here on Sunday. Young Saqib, an eminent and distinguished local Kashmiri Diaspora community leader in the United Kingdom […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways had retrieved as many as 544 acres precious land worth billion of rupees from the illegal occupants under its anti-encroachment operation across the country. “The encroachment operation was launched on the direction of Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique with the assistance of railway police and district administrations of the relevant province,” an […]
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