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Prince William, Kate Middleton react to floods in Pakistan
Duke of Cambridge Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have reacted to the floods in Pakistan as monsoon flooding death toll rises to 1,136.
Prince William and Kate re-tweeted Queen Elizabeth’s personal message for Pakistan flood…
Four disasters in 30 years: Who will save Swat?
Swat is beautiful. But it is also tragic.
Since 1995, it has been the victim of one disaster after another. In the 90s, Sufi Muhammad’s extremist organization, the Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi, devastated the valley’s economy,…
‘Pakistan needs world’s help’: UN launches $160m flash appeal for…
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday jointly launched a flash appeal for $160 million to help Pakistan cope with the flood devastation that has inflicted a $10bn loss on the country’s economy and claimed more than 1,100 lives so far.…
Daska By-Poll Rigging Case: Firdous Withdraws Her Appearance…
ISlAMABAD: Former SAPM to prime minister and PTI leader Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has excused herself from appearing before the ECP in Daska by-poll rigging case.
Firdous Ashiq Awan has written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner…
NASA shoots for the Moon, on its way to Mars
NASA’s most powerful rocket yet is set to blast off Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars.
Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, the space program called Artemis is to get…
In Swat, the flood devastation is unfathomable.
Flood-related losses and devastation to infrastructure between Kalam, Bahrain and adjoining hilly areas of Swat is beyond imagination as a government official said it was too early to predict the amount of damage.
"The losses are likely…
Shahbaz Gill’s bail application in the sedition case was…
An Islamabad court will announce the verdict on senior PTI leader Shahbaz Gill's bail petition in the sedition case filed against him today (Tuesday) at 11am.
During Monday's hearing, the court had said it would announce the verdict…
Deadly clashes rage in Baghdad in power struggle
BAGHDAD: Heavy clashes erupted in Baghdad, killing almost 20 people on Monday, after powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting his loyalists to storm a government palace and fight with rival groups.
As night…
The rupee has risen as the IMF saves Pakistan from debt.
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee surged against the US dollar Tuesday during intraday trade after the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board revived the much-awaited bailout programme for Islamabad.
The rupee appreciated by 2.42…
PIAF sets up flood relief fund with initial amount of Rs12m
LAHORE: Initiating the support for flood affectees in the country, the Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) on Monday established the ‘Flood Relief Fund’ with an initial amount of Rs12 million in this regard.
PIAF…