Karachi braces for heat wave amid virus lockdown
Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast that a heatwave will sweep over urban areas of Sindh, including Karachi and Hyderabad, from Tuesday through to Friday, Geo News reported. The PMD claimed that the mercury was expected to touch up to 40 degrees Celsius in the port city during the heat wave. Weather would remain hot and dry, […]
2 Pakistani girls killed for ”honour” over leaked mobile video
Two Pakistani teenage girls have been shot dead over a mobile phone video in a remote backward North and South Waziristan tribal region, which was once the stronghold of Taliban. They are said to have been shot dead by a family member earlier this week in a village on the border of the North and […]
Pakistan International Airlines Airbus flying Lahore-Karachi crashes
KARACHI: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft with more than 90 passengers and eight crew members on board crashed near Jinnah International Airport on Friday. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) officials confirmed the national flag carrier’s flight PK-8303 that was flying from Lahore to Karachi crashed in Model Colony. The plane crashed moments before expected landing at the Karachi […]
Senate passes 6-month paid maternity leave bill
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani people, government and private sector employees have reacted differently to Senate’s recent legislation that has not only increased number of days of maternity leave, but also grants three-month paternity leave to all those employees/workers of organisations that fall under the administrative control of the federal government. According to the bill maternity leave for […]
Four Pakistani students in China have tested positive for coronavirus, confirms SAPM Mirza
Dubai: At least four Pakistani students studying in Wuhan city of China have been confirmed as having the coronavirus, revealed Dr Zafar Mirza, Special Assistant (Health) to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Addressing a hurriedly-called press conference in Pakistan on Wednesday, Dr Mirza said that around 500 Pakistani students are based in Wuhan, the epicentre […]
Eight killed in factory fire incident in Lahore
At least eight people, including two women and as many minors, were killed and two wounded in Lahore factory conflagration. The blaze broke out at the perfume factory located in Imamia Colony after a gas cylinder burst late Monday. The inferno caused eight deaths and burns injuries to several others. The fire has been brought […]
US Embassy vehicle involved in Islamabad traffic crash, leaving one dead
ISLAMABAD: At least one person was killed and four injured when two cars collided Sunday here at the federal capital’s Faisal Avenue Chowk, police said. According to the police, one of the cars involved in the crash belongs to the United States Embassy in Islamabad. The US Embassy car’s driver was arrested and a first […]
Pakistan on High Alert Amid Coronavirus Outbreak in China
Islamabad: Pakistani health ministry has announced multiple measures including screening of passengers at airports as hundreds of cases of new viral respiratory illness have been confirmed in China. Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has introduced the screening measures at four major airports — in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar — in the wake of the […]
People Coming from China to Go Under Screening at the Pakistani Airports
A new virus that has killed nine people infected hundreds and already reached the United States, could mutate and spread, China warns, as authorities scramble to contain the disease. Sources privy to the healthcare authorities in Pakistan have revealed that there has been serious deliberation over a proper medical screening of Chinese visitors meaning to […]
U.S. indicts 5 men suspected of aiding Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program
Washington: Five men have been indicted in the United States for allegedly running an international network that purchased US products for Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme. The five, who live outside the United States and have not been apprehended, were indicted by a grand jury in October, the Justice Department said. The indictment was unsealed on […]
