Blogs – Pakistan Affairs

03 Jul, 26

Leaders insist Imran’s release remains PTI’s ‘ultimate objective’

• Salman Akram Raja says critics are ‘hard of hearing’, claims party has emerged as largest social force in the country• Junaid Akbar Khan terms Balochistan ‘guarantor of country’s stability’, assails govt over law and order situation LAHORE / QUETTA: Deflecting criticism that the party has lost its way in the face of government intransigence, […]

03 Jul, 26

40 killed, 8 injured as passenger bus falls into ravine near Balochistan-KP border

QUETTA: Forty people were killed and eight others injured when a Peshawar-bound passenger bus fell into a ravine just as it left the Dhanasar area of Balochistan’s Sherani district and crossed the provincial border into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan on Friday, officials said. The number of casualties was first shared in a statement by […]

03 Jul, 26

Four suspects killed in two police ‘encounters’ in Karachi

Four suspects were killed in two separate police encounters in Karachi, according to police. The incidents took place near Sohrab Goth and in New Karachi’s Sector 11-F. KARACHI: Four suspects were killed in two separate police encounters in Karachi on Thursday, according to police officials. In one incident, the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Cell said two alleged […]

02 Jul, 26

Three tourists die, seven injured as boat capsizes at Saifullah Lake in Kalam

Three tourists died and seven others were injured after a boat capsized at Saifullah Lake in Kalam, Rescue 1122 said. In Shangla, a woman died after being swept away by flash floodwater while crossing a stream with her daughter. SWAT: Three tourists died and seven others were injured after a boat overturned at Saifullah Lake […]

02 Jul, 26

PHA targets greener Punjab with parks, plantation push

Punjab Horticulture Authority (PHA) plans a parks and plantation push in the new financial year, prioritising newly added districts and rolling out GIS-based tree protection rules to expand and safeguard green cover. LAHORE: As Punjab enters the new financial year, the Punjab Horticulture Authority (PHA) is set to expand its efforts to enhance the province’s green […]

01 Jul, 26

Karachiites in for price shock as KWSC set to hike bowser charges

KARACHI: For millions of Karachiites who are compelled to purchase water tankers to meet their daily needs, the cost of water may be headed for another increase as the Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation (KWSC) has formed a committee to review tanker rates amid rising diesel cost, officials and sources said. The decision has been […]

01 Jul, 26

1 killed, 6 others injured in suspected drone strike in Peshawar ouskirts

PESHAWAR: A woman was killed while six others were injured in a suspected drone strike in the Pastawana area of the Hassan Khel subdivision on the outskirts of Peshawar late on Tuesday night. Sources initially said that seven people, all belonging to the same family, were immediately taken to the hospital after the incident was […]

01 Jul, 26

Pakistan rejects India’s ‘preposterous’ statement on strikes against terrorist infrastructure along Afghan border

Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tahir Andrabi on Wednesday rejected India’s “preposterous statement” regarding Pakistan’s recent strikes against terrorists and their hideouts along the Afghan border. In a post on X, the FO spokesperson said Pakistan rejected the “baseless statement” by India on its “legitimate, targeted and proportionate actions” against terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan. “This preposterous statement has […]

30 Jun, 26

Two sisters die after wall collapses in Muzaffargarh

Two minor sisters were killed and their cousin injured when a house boundary wall collapsed in Alipur tehsil of Muzaffargarh on Monday. The injured child was reported to be in stable condition. LAHORE: Two young sisters were killed and their cousin was injured after a boundary wall of a house collapsed in Alipur tehsil of […]

30 Jun, 26

Rawalpindi yet to set up flood camps as monsoon threat looms

Rawalpindi has yet to establish flood relief camps and key emergency arrangements despite the start of the monsoon season. The Met Office has meanwhile forecast heavy rain this week and warned of flood risk in the city. ISLAMABAD: Flood relief camps have not yet been established in Rawalpindi despite the onset of the flood season, […]