LAHORE: Most major cities of Punjab were engulfed by smog on Monday with the air quality deteriorating to a hazardous level. Lahore, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura and Kasur recorded the worst air quality quality levels. According to the international monitoring agency IQAir, Gujranwala’s AQI climbed as high as 762, among the highest in the region. However, the…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday expressed serious dissatisfaction over the Punjab government’s inadequate measures to combat smog, warning that the worsening air quality in Lahore had reached alarming levels. Justice Shahid Karim, while hearing multiple petitions related to smog control, pollution reduction, and groundwater protection, criticized the authorities for their failure to…
The police claimed that the FIR was lodged on the complaint of advocate Aamir Lutf Ali Zardari, father of the deceased HYDERABAD: The Sindh Healthcare Commission (SHCC) has opposed the registration of an FIR over doctors of Liaquat University Hospital in a case pertaining to the death of a young man due to dengue virus…
Humpback whales found in Arabian Sea are species of baleen whale, after monsoon, they migrate into Pakistani waters A large pod of endangered Arabian humpback whales has been spotted off the coast of Gwadar, Balochistan — a rare and encouraging sighting for marine conservation. The spectacular moment, where six humpback whales breached the sea surface…
Sub-Inspector Adnan Warraich took Rs475,000 and two licensed firearms from complainant’s office near Thokar Niaz Baig Lahore Police. Photo: AFP/File The Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment has arrested Sub-Inspector Adnan Warraich on charges of bribery and misuse of authority following an inquiry into a complaint lodged by a local housing society owner. According to ACE Lahore, a…
Hospital blames quack doctors for emerging cases of infection, risking lives of innocent people Paramedic takes blood samples from a child for a HIV test at a state-run hospital in Rato Dero in the district of Larkana. Photo: AFP The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection has been detected in eight children, tested at the Kulsoom…
Microsoft has invested $7.3 billion in the UAE since 2023 and plans to add $7.9 billion more by 2029 Roughly two-thirds of the money spent will go on building AI and cloud data centres in the UAE, and a third of it on planned local operating expenses. PHOTO: PIXABAY US tech giant Microsoft on Monday…
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy were held over on the Hall of Fame’s contemporary baseball era committee ballot and will be joined next month by Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela. The 16-person committee meets on Dec. 7 at the winter meetings in Orlando, Florida,…
There’s been a shift change at Vanderpump Rules. Almost one year after Bravo announced that its No. 1 reality series would be getting a reboot, the network has finally revealed the all-new cast for season 12. Following season 11 — the year after the “Scandoval” season that changed everything in the Bravoverse — Vanderpump Rules…
“I’ve seen the apps and I don’t like them,” says a DHS official who left this year. “It’s rife for abuse.I imagine they’re being used in ways they were not intended.” He highlighted the risks of misidentification, noting that facial recognition often has elevated error rates for people of colour. “I have no confidence that…
