Kazan, Russia Dr. Sharmeen Fayyaz, a young Pakistani scientist and Research Officer at the National Institute of Virology, University of Karachi, has been awarded the Best Young Researcher Award at the prestigious Kazan Global Youth Summit 2025. Specializing in virology and molecular medicine, Dr. Fayyaz received the award from Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Coordinator…
NEW YORK The United Nations has released $600,000 in emergency assistance to support relief efforts in Pakistan, where weeks of monsoon rains and floods have caused widespread devastation, killing hundreds and displacing tens of thousands. UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s spokesperson told reporters in New York that the funds were allocated from the UN Central Emergency…
LAHORE, Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a new initiative to fund both cricket training and educational expenses for young players in its development programs, officials said Thursday. Under the plan, boys from under-15 to under-19 levels will be enrolled in year-round academies where they will receive both cricket coaching and formal education,…
LAHORE, Pakistan Water flow in the Chenab River has started to decline at key barrages, though dangerous flood levels persist across parts of Punjab, officials said Thursday. At Head Khanki, discharge dropped from 1.05 million cusecs to around 859,000 cusecs, while at Head Qadirabad the flow stood at 996,601 cusecs, according to the provincial irrigation…
ISLAMABAD (Report By M.Saleem jutt. Pakistan will require $348 billion over the next seven years to meet its development needs and confront escalating climate-related challenges, the World Bank said in a new assessment, underscoring the country’s acute vulnerability to natural disasters. The warning comes as Pakistan reels from another wave of flooding across Punjab, recalling…
LAHORE, Torrential monsoon rains and water released from India have unleashed catastrophic floods across Pakistan’s Punjab province, killing at least 15 people and displacing more than 600,000, authorities said Thursday. Floodwaters from the Sutlej, Ravi and Chenab rivers breached embankments and swept through villages, submerging vast areas of farmland. Officials said hundreds of thousands of…
Karachi | The Sindh Assembly has approved a significant increase in the salaries and allowances of its members, raising the total package from PKR 155,000 to approximately PKR 450,000. The bill to raise salaries was presented on August 8 and unanimously passed by the assembly. Following its passage, a parliamentary committee headed by Speaker Awais…
Lahore :Farzana ch special Reporter Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed authorities to take immediate administrative measures to deal with the threat of urban flooding in Punjab following recent heavy rains and possible river overflows. According to an official statement, the Prime Minister chaired an emergency meeting on the potential flooding situation in the Chenab,…
Sialkot — Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that the recent devastation in Sialkot was mainly caused by encroachments on natural waterways, terming it a failure of local government institutions. Speaking to the media during his visit to flood-affected areas, he noted that several streams flow from Jammu through Sialkot city, and when water enters,…
Islamabad – Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Chaudhry Salik Hussain, has announced a significant increase in welfare grants for workers and labourers under the Workers Welfare Fund. In a video message, the minister said the marriage grant has been raised from Rs. 400,000 to Rs. 600,000, while the death grant has…
