On #EmiratiWomensDay, a message of tribute highlighted the resilience and leadership of Emirati women who continue to break barriers and assume key roles in government, business, science, and culture. Guided by the vision of Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, the Mother of the Nation, Emirati women were praised as central to the UAE’s progress…
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,…
London Two elderly Sikh taxi drivers were violently attacked in the United Kingdom in what police have classified as a racially motivated assault. The victims, Satnam Singh (64) and Jasbir Sangha (72), were attacked earlier this month by three men. Singh was thrown to the ground, beaten, and had his turban removed, while Sangha suffered…
