“The schools will remain closed for another week due to the hazardous air quality. Institutes including universities would switch to online classes to ensure the safety of students,” Marriyum Aurangzeb, Punjab’s environment minister, told a news conference. Pakistan’s most populated province of Punjab on Friday extended school closures in smog-hit major cities by a week, […]
Read MoreThe nation failed to sell the airline earlier this month after the sole bid it received in the auction was rejected for being 8.5 times below the minimum price. Pakistan has decided to offer its unprofitable flag carrier to other countries in a direct sale deal as one option after a failed attempt. The government […]
Read MoreThe air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan has taken a terrible turn. About 900 people have already been hospitalized due to air pollution-related illnesses. According to a report by the country’s Dawn news agency, the air pollution situation in the city has become so extreme that it is burning in the eyes and throat when you […]
Read MorePakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday called for $6.8 trillion in climate funding for developing countries by 2030. Sharif was speaking at a climate finance roundtable hosted by Pakistan during the 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. According to live coverage of his speech by Pakistani TV channels, the prime […]
Read MoreBeijing is pushing Pakistan to allow its own security staff to provide protection to thousands of Chinese citizens working in the South Asian nation, during talks after a car bombing in Karachi that was seen as a major security breach, sources said. Last month’s airport bombing in the southern port city that killed two Chinese […]
Read MoreVPN’s are used in Pakistan to access X(formerly Twitter) along with other restricted websites. There have been multiple reports on Sunday (11 Nov) from internet users in Pakistan have been experiencing “restricted access” to virtual private networks (VPNs), alongside poor internet connectivity, says Dawn. VPN’s are used in Pakistan to access X(formerly Twitter) along with […]
Read MorePakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in the south and Islamist militants in its northwest. At least 26 people were killed and more than 60 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, reports Dawn. Pakistan is grappling with a surge […]
Read MoreAmid a flurry of congratulatory messages from political leaders worldwide following his victory in the US presidential election, Donald Trump received a message from an unexpected source: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, his “very good friend” who is currently in jail. In a brief, 55-word post on his X social media account, Khan congratulated Trump on […]
Read MoreKarachi residents on Tuesday staged protests after they faced 12 hour power outages and water supply cuts on a daily basis, The Express Tribune reported. They also pointed out that both scheduled and unscheduled load-shedding have significantly disrupted the region’s water supply. Despite filing numerous complaints with the Water Corporation about the power outage schedule, […]
Read MorePlunging a new low, Canada recently linked Union home minister Amit Shah to attacks on Sikh separtists in Canada. The country’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister David Morrison alleged that Shah ordered a campaign of violence, intimidation and intelligence-gathering targeting Sikh separatists inside Canada. Indian government vehemently rejected Morrison’s claims, terming them “absurd and baseless” allegations […]
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