This aerial view shows a residential area covered in thick smog in the morning in Lahore on November 26, 2024. — AFP Mitigation efforts are helping authorities reduce smog levels in Punjab. Karachi records the fifth worst air quality in the global pollution rankings. Breathing toxic air poses catastrophic risks to human health (WHO) As … Read more
ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Saturday asked parliamentarians and public representatives of Balochistan to come up with solutions to the socio-economic problems facing the province and its people. Chairing the first meeting of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan in Parliament, Qaiser said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) emanates from Gilgit-Baltistan and … Read more
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi addresses the press conference after reviewing security arrangements at Islamabad’s D-Chowk amid a PTI protest in Islamabad on November 26, 2024. — Screenshot via Geo News Naqvi visited D-Chowk to review the security arrangements. Blames KP government for supplying tear gas shells to PTI protesters. Security czar urges PTI not to … Read more
PESHAWAR: In a bid to boost the tourism sector, which has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the provincial chief executive ordered to accelerate efforts to open the new provincial tourism authority. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Mahmood Khan issued the orders while presiding over the 22nd board meeting of the Tourism Corporation … Read more
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif (left) and Bushra Bibi, wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. — Reuters/Screenshot via YouTube/Geo News Asif says the government has no choice but to “use force” against protesters. “The government’s determination to defend capital at all costs must be demonstrated.” If a sit-in is organized, it will be a huge … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government has collected Rs 2.5 billion from the mining sector in the current financial year, despite the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown that was imposed to curb the spread of the virus. The government has collected a huge amount from the mining sector and deposited it in the provincial treasury, a … Read more
Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari addresses the press conference in Lahore on November 25, 2024. — Screenshot via Geo News PTI’s ‘Youth Force’ implicated in shooting at police: minister. Said unarmed police officers deployed on orders of Punjab CM. Azma Bokhar says Bushra Bibi is inciting violence in the country. Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari … Read more
MIANWALI: A mother of seven ended her life by consuming poisonous pills along with her two daughters following a domestic dispute in Mohalla Selwan, Kundian on Saturday. A feeling of shock and mourning spread through the neighborhood after the incident. According to details obtained by The Express Tribune, Muhammad Tahir Qureshi, son of Allah Din, … Read more
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi receives a high-level Belarusian delegation upon arrival in Islamabad on November 24, 2024. — PID The Minister of the Interior warmly welcomes a delegation of 68 members. Naqvi meets with Belarusian foreign and energy ministers. Belarusian President Lukashenko is expected to reach Pakistan today. A high-level delegation from the Republic of … Read more
LAHORE: A letter written to the Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Saturday sought a ban on the online game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). The letter was written by SSP Liaqat Ali Malik on the instructions of CCPO Zulfiqar Hameed. He mentions that online video gaming has devastating effects on the mental health of … Read more
As Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) prepares for its much-anticipated ‘do or die’ protest in Islamabad, communication services have been disrupted across the country. Major cities including Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi reported disruptions to mobile internet and other services, leaving citizens and businesses inconvenienced. These disruptions are part of wider security measures taken by the government to … Read more
LAHORE: With educational opportunities scarce for gender minorities in Pakistan, a local NGO has stepped in to create an international platform for the development of the country’s transgender people. The Gender Guardian (TGG), a non-governmental organization working on the training and education of transgender people in Pakistan, has partnered with various foreign NGOs to enable … Read more