‘100,000 laptops to be distributed among students’ By: APP on July 27, 2024Chairman of the Prime Minister Youth Programme (PMYP) Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan on Friday said that around 100,000 laptops would be given to the students on merit during the year 2024. According to the PMYP office spokesperson, as many as 600,000 laptops have been distributed to the students under the Prime Minister Laptop scheme so […]
Marriyum terms PTI’s hunger strike a ‘diet plan’ By: APP on July 27, 2024Senior Provincial Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that PTI’s hunger strike commencing at 3pm and ending by 7pm is more a “diet plan” than a hunger strike. She stated that “intermittent fasting” is being carried out for the offenders of the May 9 incident. She censured that a hunger strike that begins after lunch and […]
17 arrested after bloody clash in Karachi’s DHA By: Agencies on July 27, 2024Nawab Akbar Bugti’s nephew Fahad among 5 dead while another nephew Ali Haider undergoing treatment. Karachi police on Friday said they have so far arrested 17 suspects after five people were killed and two others were critically injured in a shootout between members of the Bugti clan last night. Two groups, led by Fahad Ahmed […]
CM okays Rs16m grant for physically impaired people By: APP on July 27, 2024Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, in his meeting with a delegation of the Pakistan Association of the Blind, Sindh, approved a grant of Rs16 million and vehicles to pick & drop the blind children from their homes to school. “We are implementing the five per cent quota in government jobs for differently abled […]
Karachi loses protected mangroves for housing schemes, uplift projects By: APP on July 27, 2024Amidst Karachi’s growing concrete jungle, mangrove forests which protect the city’s coastline against cyclones, strong winds, coastal flooding or other climate change induced disasters, face serious threat of destruction. A recent report by WWF-Pakistan has identified several locations along the Karachi coast where significant tracts of mangroves have been cleared for housing schemes and commercial […]
AI policy to be tabled to cabinet for approval next month By: Agencies on July 27, 2024Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal announced on Friday that the final draft of Pakistan’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy will be presented to the Federal Cabinet for approval in August. Addressing a meeting of the Special Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, Iqbal urged relevant parties to expedite consultations with stakeholders. He […]
Fire at Shahrah-e-Faisal building sends two to hospital By: Agencies on July 27, 2024A fire broke out on the ninth floor of a building near Metropole Hotel on Shahrah-e-Faisal in Karachi, causing smoke to fill the structure and resulting in five people losing consciousness. According to police officials, two of the affected individuals have been transported to Jinnah Hospital for treatment. Due to the dense smoke, the rescue […]
PN commissions third offshore patrol vessel in Romania By: Agencies on July 27, 2024Pakistan Navy has commissioned its Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), PNS HUNAIN at Constanta Port, Romania. Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Chief of the Defence Staff of Romania General Gheorghita Vlad and Chief of Romanian Navy Vice Admiral Mihai Panait also attended as guests of honour. […]
Forbes names Karachi second most dangerous city for tourists By: Agencies on July 27, 2024Forbes Advisor has ranked Karachi as the second most dangerous city for tourists in its 2024 list, following Caracas, Venezuela. The study evaluated 60 global destinations based on seven major risk factors: crime, personal safety, health, infrastructure, natural disasters, and digital security. Karachi received a safety score of 93.12, just behind Caracas, which scored 100. […]
ECP notifies 39 returned MNAs as PTI lawmakers on heels of SC order By: Agencies on July 26, 2024The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified 39 returned MNAs as PTI lawmakers after the Supreme Court ordered the body to do so in its verdict on the reserved seats case, it emerged on Thursday. The notification for the 39 MNAs was issued on Wednesday. In a unique majority verdict, the Supreme Court on […]