The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday issued a landslide alert for June 27 to July 3, warning that forecast intermittent rainfall combined with rapidly melting glaciers could trigger landslides, rockfalls and debris flows across Gilgit-Baltistan, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu & Kashmir. The National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC) issued the advisory to […]
Northern Areas
Pakistan, Russia to Boost Cooperation in Media, Culture, and Tourism
ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar met with Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Albert Pyankov to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in media, culture, and tourism. During the meeting, both sides explored opportunities to enhance media collaboration between the two countries. They discussed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to boost news exchange […]
Daring death on the remote roads of Pakistan’s north
The jeep bumps along a sloppy mud road carved between Pakistan’s northern mountains, its tyres running with breathtaking precision along the very edge, where nothing but air lies between them and the snake-like river winding hundreds of feet below. More than 3,000 metres (around 10,000 feet) above sea level the vehicle has no room for […]