Water is life. This is not a metaphor. For 250 million Pakistanis, the rivers that flow from the mountains of the north are not a convenience or a luxury. They are the foundation of everything, such as food, farming, survival itself. When India’s water minister stands before cameras and declares that not a single drop […]
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PMD issues heatwave warning for Karachi next week
A heatwave alert is active for Karachi, with temperatures expected to reach 38°C, bringing very hot and dry conditions to the city this weekend. The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday issued a heatwave warning for Karachi, predicting a sharp rise in temperatures during the upcoming week. In its three-day forecast, the Met Office said […]
Pakistan issues stern warning to India on Marka-e-Haq anniversary
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Thursday reiterated that the Pakistan Armed Forces are fully prepared and will defend the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty at all costs. “We will do it, come what may,” the DG ISPR vowed while addressing a press conference alongside Deputy Chief of Naval […]
Bengal’s Warning
West Bengal has fallen to the Bharatiya Janata Party for the first time, and the meaning of that result cannot be limited to a tired Trinamool Congress machine. It is bigger than that. A state long described as one of the last eastern walls against Hindutva politics has been breached. The BJP won more than […]
Migration Crisis Warning
At least 2,722 people from the Asia-Pacific region lost their lives or went missing last year while trying to migrate illegally to other countries. According to the International Organization for Migration, this is the second year in a row that such a high number of deaths has been recorded. These figures come from the IOM […]
Another Warning
The IMF’s new governance assessment offers one of the most comprehensive dissections of the state in years and its findings leave little room for comforting illusions. Pakistan loses an estimated five to six and a half per cent of GDP over five years because its institutions cannot provide transparent budgeting, predictable regulation or credible enforcement. […]
Test Pakistan and pay the price, Khawaja Asif warns Afghan Taliban
Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has issued a strong warning to the Afghan Taliban after talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan failed. He said Pakistan will no longer tolerate the Taliban’s deceit and hostile actions. According to him, Pakistan entered the negotiations for peace at the request of friendly countries. However, the Afghan officials’ harsh statements […]
Russia issues new nuclear warning
An ally of President Vladimir Putin issued a stark new nuclear warning to Ukraine and the West on Tuesday as referendums billed by Russia as a prelude to it annexing four Ukrainian regions entered their fifth and final day. Moscow’s latest broadside came as European countries rushed to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian natural […]
TV channels warned against broadcast of negative, insulting material
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has taken stern notice of broadcast of negative, insulting, and hateful material against state institutions, especially judiciary and army during live coverage of programmes, talk shows, and various public rallies and meetings on news and current affairs channels. They were refrained from ridiculing the state institutions, especially the […]
Warning to Turkish artists as singer is jailed for ‘insulting’ Erdogan
ANKARA: Accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may lead to a jail sentence — even if the “insult” is in private, analysts told Arab News on Saturday. Turkey’s appeals court has upheld an 11-month sentence on actress and singer Zuhal Olcay, 61, after a complaint that she had changed lyrics of songs and […]