Showing posts from August, 2025

Earthquake jolts Islamabad and KP, no casualties reported

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-09-01/l_1340429_011059_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An earthquake measuring scale reading the intensity of an earthquake in this image. — X/@AFP/FileA magnitude-6 earthquake jolted Islamabad and sever…

Anti-terrorism amendment bill gets president's assent

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-31/l_1340341_032644_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} President Asif Ali Zardari addresses at an event on September 23, 2024. — APPISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday signed into law the Ant…

Aleema Khan's son Shahrez sent to jail on judicial remand

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-30/l_1340114_010430_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This file photo shows Aleema Khan's son Shahrez Khan. — X/@Shahrez_KhanPKLAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Saturday rejected the poli…

No heavy traffic allowed in Karachi on Rabi ul Awal 11, 12

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-30/l_1340084_111744_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Heavy vehicles passing through traffic in Karachi. — Online/FileKARACHI: The Karachi Traffic Police has banned heavy traffic in the metropolis on Ra…

PM Shehbaz Sharif begins China visit to attend SCO summit in Tianjin

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-30/l_1340082_105635_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif waves back at cameras while getting on his plane before his flight to China on August 30, 2025. — X@CMShehbazPrime Min…

Pakistan's diplomacy in most active phase, says Dar

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-30/l_1340005_010853_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressing a press conference on August 29, 2025. — X@ForeignOfficePk ISLAMABA…

Elite culture leaves poor vulnerable in floods, says minister

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-29/l_1339921_033943_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Locals collect woods from the Noseri Dam near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir on August 16, 2025. — AFPAs widespread flooding…

Pakistan, Iran resolve to combat terrorism jointly

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-27/l_1339309_120816_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Chairman of the Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff . — IRNA/IS…

Cleric Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza arrested, sent to jail

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-26/l_1339183_013057_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Cleric Muhammad Ali Mirza pictured during a lecture released on August 25, 2025. — Screeengrab via YouTube@EngineerMuhammadAliMirzaClipsJHELUM: Poli…

PM praises outgoing UAE envoy for strengthening bilateral ties

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-26/l_1339142_102015_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PM Shehbaz Sharif meets UAE's outgoing Ambassador Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Al-Zaabi. — PMOUnited Arab Emirates' outgoing Ambassador to Pakistan H…

At OIC moot, Pakistan denounces 'Greater Israel' plan

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-25/l_1339068_111117_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addresse the 21st Extraordinary Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Jeddah, Augu…

Three soldiers martyred as terrorists attack FC fort in Hangu

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-25/l_1338936_120327_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Security personnel stand guard in KP's Bannu on December 20, 2022. — ReutersHANGU: At least three soldiers were martyred and 17 others injured o…

Great Debate: Malik lashes out at elites over deepening flood misery

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-25/l_1338884_045312_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Climate Minister Dr Musadik Malik addressing press conference in Islamabad. — APP/FileFederal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordina…

Saeed Ghani says brother will face trial over altercation FIR

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-24/l_1338726_031610_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This image released on March 13, 2024, shows Sindh Local Government Minister Saeed Ghani. — Facebook/Saeed Ghani/FileKARACHI: Karachi police have re…

PDMA issues flood alert in KP amid heavy rain forecast

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-24/l_1338719_014628_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A man wades through a flooded street during heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi on July 17, 2025. — AFPThe Provincial Disaster Management Authority Kh…

Afghan families stranded in Pakistan amid hopes for relocation

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-23/l_1338705_105043_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Afghan refugee Samia from Baghlan city, with her infant son, speaks to Geo News in Islamabad. — Screengrab via Geo NewsISLAMABAD: Hundreds of Afghan…

COAS underscores need for good governance in Turbat visit

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-23/l_1338386_112928_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} COAS Field Marshal Asim Munir is being briefed on Balochistan's security situation on Turbat visit, August 23, 2025. — ISPRRAWALPINDI: Chief of …

NDMA issues alert for torrential rains, flooding during Aug 23–30

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-23/l_1338308_012057_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Streets inundated with rainwater after heavy monsoon showers, disrupting traffic and daily activities in front of the Tehsil Council office and othe…

UK vows £1.33m for Pakistan's flood relief efforts

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-22/l_1337727_022600_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} People gather near the remains of a damaged house at the flood-affected Buner district in KP on August 19, 2025. — AFPISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom …

Artificial lake formed in GB as glacial flood batters Ghizer

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-22/l_1337713_125605_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A collage shows scenes of glacial lake outburst in Gilgit Baltistan’s Ghizer district on August 22, 2025. — X@GBTourism_/InstagramA glacial outburst…

China reiterates support for Pakistan's sovereignty, development

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-22/l_1337697_105847_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi-led delegation meets Field Marshal Asim Munir in Islamabad on August 22, 2025. — ISPRForeign Minister Wang Yi has r…

NDMA warns of heavy rains, urban flooding in Karachi from Aug 24-28

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-22/l_1337689_092335_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} People wade through a flooded road after the monsoon rain in Karachi, Pakistan, August 19, 2025. — ReutersThe National Disaster Management Authority…

SC grants bail to Imran Khan in May 9 cases

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-21/l_1337445_123119_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PTI founder Imran Khan gestures as he speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, March 17, 2023. — ReutersISLAMABAD: In a relief to Pakista…

Another spell of moderate to heavy rains likely to hit Karachi today

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-21/l_1337432_115749_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} People wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Karachi on August 19, 2025. — AFPKARACHI: Weather analyst Jawad Memon has cautioned tha…

Parts of Karachi left in darkness for 48 hours as blackout drags on

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-21/l_1337379_045002_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} People wade through a flooded road after the monsoon rain in Karachi, August 19, 2025. — ReutersKARACHI: Pakistan’s largest city, along with parts o…

Several hurt, more feared trapped after Karachi building collapse

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-20/l_1337244_033304_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Rescue operations being conducted at the site of a building collapse in Karachi, August 20, 2025. —Screengrab via Geo newsKARACHI: A three-storey bu…

Dar says India's self-styled image as 'net security provider' exposed

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-20/l_1337152_042527_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar speaks to the media in this undated image. — AFPLONDON: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator …

CM announces public holiday in Karachi after heavy rains

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-19/l_1337140_111516_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} People make their way on a submerged road in Karachi, on August 19, 2025. — Geo NewsSindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday declared tha…

More rain likely in Karachi as next two days declared 'important'

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-19/l_1336995_120650_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Commuters make way on an inundated road in Karachi after heavy rains on August 19, 2025. — Geo.tvKARACHI: The port city's hot and humid weather …

5.2-magnitude tremors jolt Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-08-19/l_1336984_103000_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The representational image of a Richter scale measuring an earthquake. — Unsplash/FileThe residents of Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar were jolte…

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