Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: At least 657 people, including 392 men, have lost their lives in rain-related incidents across Pakistan since June 26, while 929 others have been injured, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Of the nationwide death toll, 171 were children and 94 women. Among the injured, 437 were men, 256 children, and 236 […]

Air Canada on Sunday suspended its plan to resume flights over a strike by flight attendants that has effectively shut down the airline and snarled summer travel for its passengers around the world. The announcement came despite the country’s industrial relations board ordering an end to the strike by around 10,000 flight attendants, which had […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Coordinator for Information on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Affairs, Ikhtiar Wali Khan, on Sunday, expressed grave concern that as many as 1,000 people may have died in the recent flash floods in KP. Speaking on ARY News program Aiteraz Hai, Ikhtiar Wali said he had personally visited the flood-hit areas and witnessed large-scale devastation. […]

SANGHAR: A fact-finding committee has been formed by the Sindh Police to investigate the death of journalist Khawar Hussain, who was found dead in his car in Sanghar on Saturday, ARY News reported. According to a notification issued here, the committee will be headed by Additional IGP CTD Azad Khan and comprises DIG West Irfan […]

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Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Americana’ opened to a disastrous start at the box office after controversy over her American Eagle Ad. Click here to read more Lifestyle stories Directed by Tony Tost, the film co-stars Sweeney with Paul Walter Hauser, Eric Dane and singer Halsey. ‘Americana’ debuted in 1,123 theatres across the US on July […]

LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways Muhammad Hanif Abbasi on Sunday issued a stern warning to officers, declaring that incompetence and negligence would not be tolerated following the derailment of Awam Express near Lodhran. Four bogies of the Karachi-bound train derailed after its brakes failed near Lodhran Railway Station, leaving one passenger dead and 32 others […]

The police on Sunday said that they were investigating the death of senior DawnNews TV reporter “from all possible angles,” hours after his body was found in Sindh’s Sanghar district. The senior journalist was found dead in his car, parked on Hyderabad Road in Sanghar, on Saturday night under what police termed “mysterious circumstances”. The body was found in the driving seat, with a gunshot wound to the head. Sanghar Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abid Baloch told Dawn.com that police were investigating the death of DawnNewsTV reporter Khawar Husain Bajwa from “all possible angles”. “The postmortem of the journalist was conducted in Sanghar’s Civil Hospital, and police are awaiting the provisional findings of the process,” he said. “Apparently, there is a single bullet wound from a 9mm pistol with an exit wound on the left side of the temple”, SSP Baloch said, adding that only one bullet casing was found. “We are not drawing any conclusion at this point and are looking at this case from all possible ...

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday questioned the government’s writ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s tribal areas as various political parties set their demands in a declaration at the Awami National Party-organised multiparty conference (MPC) in Islamabad. The ANP organised the conference, which was attended by representatives from the PPP, JI, MQM, JUI-F and Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M), among other parties Speaking at the conference, Fazl said: “No doubt there is a question mark on the government’s writ [in KP’s tribal areas].” He added that the tribal areas of the province are in the grip of armed groups, as people have to pay extortion money to them. “Armed groups take 10 per cent of the officially approved funds,” he claimed. He also questioned why there was a need to restore the jirga system after seven years of the merger of tribal areas with KP. The multiparty conference also saw speeches by ANP central president Senator Aimal Wali Khan, National Democratic Mo...

Torrential rains across country since Thursday have caused flooding, rising waters and landslides

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