KARACHI: Natasha Danish, who killed two motorcycle riders [daughter (26-year-old Aamna Arif) and her father (60-year-old Imran Arif)] on Karsaz Road here on Monday (19th August, 2024), has been sent to jail for 14 days by District East Magistrate on judicial remand Wednesday (21st August, 2024). The court did not entertain the request of IO […]
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YAZD (Iran): An over-speeding bus arranged by a tour operator, carrying 53 Pakistani zaireen (including 10 women) for Arbaeen, from Larkana, Ghotki, Kashmore and other cities of Sindh, crashed into a school here due to brake failure, claiming 35 lives on Wednesday (21st August, 2024) night. Emergency has been imposed in Yazd hospitals. Fifteen pilgrims, […]
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KABUL: Officials here have informed on Tuesday (20th August, 2024) that the Taliban Morality Ministry has dismissed two hundred and eighty personnel serving in the security forces for not sporting beards. Afghan Taliban also nabbed thirteen thousand people in the country for committing immoral acts in 2023. Nevertheless, half of them were set free. Talking […]
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BHIT SHAH (MATIARI DISTRICT): Governor Sindh inaugurated the three-day 281st urs celebrations of sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai here on Tuesday (20th August, 2024). Literary conference, cultural village, Latif award, handicraft show, sugharan ji katchery, malakhra and concert aer scheduled to be held during the three-day urs. The government of Sindh has announced a […]
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LAHORE: CIA Model Town here on Monday (19th August, 2024) has nabbed a freelance journalist Farhan Asif, accusing him of running a fake news about stabbing of three young girls by a Muslim immigrant in Southport, that triggered country-wide violence against Muslims by Far-Right. Police handed over the accused to FIA that proclaimed Farhan Asif […]
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KARACHI (NPTV/IFJ*): Journalist Khursheed Rajput of Tando Adam was allegedly tortured by local police on 9th August, while journalist Kashif Ghafoor Arain was attacked and robbed on 11th August, in separate provinces across Pakistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ*) joins its affiliate, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in condemning the recent attacks and […]
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KARACHI: Pakistan on Tuesday (20th August, 2024) conducted successful training launch of SSM Shaheen-II. The launch was aimed at the training of troops, validating various technical parameters, and performance evaluation of different sub-systems incorporated for improved accuracy and enhanced survivability. The launch was witnessed by senior officers from the Strategic Plans Division, Army Strategic Forces […]
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ISLAMABAD: Airport authorities here have referred on Monday (19th August, 2024) a 47-year-old voyager from ME infected with Mpox, to Pims. Earlier, on Friday (16th August, 2024), a 34-year-old man coming from a Gulf country was found infected with the malady. Meanwhile, Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICT) has augmented the level of surveillance in order […]
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KARACHI: Pakistanis mark the 53rd martyrdom anniversary of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider (NH) today (20 August, 2022). One of the major arteries of this Metropolis is called Rashid Minhas Road. It runs all the way from Shahrah-e-Faisal passing through Cantonment area, Gulshan-e-Iqbal and Azizabad etc to join the Super Highway. And yes Lucky […]
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KARACHI (NPTV/UNITED NATIONS): On the 19th day of August United Nations observes the World Humanitarian Day (WHD). It may be recalled that on 19th day of August 2023, 22 WHD workers (including the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello) lost their lives when a bomb exploded at Canal Hotel […]
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