NDMA warns of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

KARACHI (NPTV/Radio Pakistan): NDMA has warned that due to augmenting temperatures and heavy rainfall KP and GB areas might experience Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOF). GLOF will ultimately lead to increased water levels in rivers and streams, landslides and flash-flooding. NDMA had instructed the departments to inform the people living in these areas as well […]

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Six Vietnamese poisoned in Bangkok hotel

BANGKOK: Six Vietnamese (two bearing American passports) were poisoned in a room of Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in the upscale Pathum Wan district, here on Tuesday (16th July, 2024). Cyanide was found in their tea cups as well as their blood. It seems that there was a dispute of money and a seventh person killed. […]

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Bannu Attack: FO delivers demarche to Afghan DHM

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) here, while blaming Hafiz Gul Bahadur group for Bannu Attack, summoned the Afghan Embassy’s Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) on Wednesday (17th July, 2024) to deliver a demarche. According to FO: “The interim Afghan government was urged to fully investigate and take immediate, robust and effective action against the perpetrators of […]

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Ashura being observed in Pakistan

KARACHI: On Ashura (10th day of Muharram, Wednesday 17th July, 2024) Shia Muslims are paying homage to Imam Hussain (grandson of Holy Prophet PBUH) and others who sacrificed their lives at the field of Karbala, by marching on the roads carrying Alums and other Shia religious symbols, many resorting to self-flagellation mourning the tragedy that […]

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