Pakistan’s information minister says that the country has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours. Attaullah Tarar’s comments come after India accused Pakistan of supporting militants behind an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists last week. Islamabad rejects the allegations. Tarar said that India intends to use the …
The Foreign Office on Thursday snubbed Indian media reports of Pakistan shutting the Wagah border to returning citizens amid heightened geopolitical tensions between the two countries following a deadly attack in occupied Kashmir. The April 22 attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, marking one of the deadliest assaults in the region since 2000. India has implied …
SWAT: The pristine Swat River, once renowned for its crystal-clear waters and breathtaking beauty, is now facing a worsening environmental crisis due to unchecked and illegal gravel mining. Environmentalists, local farmers, and tourists are raising alarms over the destructive consequences of this practice, which is rapidly altering the river’s shape and devastating its surrounding ecosystem. Gravel extraction from the riverbed …
KARACHI: Pakistan’s envoy to the United States has called on President Donald Trump to step in and help ease soaring tensions with India, Dawn.com reported. In a recent interview, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Rizwan Saeed Sheikh told Newsweek that for a president “standing for peace in the world as a pronounced objective during this administration”, there was no “higher …
As rising temperatures threaten vast regions of Pakistan, the United Nations has unveiled a detailed action strategy to counter the looming threat of heatwaves, especially in areas with limited infrastructure to handle extreme weather conditions. The initiative, introduced by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), outlines a multi-tiered plan focused on 38 vulnerable districts. Developed in …
