The sufferer is a resident of Qila Saifullah and is undergoing treatment, according to hospital sources. This is the thirteenth Congo virus case that has been documented in Pakistan this year; in 2024, one patient passed away from the infection. A Congo virus-diagnosed 18-year-old boy passed away in Peshawar earlier. The patient tested positive for the Congo virus on May 18, one day after being admitted to Khyber Teaching Hospital on May 17. According to...
At 1:30 p.m., the MET Office reports that the city’s temperature was 37. The port city is currently enveloped in a suspended sea wind. The air’s humidity was measured at 30 percent. The Met Office has predicted light rain and thunderstorms for this evening and today (Sunday) in the suburbs of Karachi. Rainfall is also expected in the following areas: Sindh’s Jamshoro, Sukkur, Larkana, Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kashmore, and Ghotki districts; Balochistan’s Sibi and Khuzdar; Punjab’s...
To attend the meeting, IG Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon has departed for Sukkur. Together with DIG Sukkur, Larkana, and federal and provincial ministers, the chief minister, home minister, and D.G. Rangers Sindh will be present at the meeting. The police and rangers will brief the meeting on the current operation in the katcha area. The discussion will include firearms, the katcha area’s challenges, and other relevant topics. It is anticipated that important decisions regarding law...
Dr. Sajjad Mehmood, the district coordinator for epidemic prevention and control, reportedly told APP that 999 teams—788 indoor and 211 outdoor teams—were monitoring the district to prevent larvae from reproducing. The health officer provided information regarding the dengue larvae found, stating that while 1,361 sites were found during outdoor surveillance, 6,735 residences were determined to have larvae during indoor surveillance. As the primary source of larvae breeding, he added that the necessary action had already...
The Qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s previously unheard songs, “Chain of Light,” will be published on September 20 following a 34-year hiatus. The songs were discovered on Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records archive tapes. According to the statement, “Joined by his eight-strong party of singers and musicians, Chain of Light presents four traditional qawwals — including one which has never been heard before — and captures Khan at the height of his vocal capabilities...
In a first, Pakistan was eliminated from the T20 World Cup in the group stage after Ireland and the co-host, the United States of America (USA), called off a pivotal Group A match without a ball being bowled. The Green Shirts’ T20 World Cup 2024 campaign got off to a catastrophic start when they were shocked out of the Super Over by the USA. Then, on June 9, in front of a crowded Nassau County...
Recent weeks have also seen an increase in the number of gun exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah, a potent militant organization supported by Iran, across the Lebanese border, sparking worries of a bigger conflict. Speaking on Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that a disaster “beyond imagination” might be precipitated by the cross-border fighting and warned that Lebanon must not become “another Gaza.” His warning coincided with an increase in Israeli strikes in the Gaza...
Together with Information Minister Azma Bokhari, the minister announced that by the end of this year, Lahore would see the introduction of electric buses, which are a component of the larger plan. Notably, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has already given her approval to the province’s first public transportation project, which calls for the deployment of 657 environmentally friendly buses on the highways of Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Bahawalpur, and other cities. The province of Punjab’s...
The prime minister added, “It is joint responsibility of all of us to enforce the state’s accountability fully and without exception,” during a meeting of the National Action Plan’s Apex Committee. Senior military officers, federal ministries, and chief ministers from every province attended the meeting. Terrorist activity in Pakistan has increased significantly since the banned militant organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) broke off its truce with the government in November 2022, particularly in KP and Balochistan....
Speaking during the “Off the Record” show on ARY News, Muhammad Zubair—who left the PML-N—adsisted that Nawaz Sharif and Gen (retd) Qamar Bajwa had even had a few meetings in London. PTI spokesman Raoof Hasan mentioned in a press conference that Zubair claimed in an interview that Bajwa plotted to topple the PTI government. According to Hasan, Zubair’s allegations are significant and call for the Supreme Court’s consideration. He urged the SC to consider Zubair’s...
