Pakistan

[ad_1] PESHAWAR: As many as 10 people celebrating Eid drowned when their boat capsized in the Indus River in northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday, authorities said. The tragedy took place in the Kund Park region of Nowshera district where people, who gathered in large numbers to celebrate Eid festivities, drowned in the river at the confluence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces, 1122 Rescue officials said. The…

[ad_1] However, the country’s meteorological department has also forecast higher than normal temperatures during monsoon season, increasing uncertainty. Agriculture is the largest sector of Pakistan’s economy, contributing about 24 percent of its GDP. But it has been criticised for being water inefficient. “What this current water shortfall means for the crops is that authorities will have to better plan on how to utilise the water that is allotted to…

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: A team of Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join a probe into a suicide attack that killed five of its nationals earlier this week, officials said, as Pakistan continued its own investigations into the attack. The slain Chinese engineers and workers were heading on Tuesday to the Dasu Dam, the biggest hydropower project in northwest Pakistan, when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car…

[ad_1] Last Updated: March 29, 2024, 16:28 IST “A former PM has been put behind bars on the instruction of former US charge d’affaires and Lu,” he said. (File photo) The bench, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, resumed hearing the appeals of the PTI leaders against their conviction under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, for misusing a diplomatic cipher to the detriment of national interests…

[ad_1] QUETTA: The bodies of ten more miners were pulled from a collapsed coal pit in southern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, bringing the death toll to 12 after the rescue bid ended. A gas explosion rocked the private coal pit in the mining region of Khost, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of Quetta, on Tuesday evening, trapping the miners hundreds of feet below ground. “The rescue effort…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude struck Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday, reported the National Centre for Seismology.The earthquake occurred at 2:57 am (IST) and its depth was measured at 105 km.Earthquake of Magnitude:5.5, Occurred on 20-03-2024, 02:57:11 IST, Lat: 29.74 & Long: 65.93, Depth: 105 Km, Location: Pakistan,” the National Centre of Seismology posted on social media platform X.A few days ago, earthquake of…