Funding crisis hampers drain desilting
Lack of resources cited as cause behind urban flooding, substantial damage to infrastructure esidents of…
Funding crisis hampers drain desilting
Lack of resources cited as cause behind urban flooding, substantial damage to infrastructure esidents of Dhoke Chirag Din continue to dump garbage along Nullah Leh’s banks in Rawalpindi, defying Section 144 imposed by the city administration. PHOTO: ONLINE RAWALPINDI: A financial crisis has affected pre-monsoon desilting and widening of the 20-kilometre Nullah Leh and 13…
Iran envoy hails strong Pakistan ties
Iranian Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam has said the stature and reputation of Iran-Pakistan relations stand as high as the majestic peaks of Damavand and K2, Radio Pakistan reported on Sunday. In a message posted on social media platform X, the envoy observed that the brotherly relations have reached such a level that no challenge, phenomenon,…
Incentives: exporters must deliver
There are apprehensions that some exporters keep part of their proceeds overseas by understating the value of their goods or bringing some as exports of services to avoid income tax, according to sources. photo:file KARACHI: The US-Iran war is clouding positive developments for Pakistan, including the S&P Global’s upgrade of the sovereign rating from B-…
Brand New Day’ makes huge box office debut
Film lands second-biggest opening in history with North America earnings of $355m Spider-Man: Brand New Day has delivered one of the biggest box office debuts in cinema history, earning a staggering $355 million in its opening weekend across North America to secure the second-largest domestic opening of all time, behind only Avengers: Endgame. The Marvel…
K-IV project remains stuck in pipeline
Funding shortfalls and bureaucratic hurdles plague the decade-old water supply initiative Karachi’s much-delayed K-IV water supply project remains incomplete a decade after its 2016 launch, plagued by bureaucratic hurdles and funding shortfalls that threaten to render the 260-million-gallon-per-day initiative meaningless against rapid population growth. According to official project details, the main route spans a massive…
Iranian envoy hails deepening Pakistan-Iran ties, says bond cannot be weakened by challenges
Moghadam says ties with Pakistan have entered a new era marked by friendship, solidarity and mutual support Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam. Photo: APP Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam on Sunday said relations between Iran and Pakistan had withstood the test of time and continued to strengthen, describing the bilateral ties…
Pakistan hand Test debuts to Ubaid Shah, Awais Zafar as West Indies bat in series-decider
Pakistan handed Test debuts to fast bowler Ubaid Shah and middle-order batter Awais Zafar. Pakistan handed Test debuts to fast bowler Ubaid Shah and middle-order batter Awais Zafar as they made four changes for the second and final Test against West Indies at Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Sunday, with the hosts winning the…
Asim Khan stuns top seed Noor Zaman to reach PN Fleet Club Open semi-finals
Pakistan’s Asim Khan upset top seed Noor Zaman to book his place in the semi-finals of the PN Fleet Club Open International Squash Championship on Sunday, while compatriot Nasir Iqbal also advanced after a hard-fought quarter-final victory at the Pakistan Navy Roshan Khan-Jahangir Khan Squash Complex. Asim produced a spirited comeback after dropping the opening…
Khawaja Asif says PML-N set to form next AJK govt, calls turnout ‘encouraging’
Rana Sana defends polling process, says only three violence incidents reported and rejects PPP rigging allegations Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday expressed confidence that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) would form the next government in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), saying the polling process was peaceful and turnout was encouraging. Talking to the media during a visit to…
2.5 hours saved! Cliff elevator becomes students’ cloud shuttle
Nizhu River’s new 288-meter cliff elevator and cable car now give local students a free “cloud shuttle” to school Students from Nizhuhe Village take a cable car on their way to school in Puli Township, Xuanwei City, southwest China’s Yunnan Province,. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao) From three hours to just 30 minutes — a newly opened 288-meter…
