Beijing shuts tourist sites, suspends bus services as heavy rain continues
Residents in mountainous villages, low-lying areas and other flood- and landslide-prone locations evacuated Heavy rain…
Beijing shuts tourist sites, suspends bus services as heavy rain continues
Residents in mountainous villages, low-lying areas and other flood- and landslide-prone locations evacuated Heavy rain continued to lash the Chinese capital Beijing on Wednesday, forcing authorities to shut tourist attractions, suspend bus services and construction work and evacuate residents from high-risk areas, state media reported. The city closed over 300 tourist and camping sites and…
Contraceptive project hit by planning gaps
In this picture taken on March 25, 2021, children play at Subhani Shar village near Rato Dero, in Sindh province. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: The federal government’s project for the provision of contraceptive commodities has been found to contain major planning and implementation gaps, a parliamentary panel was informed on Tuesday. The committee was told that…
Oil rises as doubts over US-Iran deal heighten supply concerns
Oil prices rose on Wednesday morning as doubts about a US-Iran peace deal and attacks on two ships fuelled concerns about Middle East supply disruptions, even as industry data showed US crude inventories expanded. Brent futures gained 72 cents, or 0.81%, to $89.63 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed 71 cents, or 0.85%,…
New attacks on shipping as Iran war talks hit fresh impasse
Attacks come as war shows no signs of ending despite assertions from US President of a deal being imminent An Iranian drone and an Iranian missile system are displayed in Azadi Square in Tehran, Iran, July 30, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The US and Yemen’s Houthis reported separate attacks on shipping on Tuesday as prospects for ending…
Parties favour stronger LGs over new provinces
ISLAMABAD: While acknowledging imperfections in the current governance system, mainstream political parties have favoured strengthening the constitutionally guaranteed local government system instead of creating new provinces. During a day-long discussion on the need for new provinces or administrative units, participants also blamed the bureaucracy for poor governance and inadequate service delivery. At the discussion, organised…
Houthis kill 6 in attack on vessel
. SANAA: Yemeni authorities said six people were killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacking a vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, while US forces fired on a ship they said was trying to break a blockade of Iran’s ports. Yemen’s coast guard said the dead included four crew members and two members of the government-allied…
Air Force One under shadow of Iran threat
US president secretly switched planes in Turkey amid security concerns, official says WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump secretly slipped out of Turkey last month on an alternate military plane, which he boarded while hidden inside a catering truck, as part of an elaborate ruse prompted by an Iranian threat, according to a US official. The clandestine…
Extremists waging a futile conflict: Bugti
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti announced on Tuesday criticised a small extremist element attempting to push the Baloch people into a futile conflict through violence. He stressed that destroying infrastructure, bridges, and commercial transport directly harms the livelihood and progress of the local Baloch community. He said that the Balochistan government will…
1 in 4 children in Punjab stunted
LAHORE: Punjab has recorded a decline in the prevalence of stunting among children from 36 per cent in 2018 to 27%, while wasting has dropped from 15% to 10%. However, the fact that more than one in four children still remain stunted keeps infant feeding and maternal nutrition high on the provincial health agenda. The…
Parking plaza row lands in court
The months-long dispute between the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) and the contractor of the city’s only parking plaza reached the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday, which suspended an Additional Sessions Judge’s decision ordering the return of possession of the parking plaza to the contractor. Following criticism over the handling of the parking plaza issue,…
