RAWALPINDI, Aug 29(ABC): Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP) leader Sheikh Rashid has slammed the current government for celebrating on getting loan nod from International Monetary Fund (IMF). Taking to Twitter he said that that it is a loan from IMF, not a jackpot. He said the return of this loan will be made by the people of Pakistan and while …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): Former finance minister and PTI leader Asad Umar called out the PML-N and PPP leaderships for congratulating the nation as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revived the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme for Pakistan. On Monday, the IMF Board approved the much-awaited seventh and eighth reviews of the stalled $6 billion Pakistan programme. Finance Minister Miftah Ismail congratulated the …

BEIJING, Aug 29 (ABC): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a message of condolence to his Pakistani counterpart, Arif Alvi, over the severe floods hitting the country. The Chinese president noted that severe floods have occurred recently in Pakistan, causing heavy casualties and serious property losses. Xi, on behalf of the Chinese government and people, and in his own …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (ABC): The China Study Centre (CSC) at Karakoram International University (KIU) under the “China-Pakistan Friendship–Ambassadorial Merit-cum-Need Scholarship” has awarded scholarships to 130 students. The scholarship grant is supported by the Embassy of China in Pakistan, according to Gwadar Pro. In a ceremony, an amount of Rs. 5.2 million was distributed among 130 students with each scholarship recipient …

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 29 (ABC): “Pakistan is among those countries, who are not very much responsible for climate change, but have to face its punishment,” said Joudat Ayaz, a senior official, Ministry of Climate Change. While Pakistan strives to reduce its GHG emissions, “the punishment is quite high as compared with our faults,” he added in an interview. When it comes …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (ABC): In flood woes, Gwadar women have teamed up in relief activities and played their anchoring role to help poor affectees heavily battered by flash floods and torrential rains that spelled spiral disaster and humanitarian crisis in Balochistan. According to Gwadar Pro, residents of Gwadar, the female strata of society held flood relief camps asking people to …

BILAWALPUR, Aug 29(ABC): At least 13 people died on Monday when a boat carrying 30 flood victims capsized in swollen Indus River near Bilawalpur village in Sindh’s Sehwan city. According to the police, the people who drowned were migrating from submerged villages to save their lives when the unfortunate accident took place, reported Express News. Sindh police officials along with Pakistan …

TAUNSA, Aug 29(ABC): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz Sharif visited Taunsa to see the flood-stricken people of this area. Maryam was accompanied with other PML-N leaders and her husband Captain Safdar. The PML-N leader was seen interacting with the flood affectees. While talking on the occasion, she said that the government is doing its best for the relief …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (ABC): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman  Monday alleged that  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists were inhibiting diplomats and donor agencies on social media to provide aids to the government for rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit areas of the country. In her reaction to the audio leak of the former finance minister of PTI …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): Pakistan on Monday said that it was seriously concerned by the news emanating from the Indian and US media that the Indian government had attempted to infiltrate the security system of eminent social media platform Twitter by forcing it to employ an Indian “agent/representative”. As per media reports, the matter came up during Twitter’s briefing to India’s …

RAWALPINDI, Aug 29 (ABC):The aircraft carrying relief goods from friendly countries arrived in Pakistan on Monday to help the flood victims of the country as the friendly countries had pledged support to the country’s Relief and Rehabilitation efforts. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that four military aircraft from Turkey arrived at Karachi carrying relief goods whereas the two …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday dismissed a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The petitioner had contended that the prime minister was the guarantor of his elder brother’s return to Pakistan after he gets medical treatment, however, he has yet to return — despite the passage …

PESHAWAR, Aug 29 (ABC): After a considerable decrease in flood water level, the affectees who had shifted to Motorway and other areas, were returning to their homes in Charsadda and Nowshera districts.Dozens of the affected families had returned to their hometown the other day while on Monday scores of the remaining families who had left their inundated homes were now …

LAHORE, Aug 29(ABC): Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,568,679. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,575 on Monday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 226 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has indicated chances of rain-wind/thundershower at isolated places in Kashmir, northeast Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and northeast Balochistan during the next 24 hours. Hot and humid weather is expected in most plain areas of the country during the next 24 hours. According to the synoptic situation, a westerly wave was present …

KARACHI, Aug 29(ABC): After a late night announcement by the Sindh government, schools and colleges reopened in the Karachi division on Monday. The provincial government announced late Sunday night that decision on reopening schools and colleges in other divisions of the province will be made after reviewing the flood situation. Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said that in other districts …

LAHORE, Aug 29(ABC): Heavy rain with thunderstorm in Lahore and its adjacent areas in the wee hours of Monday turned the weather pleasant, reported. The heavy rain was reported from parts of the city including Lakhmi Chowk, Mall Road, Shimla Pahari, Data Darbar, Gulshan Ravi, Samanabad, Sanda and several other localities. Heavy rain in Lahore inundated low-lying areas. The rain …

OKARA, Aug 29(ABC): One person was killed and two other sustained injuries when the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a trailer in Okara in the wee hours of Monday, reported. According to details, the accident occurred at the Pakpattan Road where a motorcycle hit a parked trailer from behind, killing a man on the spot and injuring his …

SWAT, Aug 28(ABC): Besides colossal humans and material losses, the devastative floods have brought havoc to communication infrastructure including roads and bridges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where several upper areas of Swat and Dir districts were cut off from rest of the country hampering relief operations. Damaging 3161.5 kilometers roads and 149 bridges in Pakistan, the floods have swept away Tangi …

KARACHI, Aug 28(ABC): Pakistan Navy’s humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations are underway in flood-hit areas of Sindh. The Spokesperson said Pakistan Navy personnel rescued locals stranded inside flooded homes and shifted them to safer locations in the suburbs of Qamber, Bakrani, Larkana, Sanghar and Sukkur. Pakistan Navy troops have also distributed ration bags, fresh drinking water and household items, …

LAHORE, Aug 28(ABC): Pakistan has reported three deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,568,453. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,574 on Sunday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 270 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across …

Aug 28(ABC): Poliovirus crippled another child in Pakistan as the country reported a fresh case of the paralysing disease from Tehsil Ghulam Khan of North Waziristan, despite health workers’ relentless efforts to vaccinate children amid flood-related obstacles and destruction. The new case took Pakistan’s toll of poliovirus cases to 15 this year, health authorities said. “A 17-month boy in North …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 27(ABC): The Millennium Education and Future World Schools & Colleges’ learners, with their exceptional performance and persistent hard work, once again secured 100% result in IGCSE May – June 2022 series says a press release. This outstanding achievement by learners has added another feather in the cap of The Millennium Education group and demonstrates the commitment put forth …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (ABC): The All-Pakistan Chinese Enterprises’ Association (APCEA) has donated PKR 15 million to the “Prime Minister’s Flood Relief Fund, Gwadar Pro reported on Saturday. The APCEA, with the contribution of its 28 member enterprises, presented the cheque in a ceremony attended by the Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiative (PD&SI) Professor Ahsan Iqbal, Chinese Ambassador Nong …

PESHAWAR, Aug 27 (ABC): Flood has destroyed a portion of Tangi bridge near Monda headworks disconnected traffic between Peshawar and Tangi tehsil in Charsadda district  According to district administration Charsadda, the high floods in Rivers Swat and Kabul have inundated low laying areas in Charsadda and Nowshera districts affected thousands of people. Mohib Banda, Bara Banda, Pashtoon Ghari and villages …

D.I.KHAN, Aug 27 (ABC): The Pakistan Army on Saturday started distribution of ration by helicopter in the flood affected areas where the by-road access was not possible to the people.The use of helicopter was started as the weather conditions become clear in the morning, said a press release issued here. The ration was distributed in various areas of Tehsil Paroa …

PESHAWAR, Aug 27(ABC): Very high flood was reported at river Kabul at Nowshera with 315, 262 cusec water on Saturday afternoon. According to Floods Warning Centre (FWC), very high flood was also reported in river Kabul at Adezai bridge with 90,200 cusec water. In river Jindi, very high flood at Charsadda with 35, 983 cusec water was recorded.

ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (ABC): Extending its support to fellow Pakistanis, Telenor Pakistan has enabled free voice calls for its users in flood-affected areas of the country. Torrential rains this year have wreaked unprecedented havoc across the country, dealing heavy damage to the country’s southern regions. Telenor Pakistan is offering free Telenor-to-Telenor calls in severely hit areas of the country so …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (ABC): Telecom Mobile Operators are providing free on-net voice calls to all their subscribers in flood victim areas with Zero and Nil balance. According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, there will be no call setup charges applicable on call connection and customers having no balance will be able to make on-net calls, Radio Pakistan/ private channels reported. PTA …

PESHAWAR, Aug 27 (ABC): Pakistan flags were flying high on the stage in Japan all day in connection with a stunning 75th Diamond Jubilee Independence Day and 70-year of Pakistan-Japan Friendship celebrations held with people living in Japan including children, women and families living in Japan largely attended in an area called as Mini Pakistan in Japan. The first grand …

ISLAMABAD, Aug. 26 (ABC): “If steps are taken by G7 countries against China, the global economy will be affected. Because the interactions and linkages between G7 countries and China are very strong. The disturbance or any rupture in these relations will affect many countries,” said Dr. Rashid Ahmad Khan, a political analyst and an expert on South Asia, Central Asia …

LAHORE, Aug 26 (ABC): Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Friday said that CM Flood Relief Fund had been set up to help the flood affectees and the philanthropists could contribute in the Bank of Punjab account number 6010159451200028 and the CM Flood Relief Fund IBAN number 6010159451200028PK92BPUN.A delegation led by Asad Umer, Shafqat Mahmood, Andleeb Abbas and other …

MULTAN, Aug 26 (ABC):PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that those who are labelling the coalition partners as an imported government should better sweep before their own doors as they themselves are involved in foreign funding. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was itself an imported government as it had committed a crime by taking funding …

RAWALPINDI, Aug 26(ABC): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi has emerged as the next critic of his own government after Abid Sher Ali. Addressing a press conference on Friday with the trader’s leaders, Hanif Abbasi lambasted the Finance Ministry and said that the Prime Minister is making all his efforts, but the finance ministry is wasting these efforts. Urging …

KALAM, Aug 26(ABC): Kalam’s iconic New Honey Moon hotel collapsed and was washed away by the raging floods as KP declared an emergency at the hill station, reported. The hotel was located on the bank of the Swat River in Kalam. It was evacuated timely, and no casualties were reported. Other hotels near the river were also cleared out following …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26(ABC): The Islamabad High Court on Friday dismissed a contempt of court petition filed against Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders Fazlur Rehman, Rana Sanaullah and Maryam Nawaz, among others, declaring it inadmissible for hearing. The application was filed a day earlier by Ali Ijaz Butter and fixed for hearing today with objections from the Registrar’s Office. “What is …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (ABC): Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration Friday directed all the co-operative housing societies that strict action would be taken against violators of anti-dengue Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) issued by the district magistrate. “All the co-operative housing societies in the jurisdiction of the federal capital should formulate a comprehensive policy to cope dengue fever,” said deputy registrar co-operative …

PESHAWAR, Aug 26 (ABC): Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan on Friday declared an emergency in Swat district, directing the Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement Department to carry out war-footing relief activities in the calamity-hit areas of the district. According to a notification, the emergency would remain enforced till August 30 to keep vigorous relief activities continue in calamity-hit areas of …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (ABC): The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Friday introduced a text-to-donate short code 9999 to enable the consumers donate their funds through mobile phone text to support the flood victims. The consumers would be required to write “fund” and send to the 9999 short code to donate Rs10 to contribute to the relief and rehabilitation activities in …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 26 (ABC): Pakistan on Friday summoned the Indian Charge d’Affaires in Islamabad to foreign ministry to lodge a strong protest on the extra-judicial killing of a Pakistani civil prisoner by Indian Occupation Forces in a fake encounter in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian forces had extrajudicially killed Pakistani prisoner, Muhammad Ali Hussain, who had …