The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued an alert for potential flooding in the Ravi River, following increased water releases from India’s Madhopur Headworks. This alert comes just a day after New Delhi had warned Islamabad about planned releases into the Sutlej and Chenab rivers, which have already inundated parts of Pakistan. Diplomatic sources told Geo News that New Delhi made a second contact with Pakistan in two days on Monday to warn about a potential flood in the Sutlej River, having previously issued a warning about the Tawi River at Jammu. The Tawi is a major tributary of…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
The founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, has asked the Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) to register a case against Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and eight police officials, alleging that he is being denied facilities at Adiala jail. The request, submitted by the jailed former prime minister’s lawyer, Tabish Farooq, to CPO Khalid Hamdani, seeks the registration of a case against Maryam Nawaz, the Adiala Jail superintendent, ASP Zainab, SHO Aizaz, the Adiala outpost in-charge, and others, totaling eight individuals. The petition, sent to the CPO’s office via courier service, claims that Imran Khan is not being provided…
The outgoing Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Pakistan, Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Al-Zaabi, made a farewell call on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House. During the meeting, which was also attended by Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif, Minister of State Bilal Azhar Kiyani, SAPM Tariq Fatemi, and Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch, Prime Minister Sharif congratulated the ambassador on the successful conclusion of his tenure in Pakistan. He also thanked the ambassador for his contributions to strengthening the relationship between Pakistan and the UAE. The Prime Minister praised the leadership of UAE President and Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reported the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, in the United States. The case, confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on August 4, involved a patient who had recently traveled from El Salvador. However, an earlier report from Reuters, citing beef industry sources, had stated that the individual had traveled from Guatemala. HHS spokesman Andrew G. Nixon did not clarify the discrepancy but emphasized that the “risk to public health in the United States from this introduction is very low.” The differing…
Due to a significant drop in domestic gas consumption, Pakistan is reportedly seeking to defer 177 LNG cargoes from Qatar over the next five years, as reported by The News on Monday. The deferred cargoes would be supplied in 2031-32. This arrangement would allow Pakistan to defer a liability of $5.6 billion until 2031, the expiration year of one of the long-term LNG supply agreements. A senior official from the Petroleum Division stated that a delegation, led by Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Ali Pervaiz Malik, is set to travel to Qatar on Monday to present this proposal.…
The World Bank has approved a $47.9 million grant for Pakistan, funded by the Global Partnership for Education Fund. The grant aims to improve the participation of both girls and boys at the pre-primary and primary levels of education in Punjab. In a statement, the World Bank said this new support is expected to improve learning outcomes at the primary level and strengthen remedial learning support in elementary schools. The “Getting Results: Access and Delivery of Quality Education Services and System Transformation in Punjab Project” will expand early childhood education, re-enroll out-of-school children, strengthen support for teachers, and improve the…
On Monday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the 15-member Pakistan squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket ODI World Cup 2025. The tournament, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, is scheduled to run from September 30 to November 2. Pakistan will play all of its matches in Sri Lanka. Before the World Cup, the squad will also play a three-match ODI series against South Africa. Several players are set to make their World Cup debuts, including Natalia Parvez, Ramin Shamim, Sadaf Shams, Sadia Iqbal, Shawal Zulfiqar, and Syeda Aroob Shah. The selectors made two changes from the team that…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has strongly denied media reports about major leadership changes in the national cricket team, calling them “baseless and unfounded.” In an official statement, the PCB clarified that claims of Salman Ali Agha being appointed as Pakistan’s new ODI captain in place of Mohammad Rizwan are false. The board also dismissed reports that Saud Shakeel would replace Shan Masood as the Test captain. The PCB confirmed that the selection committee never considered this matter, nor has any player’s central contract category been changed. Background Earlier, media outlets had reported that the board was considering…
Palestinian health officials reported that Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday resulted in the deaths of at least 15 people, including three journalists. One of the deceased journalists, a cameraman named Hussam al-Masri, was a contractor for Reuters. Another Reuters contractor, photographer Hatem Khaled, was wounded in the strikes. The Israeli military and Prime Minister’s Office have not yet commented on the attack.
Israeli strikes hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, on Sunday in retaliation for Houthi missile attacks on Israel. Houthi media reported that the strikes killed at least two people and injured five. This is the latest in a series of direct attacks and counterstrikes that have occurred between Israel and Houthi militants in Yemen over the past year, stemming from the war in Gaza. In a statement, the Israeli military said, “The strikes were conducted in response to repeated attacks by the Houthi terrorist regime against the State of Israel and its civilians, including the launching of surface-to-surface missiles and UAVs…
