SWABI/PESHAWAR: The workers of Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) accompanied by police clashed with consumers and were forced to leave the area when they tried to removed power meters in Maneri Bala village of Swabi on Sunday. Stick-wielding consumers staged a protest and vowed that none of the Pesco staffers and police would be allowed to remove any power meter. Nadeem Shah Bacha, the president of the Swabi Action Committee (SAC), led the protesting consumers. “This is our electricity. This is our country. These are our resources. If anyone interferes and tries to seize the resources by force, we will…
Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is facing expanding desertification and recurring but intense droughts, Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam highlighted on Sunday, stressing that the country stands at a critical juncture in its fight against desertification and land degradation. However, through “targeted policies, investments in research and technology and fostering international cooperation, Pakistan remains steadfast in its commitment to combating desertification and achieving land degradation neutrality”, Ms Alam said in a statement issued on the eve of World Desertification Day. She said the theme for this year’s World Desertification Day — celebrated each year on 17 June…
ISLAMABAD: A government spokesperson on Sunday warned overseas Pakistanis that the government would clamp down against them if they promoted “anti-state agenda”. Addressing a media briefing, Barrister Aqeel Malik, who is also the federal government’s spokesperson on legal affairs, claimed that PTI was “misusing” the Pakistani diaspora, who have a strong affiliation with the party, for its “clandestine motives”. He demanded the party quit its “anti-state activities and propaganda” and hold dialogue with the government to find solutions to political issues “instead of damaging the nation’s interest at global forums”.He claimed PTI was orchestrating legislation in foreign countries which were…
Two children died and seven people were injured early on Wednesday when a fire erupted due to a laptop explosion at a home in Faisalabad’s Sharifpur area, a doctor said. According to Allied Hospital’s emergency duty doctor Hammad Ahmed, nine injured people, including two women and five children aged three to nine, were brought to the hospital by rescue services with “serious burns”. Later, a girl and a boy succumbed to their injuries, Dr Ahmed told Dawn.com. The fire erupted when the laptop that was plugged in for charging exploded, Rescue 1122 said. While officials haven’t commented on the cause of…
Pakistan has called on the United Nations for a “concerted campaign” to recover all weapons from terrorist groups, such as the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Speaking at the UN’s Fourth Review Conference of the Programme of Action (PoA) on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) on Tuesday, Ambassador Munir Akram expressed Pakistan’s “grave concern over the acquisition and use of modern and sophisticated small arms by terrorist groups, such as [the] TTP”. According to a statement issued by the Pakistani mission to the UN, Akram highlighted the “need for a concerted campaign to recover all weapons from terrorist groups like the TTP” and also called…
KARACHI/BADIN/LARKANA: Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that the budget 2024-25 has been designed to target and bully the middle class and facilitate feudal lords. “It is a complete recipe to destroy the economy at the behest of the International Monetary Fund (IMF),” he remarked. The JI leader expressed these views while addressing a press conference at his party’s Karachi headquarters, Idara Noor-i-Haq, on Sunday. He quoted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as claiming that “inflation has decreased from 38pc to 12pc” and argued, where on earth inflation has decreased? The budget has placed the lower and middle classes under an unbearable…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur restored the power supply after entering a grid station in Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday and issued his own loadshedding schedule limited to 12 hours per day. A statement posted on the KP government’s X account said no area would suffer power outages for more than 12 hours now. The chief minister also directed all lawmakers to visit grid stations in their respective areas and ensure the implementation of the 12-hour loadshedding schedule. Dawn.com has reached out to the Peshawar Electric Supply Company for comment on the matter. Areas of the province…
Sylbert, an Oscar-nominated costume designer turned film producer, passed away at the age of 84. According to Variety, her death was confirmed by director Robert Romanus, who directed a documentary about her life. Sylbert’s work as a costume designer left an indelible mark on the film industry during the late 1960s and 1970s. Her notable projects included King Kong, Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby, Carnal Knowledge, and many others. She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Costume Design, one for Chinatown at the 47th Academy Awards and another for Julia at the 50th Academy Awards. Throughout her career spanning over three decades, Sylbert contributed to 21 films as…
Nicola Coughlan is winning hearts not only with her performance in the latest season of Bridgerton but by sharing cherished memories from the set. On Tuesday, June 18, the Irish actress took to Instagram to post a carousel of photos she captured with a vintage camera gifted to her by co-star Luke Newton, who plays her love interest, Colin Bridgerton, in the popular Netflix series. “Bridgerton on Film,” the caption read of the post with the cover photo, featuring Coughlan standing with Newton, resting her head on his shoulder. “Still learning so they’re not all amazing but lots of beautiful memories [blue…
Jessica Biel put on a brave face as she returned to the set of The Better Sister just hours after her husband, Justin Timberlake, was released from police custody. On Tuesday, June 18, the actress appeared unfazed as she resumed work following the arrest drama. For the unversed, People reported that a representative for the Sag Harbor Police Department confirmed the SexyBack singer was arrested for driving while intoxicated or impaired. According to a source, Timberlake was pulled over while driving from the American hotel to a friend’s house in the early hours of Tuesday morning. By 11 a.m. local time, the 43-year-old was released from…
