A military junta court in Myanmar sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years in prison on charges of election fraud, local media reported on Friday. She was convicted by the War on Terrorism Council for alleged electoral fraud, according to Khit Thit Media. Last month, a junta …
Read More »Inflation rate hits multi-decade high of 27.3 percent in August
ISLAMABAD – Inflation rate skyrocketed to a multi-decade high of 27.3 percent in August due to the government’s economic decisions including increasing prices of electricity and fuel as well as currency depreciation. Inflation measured through Consumer Price Index (CPI) has broken all recent records mainly due …
Read More »7288 villages electrified in Balochistan in last 6 years
Quetta Electric Supply Company (QESCO) has electrified 7288 villages in various districts of Balochistan during last six years. According to official sources, they told that some 1317 villages were electrified in 2016-17, 2459 in 2017-19, 1064 in 2018-19, 819 in 2019-20, 1023 in 2020-21 and 606 in 2021-22. The government …
Read More »KP’s flood-stricken districts face outbreak of waterborne diseases
The epidemic diseases have been started to spread in flood-stricken districts in KP. According to the report issued by the Department of Health on Friday, waterborne diseases have started spreading in the flood-affected districts of the province as the cases of diarrhoea, rash, chest and respiratory diseases among the residents …
Read More »Five deer die of bacterial infection in Bahawalpur zoo
As many as five deer of rare species died of a bacterial infection in Bahawallpur Zoo on Thursday. The administration has said that among the dead deer are 2 females and 3 cubs. The deer died due to bacterial infection, while samples of dead deer have been sent to Lahore …
Read More »FIA arrests man for blackmailing in Karachi
Cybercrime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday claimed to have rounded up a blackmailer, and extortionist from Karachi. As per details, the accused named Muhammad Shoaib was blackmailing a woman using her alleged illicit pictures and demanding cash from her. The action was taken by the FIA …
Read More »oil prices fall with ongoing fears over weaker demand
Oil prices decreased on Thursday amid concerns that interest rate hikes in global economies will lead to economic downturns and lower oil demand. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $95.17 per barrel at 10.40 a.m. local time (0740 GMT) for a 0.49% fall from the closing price of $95.64 a …
Read More »Death toll from catastrophic flooding reaches 1191
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains continue to wreak havoc across much of Pakistan as 27 more died, taking the death toll from calamity to 1191. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) report, one person died in Punjab, 4 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 15 in …
Read More »Govt decides to grant amnesty to illegally residing foreigners
The government decided to grant conditional amnesty to four lakh foreigners residing illegally in Pakistan. According to details, the decision to grant amnesty was taken at a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Afghan Affairs on Thursday. In this regard, the Interior Ministry has approved the summary, while the final …
Read More »Army carries out 140 copter sorties in flood-affected areas
The Army personnel have carried out 140 helicopter sorties in different flood-affected areas of the country as part of the rescue and relief operations. According to an ISPR statement issued on Wednesday, more than 550 stranded individuals evacuated through Army helicopters from various flood-affected areas. Army helicopters delivered 29 tons of ration and relief items during …
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