Monday, July 8, 2024

KPK

12 dead, dozens injured, as powerful storm hits Islamabad and KPK

The storm disrupted power supply, uprooted hundreds of trees, damaged houses and cars, collapsed billboards, within a span of less than an hour At least twelve people were killed and scores injured on Wednesday as heavy rains and deadly thunderstorm...

Education Rankings 2016: Punjab tops, Balochistan and FATA lag far behind

Only 52% of government schools in the country have access to all four basic facilities which include toilets, boundary walls, electricity and drinking water, reveals the survey ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan District Education Rankings 2016 claims that Islamabad, Chakwal, and Kotli...

Heavy rain, thunderstorm across Pakistan claim 18 lives

At least 18 people were killed and several others injured in rain-related incidents in different areas of Baluchistan, Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday as heavy rains and thunderstorm continued to lash various parts of the country. Torrential rains across...

13 killed in suicide blast in Shabqadar area of KPK

Blast was a revenge for the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri who was executed last week: Jammat-ur-Ahrar SHABQADAR - At least 13 people, including three policemen, were killed and more than 20 others wounded in a suicide blast in Charsadda tehsil...

Japan and UN join hands to help IDPS

Embassy of Japan, UN-Habitat, & MHI celebrated Completion Ceremony of their project “Temporary Dislocated People of North Waziristan Agency living among host communities in 3 districts of KPK Province” ISLAMABAD - The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Muslim...

At least 21 dead as terrorists attack Bacha Khan University

Unidentified gunmen entered in Bacha Khan University Charsadda on Wednesday morning Latest Updates: - 21 killed, over 30 injured - Four militants killed during operation - TTP claims responsibility for attack CHARSADDA - A group of militants has stormed a university in Charsadda, Pakistan, killing...

10 killed, several injured in Peshawar check post blast

At least ten people are dead and more than a dozen injured after a bomb exploded near a police station in the city of Peshawar. PESHAWAR - At least ten people were killed on Tuesday when a bomber targeted security...

26 dead, 45 injured in Mardan blast at NADRA office

MARDAN (Pakistan) - At least 26 people were killed and 45 injured when a suicide bomber struck the office of a National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) in Mardan. The injured have been transferred to District Hospital Mardan and other nearby...

Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital inaugurated in Peshawar

PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - The second franchise of country’s biggest cancer hospital has started operations in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa capital. Fakhir Afridi, a cancer patient, inaugurated the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC) in Peshawar on Tuesday. It may...

US Ambassador visits Peshawar, pays tribute to terrorism victims

Ambassador calls on leaders of the region and pays tribute to victims of terrorism PESHAWAR (Pakistan) – In his first trip to Peshawar, American Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale held a meeting with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial leadership and paid his...

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Keir Starmer becomes UK’s new prime minister as Labour wins UK general election 2024

UK Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has become prime minister of UK after a ceremonial meeting with King Charles III on July 5, 2024. Starmer has led Labour to secure a landslide victory in the UK’s 2024 general election to end 14 years of Conservative rule.