ISLAMABAD: Pilgrims from Pakistan will for the first time be able to select which year they wish to perform Haj, under a new four-year policy that ministers have billed as the start of a fundamental overhaul of the country’s pilgrimage arrangements.
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Fresh flooding fears grip Pakistan as forecasters warn of week of heavy rain
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is bracing for another bout of heavy monsoon rain from Wednesday, weather officials have warned, as communities across the country continue to reel from flooding that has already killed at least 110 people and displaced thousands of families.
Four Pakistani nationals shot dead in suspected targeted ambush in South Africa
LAHORE: Four men believed to be Pakistani nationals have been shot dead in what appears to have been a targeted ambush in South Africa, with the killings adding to growing concern over violence directed at foreign nationals in the country.
Pakistan monsoon death toll passes 100 as fresh flood alerts issued for major rivers
ISLAMABAD: The death toll from Pakistan’s monsoon rains has climbed past 100, with the country’s disaster management authority confirming ten further fatalities in the 24 hours to Sunday afternoon, as officials warned that another spell of heavy rain is expected to sweep the north of the country within days.
Pakistan troops foil suicide attack in Waziristan, kill four TTP militants
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces repelled a suicide bombing in the country’s northwest on Saturday, killing four militants including the bomber himself, in an operation that came less than 24 hours after a separate attack left 15 people dead in the same province.
Pakistan flood toll hits 97 as 400 sq km of Punjab lies underwater, Gilgit-Baltistan cut off
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has climbed to 97 after 11 more people died in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Saturday, as forecasters warned that widespread rain and pockets of heavy downpours would persist across much of the country for at least another two days.
Pakistan monsoon death toll rises to 86 as fresh flooding warning issued for weekend
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has climbed to 86 after five more people were killed in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Friday, as forecasters warned that a fresh spell of heavy rain could bring urban flooding and flash floods to large parts of the country over the coming days.
PM Shehbaz launches Pakistan’s largest data centre, hails ‘awe-inspiring’ Sky47 AI facility
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated Pakistan’s largest data centre, along with the Sky47 AI cloud platform, in a ceremony in Islamabad that the premier called nothing short of “awe-inspiring.”
Gunmen kill judge and bodyguard in Balochistan ambush
QUETTA: A district and sessions judge and his security guard were shot dead in Balochistan province on Thursday, in an attack officials say was a deliberate act of retribution against the judiciary, as the restive southwestern region endures its bloodiest spell of militant violence in months.
Roads collapse and villages cut off as Pakistan’s monsoon rains intensify
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s second monsoon spell of the season is overwhelming drainage systems in Punjab provinces and severing road links across the mountainous north, with the national disaster authority reporting a rising death toll and officials in three provinces now on high alert.