ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s main telecommunications provider said on Saturday that cuts to submarine internet cables in Saudi waters could disrupt services in the country during peak hours, the latest in a series of undersea faults to hit the nation’s connectivity.
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Pakistan to host South Africa for multi-format cricket series
LAHORE: Pakistan will host South Africa for a series of Test, one-day international (ODI) and Twenty-20 international (T20I) matches from October to November, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Saturday.
Pakistan says 1.6 mln at risk as super floods head from Punjab to Sindh
KARACHI: Surging rivers swollen by heavy monsoon rains and major water releases from India continued to batter the eastern Punjab province on Saturday, pushing flood levels to exceptional highs and triggering warnings of widespread inundation downstream in southern Sindh province, where officials said more than 1.6 million people are at risk.
FM Aurangzeb orders urgent review of food stocks as floods stoke inflation fears
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb ordered an urgent assessment of the nation’s stocks of wheat, rice, and sugar on Friday, as catastrophic floods in the nation’s agricultural heartland threaten to deepen a food crisis and fuel inflation in the world’s eighth-largest wheat producer.
Senior puisne justice warns of ‘one-man show’ in Supreme Court under Chief Justice Afridi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s senior puisne Supreme Court justice, Mansoor Ali Shah, has accused Chief Justice Yahya Afridi of bypassing statutory procedures, stifling judicial deliberation, and imposing controls that threaten the court’s independence, according to a sharply worded letter made public on Friday.
Bhutto Zardari says India ‘waging terrorism with water’ as floods devastate Punjab
KASUR: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), on Friday accused India of violating the Indus Waters Treaty by withholding critical flood data, an act he described as “waging terrorism with water” that has worsened the humanitarian disaster of devastating floods, which have killed dozens and displaced millions in Punjab.
Police arrest two women for throwing egg at Imran Khan’s sister outside Adiala jail
RAWALPINDI: Two women were arrested on Friday after throwing an egg at Aleema Khanum, sister of former prime minister Imran Khan, during a media appearance outside Adiala Jail, where a hearing in the Toshakhana corruption case had taken place earlier, police said.
PTI walks out of parliament over flood aid, lawmaker disqualifications
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly descended into acrimony on Friday as the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) accused the coalition government of failing to deliver adequate aid to flood-stricken Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and staged a walkout over the disqualification of its lawmakers.
Pakistan tells Germany to take 2,400 Afghans promised asylum, toughens stance on refugees
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Friday asserted its authority over the fate of Afghan refugees on its soil, urging Germany to swiftly accept thousands who were promised refuge in Berlin while warning Kabul to crack down on terrorist safe havens across the border.
Sindh evacuates 109,000 as floodwaters from Punjab move downstream
KARACHI: Authorities in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have evacuated over 109,000 people from low-lying areas as severe flooding in eastern Punjab, triggered by torrential monsoon rains, swells rivers and threatens downstream regions, disaster officials said on Friday.