Saturday, January 8th, 2022
Murree declared calamity hit after at least 21 freeze to death in cars stranded in snow
Murree, JAN 8: Murree was declared calamity hit on Saturday after at least 21 people froze to death in cars stranded in snow amid a glut of tourist influx. Around 1,000 cars were stuck on the hill station while the Punjab chief minister issued instructions for expediting rescue work and providing aid to the stranded tourists. Moreover, entry of cars into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Galiyat was banned, according to the province’s chief minister. According to a list issued by Rescue 1122, 21 people died, including nine children. Interior Minister Sheikh RashidRead More
Book talk on Divided Species
Karachi: /DNA/ – A book talk on Divided Species was recently held in Karachi. Muhammad Omar Iftikhar, author of the novel was in conversation with Dr. Qazi Tauseef, CEO Khud Muhafiz and Lifelong Learning Lab. Divided Species is a science fiction novel set in Karachi – perhaps the first novel of its kind. During the conversation, Omar shared the contextual analysis of the novel and its relevance with the readers – especially to the Karachiites. He discussed the characterization and the storytelling process of this novel and how he cameRead More
Pak embassy establishes help desks in Kazakhstan
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been in close contact with the Pakistan Embassy in Kazakhstan with a view to providing all possible assistance to the Pakistani Community residing there. The Embassy has reported that all Pakistanis are safe. The Pakistan Embassy has established “Help Desks” in Nursultan and Almaty to facilitate Pakistanis requiring emergency services (http://pakembkazakhstan.org/). The contact details of the Help Desks are as under: Nursultan: Mr. Altaf Hussain (Deputy Head of Mission, Nursultan) Phone No. +77753712102 Almaty: Mr. Muhammad Farooque (Trade & Investment Counsellor, Almaty) PhoneRead More
Rescue, Relief operations by PAF continue in flood affected areas of Balochistan
QUETTA, JAN 8 /DNA/ – Pakistan Air Force is actively participating in rescue and relief operations along with Pak Army and Navy in flood affected areas of Balochistan. During the operations, PAF transport aircraft have carried 77,860 pounds of relief goods to the flood affected areas, which were cut off by road due to heavy rains and flash floods. Relief goods which have been airlifted include ration, tents, food items, medicines, drinking water, blankets and essentially required machinery. Despite inclement weather conditions throughout the country and especially in the floodRead More
PST Urdu Literature Festival
Munir Ahmed On December 28, 2021, the Parveen Shakir Trust Urdu Literature Festival peaked with 14 national literary awards coupled with cash prizes. Initiated with Aks-e-Khushboo award in 1996 to mark the death anniversary of our late blunt and feminine poetess Parveen Shakir, the brain behind the PST Urdu Literature Festival is Mazhar ul Islam, a great innovatively creative short story writer of our times. His dedicated creativity has given fairly a new flare and flavour to the fiction in Urdu language. From giving life to the written words toRead More
Pakistan, Ontario government to explore avenues for enhancing business ties
The current economic relations between the Government of Ontario Province of Canada and Pakistan have room for improvement and there is a need to explore avenues for enhancing business-to-business ties between the two sides. These views were expressed during a virtual meeting of Mr. Abdul Hameed, Consul General of Pakistan, Toronto, with Mr. Peter Bethlenfalvy, Minister for Finance, and Mr. Kaleed Rasheed, Associate Minister of Digital Government, in the Provincial Government of Ontario. Consul General Abdul Hameed pointed out that the Province of Ontario was the major contributor to Canada’sRead More