Rains, storms expected from tomorrow DNA ISLAMABAD: Amid the forecast of pre-monsoon rains in upper and central regions of the country from June 25 to 30, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday warned of urban flooding in major cities and directed provinces to ensure public safety during this period. It said the showers could cause flash flooding in Punjab and trigger landslides in the hilly areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan. A day earlier, the Pakistan Meteorological Department said rain and wind-thundershower with isolated heavy falls were expected in theRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUN 23: /DNA/ – Responding to media queries regarding the US-India Joint Statement of 22 June 2023, the Spokesperson said. “We consider the Pakistan-specific reference in the ‘Joint Statement from the United States and India’, issued on 22 June 2023, as unwarranted, one-sided, and misleading. The reference is contrary to diplomatic norms and has political overtones. We are surprised that it has been added despite Pakistan’s close counterterrorism cooperation with the U.S. Pakistan has rendered unmatched sacrifices in the fight against terrorism. In laying down their lives, our lawRead More

Says India, US joint statement reduces Pakistan to a promoter of cross-border terrorism in India, nothing more States no balancing statement about gross HR abuses in Kashmir LAHORE, JUN 23 /DNA/ – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that the imported government experiment has made Pakistan irrelevant internationally and isolated, which is evident from the joint statement of India and US reducing Pakistan to a promoter of cross-border terrorism in India and nothing more. PTI Chairman, in his reaction to the joint statement of India and the US,Read More

Mazharul Islam’s latest novel combines surrealism with reality Staff ReporterPakistan’s acclaimed story writer Mazharul Islam has come up with his latest work, a time-travel novel “Sarus Crane Apnay Khwabon mai say Urh kar ja Chukay Hain” or “Sarus Cranes have flown out of their Dreams.” In the novel the author has experimented surrealism, reality, time-travel and magic realism all in one book and apparently he has succeeded in it.Of many reasons that make the novel popular, one is obvious that he never drifts along the waters and has always createdRead More