Lahore’s urban disaster: From colonial sprawl to capitalist chaos – Pakistan
Lahore’s urban planning is a tragic loop — bulldozing farmland, displacing the poor, and destroying the environment — all for soulless real estate. The Ravi Riverfront Project is its latest, most reckless gamble. It is no secret that Lahore has inherited a colonial legacy of haphazard urban planning. Rather than course-correcting, however, appear to have […]
Shares at PSX rally more than 700 points in intraday trade – Business
Bulls maintained a hold of the trade floor at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday as shares gained over 700 points in intraday trade despite delay in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff-level agreement. The benchmark KSE-100 climbed 759.91, or 0.66 per cent, to stand at 116,296.07 points from the last close of 115,536.16 […]
Shares at PSX rally more than 600 points in intraday trade – Business
Bulls maintained a hold of the trade floor at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday as shares gained over 600 points in intraday trade despite delay in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff-level agreement. The benchmark KSE-100 climbed 759.91, or 0.66 per cent, to stand at 116,296.07 points from the last close of 115,536.16 […]
Prosecution dept dissatisfied with police investigation into DI Khan Vani case – Pakistan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The prosecution department has expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of the police investigation into the sensitive Bhagwani Shumali Vani case, lamenting the police’s traditional negligence and sluggishness. District public prosecutor Farastullah had formed a four-member committee to oversee the case. The committee is headed by public prosecutor Sheikh Shakeel, who has made […]
Man kills young girl for rejecting marriage proposal in Sahiwal – Pakistan
SAHIWAL: A 19-year-old girl was shot dead by a married man after she refused his marriage proposal at the Mohalla Noor Park. The girl sustained a gunshot wound in her abdomen and succumbed to her injuries on the way to the Sahiwal Teaching Hospital. The district police officer (DPO) took notice of the incident and […]
‘Perception inertia’ mars consumption of climate information – Newspaper
• Reuters Institute survey reveals public ‘increasingly out of step with changing reality’• In Pakistan, 61pc of participants exposed to floods, 54pc to heatwaves ISLAMABAD: Even as extreme climate events become norm, public engagement with climate information has remained stagnant over the past three years despite the urgency of the crisis, with almost half of […]
Bangladesh court upholds death sentence of 20 students in 2019 murder case – World
DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh upheld on Sunday death sentences of 20 former university students convicted of murdering a fellow student in 2019 who had criticised the country’s former government on social media. Abrar Fahad, 21, a student at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), was killed hours after publishing a Facebook post that […]
National Highway Authority faces huge losses as deficit tops Rs318bn – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: With its net deficit for the fiscal year 2024-25 going beyond Rs318 billion, the aggregate losses and loans of the National Highway Authority (NHA) have crossed Rs1.82 trillion and Rs3.1tr, respectively, while its annual revenues stand at a mere Rs54.15bn. The NHA’s total assets, valued at Rs5.8tr, have been declining for the past two […]
59 dead as blaze rips through North Macedonia nightclub – World
• 18 of 155 injured stated to be in critical condition• Arrest warrants out for four suspects, probe begins• Neighbouring countries offer help SKOPJE: A fire tore through a nightclub in North Macedonia early on Sunday, killing 59 people, apparently after on-stage fireworks set the venue ablaze, authorities said, announcing arrest warrants for four people. […]
Trump’s axing of agencies goes beyond just VOA – World
Loss of Woodrow Wilson think tank to diminish policy analysis available to US govt; homelessness programme, museums and libraries to also feel a massive pinch. • Loss of Woodrow Wilson think tank to diminish policy analysis available to US govt• Homelessness programme, museums and libraries will also feel a massive pinch WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s […]