Pakistan can generate 100,000MW power from Thar coal daily: moot told
LAHORE:Energy experts and rights activists have demanded of the government to promote alternative energy resources. For this purpose, they recommended devising a policy framework for the increased use of renewable energy at the household level. They we…
Cyclone Biparjoy: CAA issues alert for Karachi airport
KARACHI:Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Sunday issued an alert for Jinnah International Airport Karachi after Cyclone Biparjoy, currently approaching the coastal regions of Pakistan and India, is expected to strengthen into an “extremely severe cyclonic…
Rawalpindi-bound Green Line’s engine derailed
GHOTKI:The Rawalpindi-bound Green Line and the Fareed Express moving in the opposite direction narrowly escaped an accident after the former’s engine derailed near Ghotki on Sunday. According to details, the Green Line’s engine derailed at a time when …
Elahi’s health deteriorates in jail, shifted to PIC
LAHORE:Former Chief Minister of Punjab Chaudhary Parvez Elahi, currently under detention, was brought to PIC Lahore owing to his deteriorating health during the wee hours of Sunday night.According to reports, the former CM Parvez Elahi was having some …
Three soldiers martyred, three terrorists killed in Miranshah operation
RAWALPINDI:At least three soldiers embraced martyrdom while three terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire in the general area of Miranshah, North Waziristan District, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Sunday. According to a stat…
Flight operation at Lahore airport suspended
LAHORE:The flight operation at Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport was affected on Sunday when six flights had to be cancelled while four were delayed.The flights, which were cancelled were SereneAir’s ER-821, heading from Lahore to Jeddah, Air…
Cyclone Biparjoy intensifies; alert issued
KARACHI:The powerful cyclone Biparjoy is heading to the coastline of Pakistan with more intensity on Sunday. Sindh and Balochistan have issued red alert and banned fishing and swimming along the coastal areas after the Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS)…
100m people have gone below poverty, reports Sheikh Rashid
RAWALPINDI:Awami Muslim League chief and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday said that new budget was an agenda of creating problems for the next government. In his statement on the social networking site Twitter, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed…