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By Our Diplomatic Correspondent Islamabad: Natural Disaster Consortium (NDC) under the Multi Year Humanitarian Programme (MYHP) funded by  UK aid has initiated emergency response in the flood-affected districts of Pakistan’s Sindh province providing 128 Hygiene Kits to 1,540 people in Hyderabad, Sindh. The British Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi, Mike Nithavrianaksis said; “My heart goes out to those affected by these devastating floods. I’m pleased to see the emergency response that has provided support to more than 1500 flood affected in Sindh. “The Natural Disaster Consortium (NDC) continues to assess the immediate needs in the most critical areas to ensure…

By Special CorrespondentHsinchu, Taiwan —— Organizers and the participants of an International kite-flying festival were shocked and terrified on Sunday when a 3-year-old girl became entangled in tail of giant kite and sent flying high into the air.It all happened in Taiwan’s city of Hsinchu where an international kite festival was being held. A shorty video clip which went viral on internet, shows several people preparing the large long-tailed pale orange kite for flight next to a crowd of viewers. The kite is already billowing from the strong wind. Then, the organizers let the kite go — and it flies…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) claimed in a statement that action had been taken against Tinder, Tagged, Skout, Grindr and SayHi after the inappropriate content had not been deleted.  Pakistan’s telecom watchdog on Tuesday blocked five online dating and live streaming applications, including Tinder, for allegedly showing “immoral” content.  The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a statement that the action was taken against Tinder, Tagged, Skout, Grindr and SayHi after they failed to take down the improper material. It said that the apps were asked to remove “dating services” and moderate live streaming content “in accordance with the…

Monitoring Desk Young batsman won hearts by scoring ‘Fifty’ on his debut. Veteran cricketers including Michael Vaughan and Tom Moody tweeted on social media praising the young batsman. Women cricketers also became fans of Haider Ali. Young Haider Ali made his international debut in the third T20 against England and set a record by scoring a half-century. He has become the first Pakistani to do so. Haider Ali’s brilliant and fearless batting in the first match attracted the attention of the world. Dan Jones wrote on social media that he saw Haider Ali for the first time in the Under-19…

News DeskIslamabad: Germany has given Pakistan a great deal of shock. The case concerns the provision of air-independent propulsion (AIP) systems to make submarines more efficient. In fact, Pakistan had asked Germany to provide an Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system to make its submarines more powerful, but Germany declined its demand. The decision has been taken by the Security Panel headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Explain that if Pakistan had got the AIP system, the capacity of its submarines would have increased and diesel engines could run for a week or more without atmospheric air. But Germany refused to…

By Special CorrespondentStockholm: Police arrested ten people accused of bringing damage to property and injuring police officer after riots erupted in parts of Southern Sweden following of burning of Muslim’s holly book of ‘Quran’ —- a heinous act which made Muslim population furious.It all happened at Week-end. Violence broke out in southern Sweden after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending an extremely offensive rally, police said on Saturday. Media reports suggested protesters threw stones at police and burned tyres on the streets of Malmo late on Friday, with the violence escalating as the evening wore on. Live footages…

By Our Staff ReporterIslamabad: Taking note of death threats issued by unidentified people to Islamabad based journalist Ahmad Noorani, the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in a joint statement “strongly condemned” death threats following his investigative piece about the business fortunes of close relatives of a Lt. General (R) Asim Bajwa.The statement denounced this well-orchestrated campaign” against the journalist, declaring him anti-state and agent of the enemy. The statement maintains that if anyone has any complaint against Mr Noorani’s story, they should approach courts. “The bar, press, and…

By Haroon Siraj Swat – At least six people, including a women and two children were died while 14 people were injured and 5 still missing due to flash floods caused by torrential rains in Swat district on Thursday mid night. Shahgram and Teerat were the most affected areas in the district where flood destroyed forty houses and two connecting bridges. According to details, due to torrential rain the other night the flood water inundated houses in ‘Shahgram’ and ‘Teerat’ area of Swat district prior to which emergency announcements were made in the local’s mosques advising the locals to move…

By Special Correspondent Islamabad: As law and order improve in Pakistan to great extent, International airlines are starting flight operations to and from Pakistan. Virgin Atlantic has also announced it will start direct flights to Pakistan from December this year, the British airline announced on Thursday.According to announcement made by the airline, direct flights will be flown from Heathrow Airport to both Islamabad and Lahore. Additionally, the airline will operate direct flights to Islamabad from Manchester Airport. Bookings, it said, will start from September, the airline added. Airline plans to operate four flights per week on from London Heathrow to…

By Mehr Yasin ISLAMABAD: Chairing a high level meeting of National Coordination Committee on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated his government decision to reopen all educational institutions from Sept 15 and directed the provinces to finalise necessary arrangements in this regard.He also directed the concerned authorities to finalize SOPs and review health protocols for domestic flight operations. The meeting was told that the number of positive Covid-19 cases had significantly declined in the country and there was no harm to restore schools, colleges, flight operations and Industry.“Finalize recommendations in consultation with provincial governments and administrations of educational institutions soon…