Pakistan Met dept forecasts rain amid deluge fears

Aug 03, 2025

The department has asked provincial disaster management authorities and district administrations to take preventive measures against possible urban flooding.

Pakistan govt asks national and provincial health authorities to look for suspected Monkeypox cases

May 30, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 30 : As the Pakistan Health Ministry confirmed the lack of facilities for diagnostic tests for the Monkeypox virus the federal...

Reporters Without Borders urges Pakistani authorities to address "alarming deterioration in press freedom"

Jun 08, 2024

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Pakistan's federal and provincial authorities to address "an alarming deterioration in press freedom" over recent months, Pakistan-based Dawn reported....

Heavy rainfall expected across Pakistan till April 29

Apr 19, 2024

National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday directed the Provincial Disaster Management Authorities (PDMAs), District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs), and other relevant departments to...

Taliban publicly flog nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy"

Jan 17, 2023

Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed...

China's population declined in 10 provincial-level regions in 2021

May 08, 2022

Beijing [China], May 8 : Amid nationwide concerns, China's population of the 10 provincial-level regions have fallen in 2021, according to data released by...