Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made it clear that the state will not surrender or bow down before any terrorist outfit or organisation after 25 terrorists were killed in an operation in Bannu. A hostage crisis took place at the Counter-Terrorism Department’s (CTD) compound in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when TTP terrorists took over the center and made several security personnel …
BANNU, Dec 20 (EW): The hostage situation at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in the Bannu district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa entered its third day on Tuesday as talks to resolve the stand-off with the militants failed to make headway. Since no breakthrough was made and the situation remains tense in the town, deputy commissioner Bannu declared that all government …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20 (EW) : With the onset of winter season, a lot of young tea lovers are being drawn towards the federal capital’s kiosks and restaurants offering aromatic, flavourful varieties of tea. Tea is one of the most frequently consumed beverages in Pakistan and like anywhere in the world, gatherings remain incomplete without a hot cup of tea. …
LAHORE, Dec 20 (EW): Punjab School Education Department mulls extending winter holidays due to worsening air pollution in the provincial capital. Reports in local media suggest that Lahore High Court on Monday directed Education Department to consider extending winter break to two weeks as bustling Lahore ranked first among the top ten most polluted cities in the world over …
LAHORE, Dec 20 (EW): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has called a meeting of party’s legal experts and senior leadership to discuss the no-confidence move filed by the opposition against Punjab Chief Minister Parvez Elai. A delegation of the PPP and PML-N provincial lawmakers submitted a no-confidence motion against Mr Elahi, Speaker Sibtain Khan, and deputy speaker Wasiq …
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (EW): The World Bank has approved $1.692 billion in financing for five projects to support people living in the flood-affected areas of southeastern Sindh province of Pakistan. Three projects support rehabilitation and housing reconstruction and the restoration of crop production for vulnerable communities, while another two projects support health services for mothers and children, the WB …
UNITED NATIONS,Dec 20 (Reuters): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will convene a “no-nonsense” climate ambition summit in September next year and warned on Monday that there will be “no room for back-sliders, greenwashers, blame-shifters” or a repackaging of old pledges. In a wide-ranging news conference to close out 2022, Guterres also said that he “will not relent in the …
KARACHI, Dec 20 (EW): Men in Green have been whitewashed in a Test series on home soil after England beat it by 8 wickets in the third Test in Karachi on Tuesday. Confident visitors completed the whitewash by winning the final test match by eight wickets. England needed only 55 more runs on the fourth day while chasing 167. …
LAKKI MARWAT, Dec 18 (EW): At least four policemen were martyred and four others injured as terrorists attacked Lakki Marwat’s Bargi police station in Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), it was reported on Sunday. According to police officials, there was a fierce exchange of fire between the police and terrorists in which the attackers threw hand grenades and rockets toward the police …
BATANG KALI, Dec 16 (AFP) : At least 16 people were killed when a Landslide struck a campsite at a Malaysian farm on Friday, officials said, with rescuers scouring the muddy terrain for nearly 20 people still missing. Nor Hisham Mohammad, director of the operations division at the fire and rescue department, told reporters that “as of 1 pm …
