SOPs made to ensure provision of clean water in capital
Islamabad: The civic agency has made Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure provision of clean water at all filtration plants in the federal capital. According to the details, a total…
Pakistan needs to invest in human capital: World Bank
The logo of the World Bank. — AFP/File Strong human capital essential for sustainable economic growth: WB VP. Report claims Pakistan’s HCI of 0.41, lower than average in South Asia.…
Saudi envoy says in Yemen’s rebel-held capital to ‘stabilise’ truce
A handout picture released by the Huthi-affiliated branch of the Yemeni News Agency SABA on April 9, 2023, shows the Huthi group´s political leader Mahdi al-Mashat (L) welcoming the Saudi…
Car bombing rocks Syria capital: state media
A file photo of Pro-Turkish Syrian fighters carrying away victim of a car-bomb explosion last November in Tal Abyad, which has seen several such attacks.—AFP/file DAMASCUS: A car bombing rocked…
Car blast in Syrian capital hits Mezzah suburb
Smoke rises after an air strike in Saraqeb in Idlib province, Syria February 28, 2020. Reuters/File AMMAN: A car bomb caused the large blasts heard in the Mezzah suburb area…
Following rape case, capital cops ask parkgoers to stay in well-lit parts after sunset
Protesters in Karachi carry signs against a gang rape that occurred along a highway. — Reuters/File Following the harrowing incident of sexual assault in a park in the federal capital’s…
Capital cops ask parkgoers to avoid dark parts in park following rape case
Activists photographed during a rally to mark International Women’s Day Islamabad on March 8, 2020. — AFP The Islamabad police said on Monday while the “department is working with the…
6.3-magnitude quake in Capital, Rawalpindi
A seismograph takes readings of an earthquake. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The federal capital and Rawalpindi on Sunday were shook by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake, the second in a month —…
North Korea locks down capital over ‘respiratory illness’
Volunteers carry out disinfection work during an anti-virus campaign in Pyongyang, North Korea. — Reuters/File SEOUL: North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over “respiratory illness”, a…
Thousands march on Peru’s capital as unrest spreads, building set ablaze
Demonstrators clash with security forces during a protest demanding early elections and the release of jailed former President Pedro Castillo, near the Juliaca airport, in Juliaca, Peru January 9, 2023.…
