Idalia is projected to build into a major hurricane and make landfall early on Wednesday somewhere around Florida’s Big Bend region, where the panhandle meets the peninsula. Expected to strengthen to a Category 3 hurricane, Idalia could deliver sustained winds of at least 111 mph (178 kph), create dangerous coastal surges and drench parts of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas with up to 10 inches (25 cm) of rain, the National Hurricane Center reported. Here is a list of some of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the mainland U.S.…
Month: August 2023
President For Imparting Quality Training, Problem-Solving Skills To Civil Servants
Islamabad,: President Dr Arif Alvi has underscored the need for imparting quality training to civil servants and equipping them with essential skills such as problem-solving, fast decision-making, and efficient management of resources to ensure good governance and improve service delivery. He said that bureaucracy must be more responsive to people’s needs and focus on solving problems being faced by the country in different sectors, particularly health, education, and community services. The President expressed these views while chairing the 23rd meeting of the Board of Governors (BOG) of the National School…
Battle for Asian champion kicks off today
The exciting battle for the Asian champion will kick off today (Wednesday) with the Asia Cup 2023 opener between hosts Pakistan and Nepal following an exhilarating inauguration ceremony at Multan Cricket Stadium. The colorful event will feature performances of Pakistani and Nepalese stars Aima Baig and Trishala Gurung to welcome the spectators to another thrilling cricketing event. The Group-A clash between the two nations in the Asian tournament will begin at 02:30pm, while the gates of the stadium will likely be opened by 11:30am.
Imaan Mazari remanded into police custody for three days in terror case
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad on Tuesday granted human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari’s three-day physical remand to the Islamabad police in a terror case registered against her in the federal capital’s Barakahu Police Station. The development came after the additional district and sessions judge, Abual Hasnat, approved prosecutor Raja Naveed plea seeking the rights activists’ physical remand. The court had earlier reserved its decision after listening to arguments from the prosecutor and Mazari’s counsel. A day earlier, Imaan’s was arrested in a new terror case from outside Adiala jail in…
Vivek Ramaswamy called out by rapper Eminem for using his music in presidential campaign
Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate and wealthy former biotech businessman, has been called out by American rapper Eminem not to use any of his songs during his political campaign. Ramaswamy is enjoying a surge in the Republican primary race, and a video of him rapping along to Eminem’s Lose Yourself at the Iowa State Fair went viral this month, AFP reported. In the letter disclosed on Monday and dated August 23, BMI, a performing rights organisation, informed Ramaswamy’s campaign at the Grammy-winning rapper’s request that it will no longer licence Eminem’s…
Air pollution reduces life expectancy in Pakistan: report
The University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) Tuesday said in its latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) that increasing air pollution in Pakistan may shorten life expectancy by at least seven years in the country’s most polluted regions like Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur and Peshawar. Particulate pollution is the second greatest threat to human health in Pakistan (behind cardiovascular diseases), reducing 3.9 years of life expectancy on average in Pakistan, according to the AQLI — a pollution index that translates particulate air pollution into its impact on life expectancy. The…
Cipher case: PTI chief to stay in jail despite sentence suspension
Imran Khan’s immediate release unlikely due to his arrest in missing cipher case The immediate release of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is unlikely despite the orders for his release in the Toshakhana case due to his arrest in the missing cipher case. In a major legal victory on Tuesday, the former prime minister — who is incarcerated at Attock jail — got relief from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) which suspended the sentence awarded to him in the Toshakhana case and ordered his release on bail. However, the…
Major legal victory for Imran Khan in Toshakhana case
In a major legal victory, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) suspended the sentence awarded to former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case. The IHC ordered the release of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman, who is incarcerated at Attock jail, while announcing a short verdict that it reserved a day earlier. The crucial judgment was announced on Khan’s plea challenging his conviction and sentence in the Toshakhana case. IHC issues written verdict In its much-anticipated eight-page written verdict, a two-member bench of the IHC comprising…
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