Month: April 2024

Dubai drowned by artificial rain?

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Following intense rains that covered the region in less than a day, the city of Dubai has almost come to a complete standstill. Due to subterranean parking lots flooding, schools have been closed and staff members have been told to work from home. Following two days of rain, there were also problems with the metro services. Moreover, one of the biggest airports in the world, Dubai International, is experiencing major delays, with planes being delayed or diverted for many hours. Numerous media sources linked Dubai’s routine cloud seeding operations to…

Seven terrorists ‘sent to hell’ during infiltration bid from Afghanistan

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At least seven terrorists attempting to infiltrate the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were gunned down in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Wednesday. The military’s media wing said the security forces on April 16 (Tuesday) detected a movement of a group of seven terrorists near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Spinkai area of Ghulam Khan in the tribal district. “The infiltrators were surrounded, effectively engaged and after an intense fire exchange, all seven territories were sent to hell,” it added. A large quantity of weapons, ammunition, and explosives…

PTI’s Yasmin Rashid moves election tribunal against Nawaz Sharif’s NA-130 victory

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LAHORE: Jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Dr Yasmin Rashid approached the election tribunal to nullify poll victory of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif. Rashid filed a petition in the election tribunal against the former premier through her lawyers Ahmed Awais and Rana Mudassar. She stated in her petition that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) violated the law by issuing the notification of Nawaz’s victory after the February 8 nationwide polls. The politician from the Imran Khan-founded party had contested the general elections 2024 from the NA-130…

Pakistan’s ‘Nazuk Mor’ being taught as ‘case study’ at Harvard School

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The prevailing situation in crises-hit Pakistan is being taught as a “case study” at business schools to present students a real-life example. Despite a journey of 77 years, Pakistan is still going through the Nazuk Mor (critical period) as the back-breaking inflation, steep utility bills, heavy taxes, corruption and increasing external debt have grinded common man down but surprisingly the powerful elite class and leaders’ assets swelling abroad amid the economic crisis in the homeland. This situation drew the attention of foreign educational institutions as they decided to teach it as “case…

Mohammed Bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion megacity Neom is just another Nottingham

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Mohammed Bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, will house a city of nine million people, where people imagine that there will be no cars or streets but flying taxis. A giant fake moon, animatronic dinosaurs, and an army of robots to harvest food, cook and clean for the pampered population will also be there and as for carbon emissions, they will be zero, according to Daily Mail. There would be nothing like this city named Neom anywhere, at least on this planet, as fantastical concept pictures showed. However, as…

One dead, several injured in cable car mishap in southern Turkey

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Tragedy struck in the southern Turkish province of Antalya as one person lost their life and ten others sustained injuries in a cable car accident, confirmed by the interior ministry. The incident occurred when a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole on Friday afternoon, leaving twenty-four cabins suspended in the air. Despite continuous rescue efforts, over sixty individuals remained stranded in nine cabins even sixteen hours later, with a total of 112 individuals ultimately rescued. Chairman Okay Memis of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority assured reporters that…

Rain likely to play spoilsport during Pakistan, New Zealand series

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RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan team looks to take on New Zealand in the upcoming home series set to commence on April 18, rain is likely to play spoilsport in at least three of the five T20I matches.  The city is likely to witness thunderstorms and rainfall tomorrow, with the downpour expected to continue throughout the week. Also the rain is expected on April 18, 20 and 21 — the fixtures of the three matches at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Meanwhile, the rest of the two matches will be played in Lahore…