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Pakistan’s ‘Nazuk Mor’ being taught as ‘case study’ at Harvard School
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
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…
Daily Metro Times-15 April 2024
One dead, several injured in cable car mishap in southern Turkey
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
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…
Ruling coalition clinches posts of Senate chief, deputy
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) leader Yusuf Raza Gilani and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Saidal Khan Nasir were elected as Senate chairman and deputy chairman unopposed, respectively, on Tuesday. No candidate submitted nomination papers against PPP’s Gilani for the coveted Senate post. The inaugural session, which began by the oath-taking of newly-elected senators as members of the House, was marred by noisy protests carried out by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). About 41 senators took oath during today’s session except for Faisal Vawda and Maulana Abdul Wasay who were absent. The Senate session was summoned by President Asif…