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Monsoon rains: Chitral declared high-risk area

PESHAWAR: The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has developed the Monsoon Contingency Plan-2021 wherein it has declared eight districts of the province as high-risk areas for the upcoming rainy season. The high-risk districts are: Charsadda, Dera Ismail Khan, Shangla, Upper Dir, Nowshera, Swat, Chitral Upper and Chitral Lower, according to a statement issued here. The

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PM asked to apologize for remarks

At a press conference held earlier today, 16 civil society organisations—including the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, the Women’s Action Forum, Tehrik-e-Niswan, Aurat March, and the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, among others—have strongly condemned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s troubling remarks linking women’s attire to the incidence of rape. This is the second

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