SWAT: the government has reopened Saidu Sharif Airport, Swat, for commercial flights and after 17 years the national flag carrier (PIA) restored its flight operation to the airport on Friday. The first flight, PK-650, touched down at airport carrying selected passengers from Islamabad. Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, Federal Ministers Ghulam Sarwar and Murad Saeed were […]
Retreating glaciers in the Himalayas are not only dangerously filling up glacial lakes but they are also causing other hazards that are not being monitored, scientists have warned. The recent flash flood disaster in India\’s Uttarakhand state, they say, is the latest example of such a perilous knowledge gap. The Himalayas have the largest number
Anti-vaccination protesters have gathered across Australia ahead of the launch of the country\’s coronavirus inoculation programme, BBC reported. Protests were held in cities including Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, with participants chanting slogans like: \”My body, my choice.\” The rallies were largely peaceful, but police made several arrests in Melbourne, local media reported. The national rollout
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ISLAMABAD: The government has apprised the National Assembly that the per capita debt jumped to Rs175,000 at the end of last fiscal year – an additional burden of Rs54,901 or 46% on every citizen within two years. In the Fiscal Policy Statement of 2020-21, the Ministry of Finance also admitted that the government violated the
India has suspended mobile internet services in three areas around the capital, Delhi, where farmers are staging a hunger strike in protest at new agriculture laws, BBC reported. The government said the shutdown would continue until Sunday night to \”maintain public safety\”. Tens of thousands of protesting farmers have been camped out on Delhi\’s outskirts
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