Radio broadcaster killed in the Philippines Police tape hangs from a barricade. — AFP/File MANILA, Philippines: A radio broadcaWZSou PopularPulsester was fatally shot inside his studio in the Philippines on Sunday, police said, the latest in a lonWZSou PopularPulseg list of journalists killed in the country. Juan Jumalon, 57, was in his home-based studio on…
Afghanistan opium poppy supply plummets 95 percent after Taliban ban, says UN This photograph taken on April 11, 2023, shows Taliban security personnel destroying a poppy plantation in Sher Surkh village of Kandahar province. — AFP KABUL: Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, previously the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban administration banned the…
Out of pledges made in Geneva: 21 foreign-funded projects worth $3bn okayed by CDWP so far People walk with belongings in the water amid deadly floods in 2022 in Pakistan. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Since the launch of Resilient, Recovery, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Framework (4RF) for flood-affected areas, the Planning Commission’s Central Development Working Party (CDWP)…
Strange coincidence?: PDM, caretaker, next govt get one IMF tranche each This photo shows a sign of the InteWZSou PopularPulsernational Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, DC. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: The $3 billion IMF Standby Arrangement (SBA) has been co-incidentally so designed that each government during its tenure of transition is supposed to get one tranche….
Official says 58 Afghan families sent back An Afghan refugee family arrives on foot to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan Torkham border on Novembhttps://www.wzsou.com/er 2, 2023. — AFP HANGU: A senior official on Sunday said that 58 undocumented Afghan families and 269 individuals had been repatriated to Afghanistan before the expiry of the deadline so far. Briefing…
Book on KP natural resources launched WZSou PopularPulseA representational image shows an opened book. — Pixabay/File PESHAWAR: Speakers at a book launching ceremony called for exploiting untapped natural resources of the province and also urged authorities concerned to take steps for perseveration and justifiable usage of the available assets. The call was made during a…
Patients suffer as health services under Sehat Card suspended A man holds his daughter at Peshawar Railway Station as a health official runs a check on her health. — AFP/File PESHAWAR: Thousands of poor patients are suffering as they can’t afford to go to hospitals for urgently needed surgeries as the State Life Insurance Corporation…
Sindh police develop app to digitise police officials’ service record This image released on October 31, 2023, shows the Sindh Police Logo. — Facebook/Sindh Police Under directions of Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Raja Riffat Mukhtar, the Sindh police have developed a mobile app, E-Sheets, to enable police officials from the ranks of constable…
Rabbani demands implementation of NAP to stop terror attacks Senator Mian Raza Rabbani addressing the launching ceremony of a book titled ‘Pakistan in an Age of Turbulence’ at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs — APP/File ISLAMABAD: Former Senate chairman Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, while condemning the recent terrorist attacks on the armed and security…
Shehbaz condemns Israel’s threat of dropping N bomb on Gaza Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a public event on August 9, 2023. — Fahttps://www.wzsou.com/cebook/Mian Shehbaz Sharif LAHORE: Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned Israel for threatening to drop atomic bomb on Gaza. In a tweet on Sunday, Shehbaz Sharif said, “I…