Noem’s Spending Rule Causes Delays at Homeland Security Dept.
The secretary’s requirement that she personally approve any expense over $100,000 has created a backlog of “mission critical” contracts, records show.
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Evacuation ordered as Sutlej swells
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Thursday ordered immediate evacuation of communities along the Sutlej River after a sharp rise in upstream water discharge and forecasts of further intensification in the coming days. Officials said that water flow at Harike Barrage surged to 111,461 cusecs at 10pm, triggering heavy downstream movement. Discharge at … Read more
Negligence drowns Abbottabad again
ABBOTTABAD: Failure to implement court orders has once again left Abbottabad city submerged during heavy monsoon rains. The delay in establishing an Encroachment Removal Cell, coupled with negligence by Cantonment Board, WASA, TMA, and other relevant institutions, has caused financial losses worth millions of rupees to residents. Advocate Zafar Iqbal has once again approached the … Read more
Texas Mother Wanted for Son’s Murder Arrested in India
Cindy Rodriguez Singh had fled the United States in 2023 shortly after the authorities questioned her about her 6-year-old’s disappearance.
LHC orders fix of Safe City cameras
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh has directed the authorities concerned to ensure functionalization of a large number of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras operated by the Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA). The court ordered that no development or maintenance projects be launched without PSCA’s approval to prevent damage to its fibre-optic cable … Read more
Friday Briefing: The U.S. and Europe Flesh Out a Trade Deal
Also, a war photographer’s return to Afghanistan.
K-P clears university pension arrears
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Higher Education, Archives and Libraries, Meena Khan Afridi, has announced that funds have now been released for lump-sum payments to university pensioners across the province. In recognition of the development, a special ceremony was held at the University of Agriculture, Peshawar, under the auspices of the Universities Intellectual Forum, where … Read more
Shahid Afridi wins hearts of flood victims with humanitarian service
KARACHI: Former Pakistan Test captain and celebrated all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi has once again stepped into the humanitarian field, visiting communities devastated by recent rains and floods. Afridi, widely known for his charity work through the Shahid Afridi Foundation, travelled with his team to Buner district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) to express solidarity with victims and … Read more
Vance Recounts Telling Zelensky to ‘Behave’ in Trump Meeting
It was not the first time that the vice president had addressed Ukraine’s leader with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state.
DeepSeek launches faster V3 AI model with China chip support
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released on Thursday an upgrade to its flagship V3 model that the company says has a feature that can optimize it for Chinese-made chips, along with faster processing speeds. The focus on domestic chip compatibility may signal that DeepSeek’s AI models are being positioned to work with China’s emerging semiconductor … Read more
