From wedding bells to studio beats

KARACHI: For most artists, marriage signals a brief pause from the spotlight but for Hasan Raheem, it has meant quite the opposite. Barely a week after tying the knot in a traditional Gilgiti ceremony, the singer has returned to Instagram with a flurry of cryptic teasers, hinting that a new album is already in the … Read more

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

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

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