ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (ABC): Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman  Monday alleged that  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists were inhibiting diplomats and donor agencies on social media to provide aids to the government for rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit areas of the country. In her reaction to the audio leak of the former finance minister of PTI …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): Pakistan on Monday said that it was seriously concerned by the news emanating from the Indian and US media that the Indian government had attempted to infiltrate the security system of eminent social media platform Twitter by forcing it to employ an Indian “agent/representative”. As per media reports, the matter came up during Twitter’s briefing to India’s …

RAWALPINDI, Aug 29 (ABC):The aircraft carrying relief goods from friendly countries arrived in Pakistan on Monday to help the flood victims of the country as the friendly countries had pledged support to the country’s Relief and Rehabilitation efforts. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that four military aircraft from Turkey arrived at Karachi carrying relief goods whereas the two …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday dismissed a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The petitioner had contended that the prime minister was the guarantor of his elder brother’s return to Pakistan after he gets medical treatment, however, he has yet to return — despite the passage …

PESHAWAR, Aug 29 (ABC): After a considerable decrease in flood water level, the affectees who had shifted to Motorway and other areas, were returning to their homes in Charsadda and Nowshera districts.Dozens of the affected families had returned to their hometown the other day while on Monday scores of the remaining families who had left their inundated homes were now …

LAHORE, Aug 29(ABC): Pakistan has reported one death in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of confirmed positive cases has surged to 1,568,679. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 30,575 on Monday. According to the latest figures by the National Institute of Health (NIH), at least 226 persons were tested positive for COVID-19 across …

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29(ABC): Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has indicated chances of rain-wind/thundershower at isolated places in Kashmir, northeast Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan and northeast Balochistan during the next 24 hours. Hot and humid weather is expected in most plain areas of the country during the next 24 hours. According to the synoptic situation, a westerly wave was present …

KARACHI, Aug 29(ABC): After a late night announcement by the Sindh government, schools and colleges reopened in the Karachi division on Monday. The provincial government announced late Sunday night that decision on reopening schools and colleges in other divisions of the province will be made after reviewing the flood situation. Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah said that in other districts …

LAHORE, Aug 29(ABC): Heavy rain with thunderstorm in Lahore and its adjacent areas in the wee hours of Monday turned the weather pleasant, reported. The heavy rain was reported from parts of the city including Lakhmi Chowk, Mall Road, Shimla Pahari, Data Darbar, Gulshan Ravi, Samanabad, Sanda and several other localities. Heavy rain in Lahore inundated low-lying areas. The rain …

OKARA, Aug 29(ABC): One person was killed and two other sustained injuries when the motorcycle they were riding on collided with a trailer in Okara in the wee hours of Monday, reported. According to details, the accident occurred at the Pakpattan Road where a motorcycle hit a parked trailer from behind, killing a man on the spot and injuring his …