ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued an alert for flood and landslide as heavy and light rains are expected in different parts of the country, including Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, in the first week of July. As per the NDMA forecast, moderate to heavy rains may increase water flows in nullahs, streams, and rivers, causing flash flooding …

ISLAMABAD: Amid rumours that efforts are going on to bring Maulana Fazlur Rehman into the coalition government, former speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser reached the residence of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl chief in Islamabad and claimed he discussed with him the formation of a political committee to resolve issues with JUI-F. After the meeting with the JUI-F chief, Mr Qaiser informed the media …

WHAT is punctuation? According to Concise Oxford English Dictionary, punctuation means “marks, such as full stop, comma and brackets, used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and clarify meaning”. Oxford’s Manual of Style says “punctuation exists to clarify meaning in the written word and to facilitate reading”. The Oxford’s manual has also mentioned apostrophe, quotation marks, brackets, hyphens, …

Baltimore: More than 100 million people across the US were under heat warnings on Sunday, with cities on the East Coast bracing for record-breaking temperatures as the heat dome causing the dangerous conditions expands to the West Coast. Baltimore and Philadelphia are forecast to touch records near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) on Sunday, while temperatures rise into the …

PARIS: Three wolves in a zoo outside Paris attacked a 37-year-old woman leaving her fighting for her life, a source familiar with the case and local prosecutors said. The woman was bitten “on the neck, the calf and the back” at the Thoiry zoo around 40 kilometres west of the French capital, the source familiar with the case said. Maryvonne …

LONDON: The third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom, namely Manchester Airport, cancelled over 100 flights on Sunday. This was following a major power cut which affected ‘thousands of passengers’. At least 20 per cent of all outgoing and incoming flights were cancelled, a Manchester Airport spokesperson stated, whilst adding that they expected further disruption. Earlier on, aviation analytics firm ‘Cirium’ …

GILGIT: From glaciers to towering snow-capped peaks and the local architecture in between, the scenic vistas that greet you as you enter Gilgit-Baltistan are unparalleled in their grandeur. However, as any tourist who has visited the region knows, the menace of littering mars the natural beauty of this region. As better infrastructure has brought more and more tourists into this …

KHAN YUNIS: Under normal circumstances teenagers across the Gaza Strip would have been taking their final examinations, this month. These exams are seen as the last hurdle before university and before students embark upon chasing their lifelong dreams. However, the assault on the Palestinian territory has crushed those hopes. According to the education ministry in the Gaza Strip, 85 per …

JENIN: Israeli troops tied a wounded Palestinian to a military vehicle during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the army said on Sunday, admitting that soldiers had violated operational procedures. Footage of the incident, which occurred on Saturday, has gone viral and shows a man strapped horizontally to the bonnet of a military jeep as it …

CAIRO: The number of deaths during this year’s Haj pilgrimage totalled 1,301 people, Saudi Arabia’s health minister Fahad Al-Jalajel said on Sunday. The minister, quoted by state television, said that deaths were caused by pilgrims “walking long distances under direct sunlight without adequate shelter or comfort”. Fatalities also included a number of elderly people and those suffering from chronic diseases. …