A girl fills a pot with water from a hand pump as the people celebrating World Water Day. World Water Day observed on 22 March since 1993 when the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 March as World Day for Water. The UN and its […]
Kabul, March 21 (AFP/APP): A strong earthquake lasting for at least 30 seconds was felt across much of Afghanistan, Pakistan and parts of India Tuesday night, with the United States Geological Survey putting the magnitude at 6.5. “It was a terrifying tremor. I had never […]
Paris, March 21 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron appeared defiant on Tuesday after his government narrowly survived no-confidence votes, telling allies he would stand by his beleaguered prime minister. Ignoring calls from opponents, Macron said there would be no government reshuffle, no fresh parliamentary elections […]
BIRMINGHAM (PNI) UK-based Aghosh relief organization along with Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan raised £370,000 in charity during dinners held in Manchester, Bradford, London, Milton Keynes and Birmingham for Türkiye-Syria earthquakes victims. “Aghosh UK decided to build an orphanage in Gaziantep for 250 orphans,” said Adeel Riaz […]
Islamabad (PNI) The 5th Vice-Chancellors’ Forum of Universities in the Islamic World concluded in Islamabad on Monday. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Mr. Ahsan Iqbal chaired the closing ceremony. Over 200 Vice Chancellors, including 40 from 20 different OIC countries, participated in […]
India, March 20 (Online):Alka Yagnik had an incredibly successful stint as a playback singer churning out hit after hit from 1980 to 2010 with her populist vocal image of a hit machine. A self-declared Lata bhakt, Alka confesses to copying the legend in vocal styling […]
ATTOCK, Mar 20 (APP): A man allegedly shot dead his sister-in-law over a family feud in Kanyal village in the limits of New Airport Police station of Attock on Monday. Police sources said that wife of Rehmat Gull left her house in Rawalpindi after developing […]
ISLAMABAD, March 20 (Online): His co-star in The Wire, Wendell Pierce, said Reddick’s death was “sudden, unexpected, sharp, painful grief for our artistic family” and praised him as a “man of great strength and grace”. A spokesperson for the US actor said he “passed away […]
Sylhet, Bangladesh, March 20 (AFP/APP): Brief scores from the second one-day international between Bangladesh and Ireland at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday: Bangladesh 349-6, 50 overs (Mushfiqur Rahim 100 not out, Najmul Hossain 73, Liton Das 70; G. Hume 3-58) v Ireland did […]
