Petrol prices up by Rs.5 per liter

ISLAMABAD, Mar 15 (APP): Owing to increase in Platts Singapore and depreciation of Pak Rupee, the government on Wednesday increased prices of petrol by Rs.5 per liter with effective from March 15, 2023. “In the last fortnight, Platts Singapore prices registered an increase. This along […]

Partly cloudy weather forecast for city

BAHAWALPUR, Mar 15 (APP): The local Met Office on Wednesday has forecast dry to partly cloudy weather for the city for the next 24 hours. The highest maximum temperature 36 centigrade and the lowest minimum 21 centigrade were recorded during last 24 hours. Dry to […]

Rescuers scramble to find survivors in cyclone-hit Malawi

Blantyre, Malawi, March 15 (AFP/APP): Rescuers scrambled on Wednesday to reach survivors in Malawi’s battered city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 200 people. Weather conditions were expected to improve […]

328,672 children get polio vaccine in three days

FAISALABAD, Mar 15 (APP): As many as 328,672 children under five years of age were administered polio vaccine during the last three days of ongoing anti-polio drive in the district. This was told in a meeting of district polio eradication committee held with Deputy Commissioner […]

Flash floods kill at least 10 in Turkish quake zone: media

Istanbul, March 15 (AFP/APP): Flash floods killed at least 10 people living in tents and container housing set up across Turkey’s quake-hit southeast on Wednesday, according to media reports. Several more people were swept away by the rushing water, which turned streets into muddy rivers […]

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