(APP) – Along with the Pakistan Army and Navy, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is actively participating in rescue and relief operations in flood-affected areas of Balochistan. According to a PAF media release, during the operations, PAF transport aircraft transported 77,860 pounds of relief goods to flood-affected areas that wereContinue Reading

ISLAMABAD – As a result of the severe weather in Murree, authorities have decided to extend the travel ban from Islamabad to Murree for another 24 hours. According to reports, Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat made the announcement on Twitter. The Islamabad Deputy Commissioner announced on Twitter that the travelContinue Reading

LAHORE, Pakistan – Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and former president of Pakistan, criticised the federal government for the deaths of citizens in the Murree tragedy. While extending his sympathy and condolences to the bereaved families in Murree, he stated that the occurrence was extremely painfulContinue Reading

Salar Sanjrani, the younger brother of Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, and his driver were killed in a car accident on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway on Saturday. Salar was travelling to Quetta from Karachi when his automobile crashed with an oil tanker, according to the Deputy Commissioner for Lasbela, who alsoContinue Reading

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has released a statement to reassure the public that relief steps are being implemented as long lines of automobiles continue to line Murree’s roadways and civilians remain stranded in the terrible cold. “All trapped persons will be relocated to five army relief camps constructed atContinue Reading

The army rescued more than 300 people, including children, after the federal government decided to deploy personnel from the Pakistan Army and other civil-armed forces for rescue operations after more than 20 tourists died in snow-covered Murree, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). A team of army physicians andContinue Reading

ASHGABAT, (AP) — Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has called put an end to one of the country’s most famous but terrible sights: the burning natural gas crater known as the “Gates of Hell.” The desert crater, some 260 kilometres (160 miles) north of Ashgabat, has been burning for decades andContinue Reading