Tag: Pakistan
Video Of Pakistanis Storing Cooking Gas In Plastic Balloons Goes Viral, Internet Concerned
Locals were seen using huge plastic bags to store LPG as the country faces a dip in the stock of cooking gas cylinders.
Did Turkey Help Pakistan Create "Secret Cyber Army" Against US And India, Counter Online Criticism?
Turkey helped Pakistan set up a cyber army to carry out a wide-range of operations, as per a media report. The clandestine unit was reportedly set up to influence public opinion, particularly the views of Southeast Asia Muslims. It is also working to unde...
Pakistan Floods: Can the country recover from climate disaster? | The Stream
The Stream takes a look at recovery efforts following disasters in Pakistan and Puerto Rico that are both linked to climate change. It’s been more than three months since catastrophic flooding in Pakistan initiated one of the country’s most severe climat...
Pakistan's largest lake on the verge of bursting banks – thousands still wait for help | DW News
Pakistani officials on Tuesday were left struggling after a third attempt to drain the country's largest freshwater lake failed. After weeks of devastating floods, Lake Manchar in Sindh province is dangerously close to overflowing – which could destroy t...
Horrifying footage from Pakistan today of entire building washed away by floods. Over 935 people killed, more than 33 million affected, worst natural disaster for country in decades.
Horrifying footage from Pakistan today of entire building washed away by floods. Over 935 people killed, more than 33 million affected, worst natural disaster for country in decades.
Pakistan fried puri prices soar as inflation takes its toll
Pakistan’s statistics bureau announced on August 1, 2022, that the country’s annual consumer price inflation reached 24.9 per cent in July, the highest in 14 years. What does that mean for one of the country’s most popular fried snacks?
The Karot Hydroelectric Power Plant, which was first located along the CPEC, was put into commercial operation in Pakistan.
Karot hydropower station, the first hydropower project along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, was put into commercial operation on Wednesday. With an installed capacity of 720 megawatts, it can provide over 3 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy ea...
China-funded international airport in Pakistan expected to be ready in September 2023
A China-funded airport in southwestern Pakistan is scheduled to be completed by mid-September 2023, four years after work began on the US$230 million project. The New Gwadar International Airport project is in Pakistan’s Gurandani area, some 26km (16 mile...
Antibiotic-resistant typhoid from Asia is spreading all over the world.
Treatment-resistant typhoid originating mostly from South Asia has springboarded across borders almost 200 times in the past three decades, according to new research that underscores the increasing global threat of infections that can evade antibiotics.
Meltdown in the Himalayas - The politics of climate change | DW Documentary
The World Health Organisation puts the number of deaths from climate change at 250,000 by 2050. A combination of bad policies and political apathy is speeding up climate change. Have we reached the tipping point? Can it be reversed? Pakistan takes a bold...
Pakistani city on ‘front line of climate change’ sees record temperatures
Pakistani city on ‘front line of climate change’ sees record temperatures