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Residents gather, after tourists, who were on a picnic, were swept away by overflowing floodwaters in the Swat River on June 27, 2025. — ReutersTourism department entirely absent from tragedy site: report.Probe highlights CTA’s failure to licence hotels in tourist hotspots.Holds hotel management responsible for incident, negligence.PESHAWAR: A fact-finding report of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government into the Swat River tragedy has disclosed glaring lapses on the provincial administration’s part, which resulted in the deaths of a dozen tourists last month.The Culture and Tourism Department’s inquiry report points out that not only was the Tourism Department “entirely absent from the scene of the…
The representational image shows police and protesters in India. — X@thehindu/FileMembers of the an Indian extremist organisation held a protest outside an American food outlet in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram area, demanding that the restaurant stop serving non-vegetarian food during the Kanwar Yatra. Protesters, belonging to the Hindu Raksha Dal (HRD), shouted religious slogans such as “Jai Shree Ram” and “Har Har Mahadev,” forced the outlet to shut down, and insisted that only vegetarian food be offered during the month of Shravan, reported Times of India. Viral videos on social media showed HRD members lowering the outlet’s shutters and entering the premises while chanting…
The image shows Pakistan Sports Board centre building. — APP/FileThe Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) has formally requested a complete record of foreign trips taken by the President and Secretary of the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), along with details of the financial expenses incurred during these travels. This move comes amid growing concerns over transparency and financial accountability within the federation. According to a letter recently sent by the PSB to the PHF, the board clarified that it is not responsible for paying travel allowances (TA/DA) to players and officials during international tours — a responsibility that lies solely with the federation…
Scooter Braun breaks silence on his friendship status with Kanye WestScooter Braun has finally revealed where his friendship with rapper Kanye West stands now.The 44-year-old former artist manager opened up about his friendship with the controversial rapper during an appearance on Thursday’s episode of the Question Everything podcast. “I don’t know him anymore,” Braun said frankly during the episode.Sharing his thoughts on Kanye’s recent anti-Semitic social media posts, he said, “I think the person that I knew wasn’t someone who says those things. Sometimes the hardest thing to do with someone you care about is mourn them while they’re still here.””The…
Record rainfall is expected to continue hammering parts of South Korea until Monday as more warnings are issued to the public.Four people have been confirmed dead and at least two others missing as torrential rains continue to batter South Korea for a fourth consecutive day, forcing thousands of people from their homes and stranding livestock in rising floodwaters, authorities said. Authorities warned on Saturday that up to 250mm (9.8 inches) of additional rain could fall throughout the day, raising concerns of further damage and casualties, the country’s official Yonhap news agency reports. Rain is forecast to last until Monday in…
The Department of Municipality and Planning – Ajman, launched the name “Al -Ittihad era” on the main entrance street of Al -Raqib 2, in conjunction with the celebration of the Federation’s day. The selection of the street site in a vital area that includes housing projects, the autistic house, applied schools, and 1971 Street, to form an integrated environment bearing names related to history, originality and national identity.
Afghan refugees wait in a queue to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on October 27, 2023. — AFP79% believe security will improve after repatriation.41% see negative job impact from refugee influx.62% approve KP govt’s handling of Afghan refugees.ISLAMABAD: A majority of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s residents support the federal government’s move to repatriate illegal Afghan refugees, according to a Gallup Pakistan survey.The poll, which gathered responses from 3,000 individuals across the province, found that 85% backed the decision, 11% opposed it, and 4% did not respond, The News reported. In the survey, 79% hoped for improvement in the security situation with…
Chris Martin reacts to the Coldplay couple going viralChris Martin just reacted to the viral couple at his concert.After two people went viral this week for being captured together on a jumbotron during Coldplay’s concert, it prompted the front man to check that they were either “having an or they’re just very shy.” Later, Martin addressed the potential fallout which was caused by the kiss-cam moment, The Guardian reported.“Holy s**t,” the Fix You singer told the audience, adding, “I hope we didn’t do something bad.”The man in the video, identified as CEO Andy Byron of Astronomer, has been put on…
Here are the key events on day 1,241 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.How things stand on Saturday, July 19: Fighting Russian drones and glide bombs killed several people in Ukraine on Friday, officials said, including a 52-year-old train driver in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a 66-year-old woman killed in her home in Kostiantynivka, and a 64-year-old man killed in a glide bomb attack on a building site in the Zaporizhia region. Russian forces have staged a mass drone attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, setting fire to at least one multistorey apartment building, the city’s mayor, Gennadiy Trukhanov,…
To celebrate the Federation’s Day, the archive and the national library with its strategic partners prepared a full national program, organizing a large number of events and activities of a national nature. The archive has provided a number of state institutions and official bodies with historical documents related to the eighteenth of July 1971 in order to enrich the documentary exhibitions that they organized in their headquarters, or raised their social media sites and channels, which embodies the importance of this day, which represents a detailed moment in the history of the state. The archive confirms that “the day of…