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Government announces Interest-Free loans for Punjab E-Taxi initiative The Punjab government is preparing to launch an e-taxi scheme that will offer interest-free loans to drivers, aiming to transform urban transport across the province with sustainable electric vehicles (EVs). In the pilot phase, the government will deploy 26 EVs on the roads and support the initiative with targeted training and facilitation programs.Under the Punjab e-taxi scheme, the Punjab Small Industries Corporation will offer interest-free loans to support qualified drivers and individuals in acquiring electric taxis. This financial assistance aims to promote green transportation and encourage self-employment without placing an interest burden…
The move, following through on a campaign pledge, will give the UK one of the lowest national voting ages in the world.The United Kingdom is to lower its voting age in general elections from 18 to 16, giving the country one of the lowest voting ages in the world in what the government says is a bid to “modernise our democracy”. The centre-left Labour government announced the plans on Thursday, following through on a campaign pledge it made before coming to power last year. The move is one of several planned changes to voting rules in a bid to improve…
Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Butti Al -Hamid, Chairman of the National Media Office, met the Chairman of the Emirates Media Council Board ….
Rescue operation underway at a residential building that collapsed in the Baghdadi area of Lyari, Karachi, on July 4, 2025. — Geo NewsRoof of sixth floor crashed onto fifth.Rescue efforts launched soon after incident.Bodies, injured shifted to trauma centre.KARACHI: In another deadly incident in the metropolis, two women lost their lives and three others were injured when the roof of a residential building collapsed in the overcrowded inner-city Lyari area on Thursday.The unfortunate incident comes less than two weeks after a multi-storey residential building collapsed in the same area, killing 27 and injuring several others. Lyari is among those areas…
A fire truck stands next to the wreckage of a five-storey shopping center, after a massive overnight fire killed dozens of people, in al-Kut, Wasit province, Iraq, July 17, 2025. — ReutersCause of fire linked to perfumes, cosmetics floor: initial report.Witness says ‘everyone was desperately trying to find a way out’.Iraq prime minister’s office calls for national mourning.A massive fire in a hypermarket in al-Kut city in southern Iraq has left at least 69 people dead and 11 others missing, the city’s health authorities and two police sources told Reuters on Thursday.Reuters’ footage of the aftermath of the overnight fire…
Gwyneth Paltrow supports Coldplay frontman after his breakupGwyneth Paltrow is reportedly helping her ex-husband Chris Martin through his recent breakup.The Coldplay frontman and Dakota Johnson have broken up after nearly eight years of dating. Now, RadarOnline has reported that Gwyneth, who was married to Chris from 2003 to 2014, has been supporting her ex-husband through this tough time.An insider told the outlet that while Gwyneth was “out of the country” with her current husband Brad Falchuk, when everything happened, she has “been constantly on the phone to Chris, talking him through this and reassuring him that it’ll all be okay.”“She tells…
New details about last month’s Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, which killed 260 people, have emerged this week, shifting focus onto the actions of the senior pilot during the last moments before the plane crashed. According to a report published on Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal quoting sources close to United States officials’ early assessment of evidence, the black box audio recording of the last conversation between the two pilots indicates that the captain might have turned off the switches controlling the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines. Last week, a preliminary report by India’s Aircraft Accident…
ABU DHABI – The UAE expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the sisterly Republic of Iraq, in the victims of a fire that broke out in a commercial center in the city of Kut, and resulted in the killing and injury of dozens. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its sincere condolences to the families and families of the victims, the Iraqi government and the brotherly Iraqi people, in this painful injured, and its wishes for a speedy recovery for the injured.
The Silver Jubilee gate of the University of Karachi. — APP/FileRangers official slapped Dr Ahmad at KU staff colony three days ago.Senior Rangers officials met professor, condemn incident, says Kuts.KU educator expresses satisfaction in actions taken by authorities.KARACHI: The Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, sector commander has suspended the personnel involved in misconduct with Karachi University Professor Dr Afaaq Ahmed, the varsity’s teachers’ body said on Thursday.The statement was issued by the Karachi University Teachers’ Society (Kuts) following a session at the staff club today after a Rangers official slapped an educator three days ago when he asked the latter not to…
Wreckage of the Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane sits on the open ground, outside Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, where it took off and crashed nearby shortly afterwards, in Ahmedabad, India July 12, 2025. — ReutersCockpit voice recording suggests captain cut off fuel to engines.First officer asked captain why he moved fuel switches.Air India CEO noted no mechanical faults in initial report.A cockpit recording of dialogue between the two pilots of the Air India flight that crashed last month indicates the captain cut the flow of fuel to the plane’s engines, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.The newspaper…