AsiaNet-Pakistan Premier Editorial Content and Press Release Distribution Service

More rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad, Punjab, northeast Balochistan and Sindh during the next twelve hours.Isolated heavy falls are also expected in northeast Punjab, Pothohar region, Kas...

The 56th death anniversary of Madar-e-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah is being observed today with great respect and reverence.Fatima Jinnah played a vital role in the creation of Pakistan.She worked side by side with her brother Mohammad Ali Jinnah and...

India has released approximately 185,000 cusecs water from Ujh Barrage, River Ravi.This was stated by National Disaster Management Authority while issuing the Flood Update today.The NDMA said approximately 65,000 cusecs is expected to reach within nex...

Three day 1293rd urs celebrations of sufi saint Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi began in Karachi on Sunday.Inaugurating the celebrations, Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori laid a floral wreath on the Mazar, recited fateha and prayed for the development and pro...

The recently inaugurated Land Information Management System will bring nine million hectares of wasteland under cultivation to ensure food security, enhance agri-exports and attract foreign investment.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inaugurated this lan...

Pakistan and Switzerland have agreed to work together to enhance disaster management capabilities and share best practices in the field.It was decided during the meeting between Chairman NDMA Lt. General Inam Haider Malik and Swiss Foreign Minister Ig...

Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis called on Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman in Islamabad to discuss cooperation in climate disasters, emergency relief operations and rehabilitation measures.Earlier, Pakistan and Switzerland signed a memo...