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Naila Kiani and Samina Baig became the first Pakistani women to scale the 8,125 meters Nanga Parbat on Sunday.Samina Baig has the distinction of being the first Pakistani woman to climb 8,000 meters High Mountain.Young mountaineer Wajidullah Nagri als...

Mainly hot and humid weather is expected most parts of the country during the next twelve hours.However, rain-wind thundershower (isolated places) is likely in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northeast Punjab.Temperature of some major cities recorded this m...

In Balochistan, three policemen and a FC soldier were martyred in a terrorist attack at a check post in Dhana Sar area of Sherani district this morning.According to security sources, one terrorist was killed in retaliatory firing.In a statement, the p...

National Disaster Management Authority has issued an advisory to all federal and provincial departments concerned to ensure preparedness for first monsoon spell forecast from tomorrow (Monday) till Saturday.The advisory report said rain, wind-thunders...

Work on various ongoing development projects under Public Sector Development program is continued in Gilgit Baltistan.According to the annual development program of current fiscal year, hydropower projects having a total capacity of 186 megawatts incl...

The spillways of Tarbela dam were opened for five hours on Sunday.According to PDMA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the water flow at the Indus downstream will remains two-hundred and fifty-thousand cusecs today (Sunday).People residing near the downstream and to...

Three terrorists have been killed in an Intelligence Based Operation in Kulachi, Dera Ismael Khan.According to the ISPR, weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed terrorists.The killed terrorists remained actively involved in various ...