QUETTA, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 22nd Aug, 2026) The Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) Quetta has issued a weather forecast warning of heavy rainfall over the next 24–48 hours, which may trigger flash flooding in local streams, nullahs, and hill torrents across northeastern districts of Balochistan. According to the forecast, areas including…
QUETTA, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 22nd Aug, 2026) The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) has intensified its campaign against illegal water connections in the city, conducting operations in Gawalmandi Chowk and Haji Ghaibi Road. Led by Special Magistrate WASA Habib-ur-Rehman Kakar, the operation targeted several industrial units and factories. During inspections,…
RAWALPINDI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 22nd Aug, 2026) Police have arrested seven members of five alleged gangs involved in street crime, theft and burglary, recovering stolen cash, nine mobile phones, a stolen rickshaw, five stolen motorcycles and weapons from their possession. According to police spokesperson, New Town Police held the alleged…
LAHORE, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 22nd Aug, 2026) Punjab Information and Culture Minister Azma Bokhari on Saturday announced that the Jinnah Institute of Cardiology has started operations, with heart transplant treatment at the facility to be provided completely free of charge. In a statement, the minister said the capacity of the…
JAIPUR, India, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 22nd Aug, 2026) BRICS Tourism Ministers adopted the Jaipur Declaration, by consensus in Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Friday. The ministerial meeting was held under India’s 2026 Chairship of BRICS and was chaired by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Union Minister for Culture and Tourism. The BRICS Tourism Track…
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 22nd Aug, 2026) New research led by NASA scientists looking at five forms of fungi and bacteria indicates that some of them indeed could survive for a time under certain conditions on the lunar surface — a finding that raises concerns about unintended life transfer to…
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 21st Aug, 2026) Under the patronage of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Mother of the Nation, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF) and under the directives…
RAWALPINDI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 21st Aug, 2026) Commissioner Rawalpindi Division Salman Ghani on Friday paid a visit to the Rawal Dam Filtration Plant and reviewed arrangements for provision of clean drinking water to citizens. The commissioner was given a detailed briefing on the capacity of the filtration plant and the…
SIALKOT, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 21st Aug, 2026) Deputy Commissioner Sialkot Awais Mushtaq chaired a meeting of organisers of 12 Rabi-ul-Awal processions and Milad gatherings and reviewed arrangements for the religious events across the district. According to a DC Office spokesperson, DPO Captain (retd) Dost Muhammad and District Peace Committee Coordinator…
OTTAWA/ WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 21st Aug, 2026) Canada and the United States are “very close” to agreeing a trade deal that could help reduce months of tariffs and counter-tariffs, but more work remains to be done, a top Canadian official said on Thursday. Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for…
