PESHAWAR, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th Aug, 2026) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has issued a weather alert following predictions from Meteorological Department regarding heavy rainfall and thunderstorms expected across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from August 17 to 21. The forecast indicates widespread severe weather during this five-day period across northern, central, and…
WASHINGTON, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) Hawaii’s Big Island faced the threat of its first direct hurricane strike in 155 years as Hurricane Lala moved across the Pacific, bringing strong winds, waves and heavy rainfall to the area. The National Hurricane Center said Lala’s maximum sustained winds had increased…
HARARE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) The death toll from the sinking of an overcrowded ferry on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe has risen to more than 84. Authorities intensified efforts on Sunday to search for more bodies, with police saying operations were continuing in an attempt to locate victims…
MADRID, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) Espanyol defeated visiting Levante 3-0 in the opening round of the Spanish football league. Roberto Fernández scored twice for Espanyol in the 5th and 40th minutes, while Dolan added the third in the 80th minute. In the same round, Racing Santander, who returned…
BRUSSELS, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) Firefighting teams continued battling a major wildfire in eastern Belgium on Sunday evening after it burned around 3,000 hectares of land in a nature reserve. Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said emergency teams were facing extremely difficult conditions due to relatively strong and…
DOHA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 17th Aug, 2026) Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, and Asaad Al-Shaibani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, held a telephone conversation, where they reviewed bilateral relations and…
KARACHI, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 17th Aug, 2026) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has announced the result of the by-election in PS-30 Khairpur-V and issued Form-47. According to Form-47 issued by the Returning Officer, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) candidate Barrister Asfandyar Khan Kharl has won the by-election by securing…
KOHAT, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) Kohat Police on Sunday arrested five suspects and recovered hand grenades, pistols, a 12-bore repeater and a quantity of ammunition during an intelligence-based search and strike operation conducted against criminal elements, proclaimed offenders and other suspects in different areas of the district. The…
ISLAMABAD, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) Pakistan’s universities produce over 12,000 female Information and Communication Technology (ICT) graduates every year, yet many qualified women are forced out of the workforce as marriage, motherhood and family expectations take priority. Their exit comes at a cost to an economy increasingly hungry…
AL ARISH, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 16th Aug, 2026) Five UAE humanitarian aid convoys entered the Gaza Strip this week, comprising 67 trucks carrying 683 tonnes of humanitarian assistance, as part of Operation Chivalrous Knight 3, in support of the Palestinian people and in response to their humanitarian needs amid the…
