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…
ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM – 16th Aug, 2026) In a move that reflects a strategic approach driven by ambition and innovation, and reinforces the UAE’s position as a global capital of excellence, the board of Directors of BRIDGE Alliance has approved the development strategy for the second edition of BRIDGE…
QUETTA, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) Security forces killed seven terrorists in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Lajay area of Kharan district, Balochistan. The security sources said that the operation was conducted under Operation Radd-ul-Fitna 3 following intelligence reports about the presence of terrorists in the area. The…
LODHRAN, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) A meeting of the District Scrutiny Committee, chaired by Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ashraf, was held to scrutinise applications for the Punjab Chief Minister’s internship programme for 1,500 agricultural graduates across the province. Giving a briefing, Deputy Director Agriculture (Extension) Malik Muhammad Zafar said…
LAHORE, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 16th Aug, 2026) Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana chaired a meeting to review the performance of the Civil Lines and City divisions, focusing on law and order, crime control and improved public service delivery, here on Saturday. The meeting was informed that…
