Hailstorm, rains ravage Punjab, KP, Islamabad

• 19 dead, over 90 injured in Punjab • Road, air travel disrupted; walls and roofs collapse, infrastructure damaged • Widespread outages reported from parts of country • Crops, power lines damaged in KP; 113 feeders trip across province ISLA­M­ABAD / LAHORE /PES­H­­­­­A­WAR: At least 19 people were killed and over 90 others injured as powerful windstorms and heavy rains battered several parts of the … Continue reading Hailstorm, rains ravage Punjab, KP, Islamabad

Several PTI leaders arrested in police crackdowns in Lahore, Islamabad

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Several Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have been arrested during police crackdowns in Islamabad and Lahore late Sunday night, ARY News reported. Islamabad and Lahore police forces conducted raids at the houses and deras of PTI leaders. Islamabad police raided Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senator Shibli Faraz’s residence. The capital police raided and searched PTI Senator Shibli Faraz’s house near Parbat Road, Islamabad when he was … Continue reading Several PTI leaders arrested in police crackdowns in Lahore, Islamabad

Freight train launched to link Istanbul with Tehran, Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: A freight train service was inaugurated here on Tuesday with an aim to boost trade between Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati, along with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood, inaugurated the Islamabad-Tehran-Istanbul (ITI) freight train at Margalla railway station. Ambassadors of Turkey, Iran, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan were also present … Continue reading Freight train launched to link Istanbul with Tehran, Islamabad