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Miftah Ismail: ‘Tough decisions inevitable to avoid economic disaster’

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has asserted that he was being cursed for raising the prices of petroleum products, however tough decisions were imperative...

Mirpurkhas bound Mehran Express escapes disaster near Tando Jam

The train driver instantly applied emergency brakes to save the train from a sure disaster when it moved on a closed railway track.

Man faints to see his $700,000 dream house turning into nightmare

His dream to own a dream home has turned into a nightmare after he was left with half a house after a 'mistake' with the developer

No electricity, no water, Texans struggle through historic cold with more dark days ahead

Residents in over 100 counties in Texas have been told to boil their drinking water as treatment plants continue to suffer from energy blackouts, officials said.

Twin cyclones batter Australia

The storm was downgraded to a category 3 shortly after making landfall, and was expected to weaken further as it travelled inland, though officials warned of heavy rains and flooding

Turkey jails mine bosses over 2014 disaster that killed 301

A Turkish court handed jail terms of up to 22 years to five top managers convicted of negligence over Turkey's worst ever mining disaster.

ECC approves funds to set up disaster management mechanism

ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the federal cabinet on Wednesday approved the allocation of funds equivalent to 25 million dollars for the National...

Political leaders’ rebuffing court orders leads country to disaster: Nisar

ISLAMABAD: Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday said when political leaders reject court orders it leads the country towards disaster, ARY News reporter. “Politicians’ job...

Washington state ‘grossly’ unprepared for major quake: report

WASHINGTON: The state is grossly unprepared for a large earthquake and tsunami that may strike in the coming decades, putting it at risk for...

Italy quake town sues Charlie Hebdo

REITI: Amatrice, the Italian town devastated by last month's deadly earthquake, is suing French weekly Charlie Hebdo for defamation over a series of cartoons about the disaster.

Indian power plants responsible for heatwave in Pakistan: NDMA

KARACHI:  The coal-powered power plants in India are responsible for intense summers and heatwaves in Pakistan, said Ahmed Kamal of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).

'We can't find him' – lament of pilgrims after hajj disaster

MAKKAH: "We can't find him" was the lament of anxious relatives and friends Saturday as they scoured hospital wards and the morgue, two days after the disaster at the hajj.

Self-healing robots take step towards disaster relief

PARIS: Scientists on Wednesday said they had created a small robot that can recover from damage, in a step towards machines that mimic the remarkable adaptive powers of humans and animals.

Fire at Chinese carrot factory kills 18: Xinhua

XINJIANG: A fire at a carrot packaging factory in eastern China has killed at least 18 people, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday, the latest disaster in a country with a poor record on work safety.

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