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Pakistan to Reach Water Scarcity by 2025

13Jul

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Pakistan to Reach Water Scarcity by 2025

Pakistan is marked as ''third'' most critical country to face water scarcity in recent times. PAKISTAN - International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released reports which labeled Pakistan as the ''Third'' most likely country to face water scarcity. United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) has reported that Pakistan likely to hit water scarcity by 2025. It is also reported that South Asian countries will go water scarcity by 2040. However, this is not the first time Pakistan has been warned about such looming scarcity factor. In 2016, PCRWR reported that Pakistan touched the "water stress line" in 1990 and crossed the "water scarcity line" in 2005. If situation like this continues, the country is likely to face a drought ...

The story behind ”Usman Mirza” case in Islamabad

10Jul

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The story behind ”Usman Mirza” case in Islamabad

“The police should use all their energies to bring all the accused to justice and share the report with the PM office” says Prime Minister, Imran Khan. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - On 6th July, video of a man harassing and beating a couple, alongside a few of his friends, started to surface on Twitter and other social media platforms in Pakistan. In the video, a man named Usman Mirza, who is clearly intoxicated, starts to abuse and harass a couple later in the video. Then he gets angry at the man and wildly starts to slap him while continuing to abuse him. The video got viral within a few hours on Twitter. Soon the name of Usman was uncovered and became a trend on Twitter. Authorities, within a few hours, arrested Usman and his other two friends that were in the video. An FIR and strong c...

10Jul

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Is Pakistan going to allow US bases in the premises?

While US military leaders warn that a civil war in Afghanistan would affect Pakistan the most, government officials still stand by their decision of not allowing US to setup bases. ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - On 21st June 2021, Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan had an interview with Jonathan Swan. In the interview Imran Khan was asked if he would allow US to setup bases in Pakistan for fighting the war in Afghanistan. The PM replied to the question with “Absolutely Not”. Also See: PM Imran Khan Interview to HBO; US Bases and the ‘’Robots’’ Moreover the PM said, “All the airbases are under the use of Pakistan. Right now, no negotiations in this regard are underway as Pakistan cannot give any airbase to any country”. In another statement Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qure...

Taliban seizing cases across Afghanistan grew as US troops left

6Jul

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Taliban seizing cases across Afghanistan grew as US troops left

Will Afghanistan army be able to counter Taliban’s increasing attacks as US forces started leaving the country? KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - In the April of 2021, the new US president Joe Biden announced that US troops would leave Afghanistan. This particular announcement was something that the Taliban wanted to hear since the last two decades. Along with the US troops, NATO troops, who have been in a war with Taliban for the last 20 years, have also decided to leave the country by the end of this summer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJGGXqOBuf0 The news of troops leaving the country was surely a devastating one for Afghanistan’s government. Since what the country needs against its war with Taliban is man power since it has lost a lot of it. Following this announcement, US and NATO tr...

Italy enters White Zone, face mask not compulsory

5Jul

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Italy enters White Zone, face mask not compulsory

Italy is now labelled as a ‘'White Zone’ for the COVID-19 virus, thus allowing its residents to take off their face masks. ITALY - The number of COVID-19 cases are significantly decreasing in Italy with just 7 COVID-19 cases reported per 100,000 people. Just last year, Italy was in the list of countries that had the most number of COVID cases. However this year, on the 28th of June, the country announced that people no longer will coerce face masks when outdoors. The tremendous decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country was impressive. Medical experts analyzed the country’s situation and labelled Italy as a COVID 19 ‘'White Zone'’. The places which are labelled as COVID-19 white zones have low restrictions and the chances of contracting the virus in those particular places...