Sering said women in PoGB are increasingly coming forward to demand fundamental rights, including access to water, electricity and sanitation. Referring to a recent viral video from Gilgit city, he described how a woman protested against the absence of essential services in her locality....
The fatalities in Mozambique were reported on Saturday, a day after the cyclone swept through Madagascar, where at least 41 people were killed and widespread destruction was recorded across the island.
While Islamabad projects concern for Kashmiris on international platforms, residents in the territory it controls are struggling to survive harsh winter conditions amid prolonged power outages.
Residents of Ghizer district in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) recently staged a protest against prolonged electricity outages, alleging discriminatory and unequal distribution of power by the authorities.
ADC Kotranka Dilmir Choudhary stated that while there have been some power outages, people are taking necessary precautions and there are no medical emergencies as of now.
The storm across the southern United States has caused widespread power outages, particularly in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity as frigid temperatures linger. Officials say several additional deaths remain under investigation.
The storm has prompted widespread travel disruption, including mass flight cancellations and warnings to motorists to stay off icy roads, while at least 20 states and Washington, DC, declared states of emergency.
Heavy snowstorm has brought the US to a standstill, with over 190 million people under winter weather warnings and more than 1 million customers without power, across the mid-Atlantic and South. The storm has caused at least 7 deaths, including hypothermia cases in Louisiana and Texas, an
More than 850,000 customers were without electricity, according to PowerOutage.us, with at least 290,000 in Tennessee and over 100,000 each in Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana. Other affected states include Kentucky, Georgia, Virginia, and Alabama.
According to the Evening Public Utility Status Report issued by the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) at 6:00 pm, a total of 563 roads, including two national highways, were closed due to snow accumulation, landslides, and adverse weather conditions. The number of disrupted DTRs ros
Bakers in Peshawar plan to protest Punjab's curbs on flour movement, saying prices have surged while bread rates remain fixed. The Nanbai Association called the restriction illegal, cited inflation and power outages, and demanded the ban be lifted, new prices issued, and raids stopped.
In a social media post on X on Sunday, Zelenskyy stated that the Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa regions were targeted in an assault involving more than 200 drones.