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Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori says helpline 13166 will work round the clock at Governor House during cyclone.
Talking to media in Karachi, he advised people to contact on the helpline in case of emergency so that their grievances could be allayed.
He said precautionary measure are being taken to cope satiation arising out of cyclone. He said arrangements have been made to distribute ration among ten thousand affectees in coastal areas.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Mainly hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country during the next twelve hours.
However, dust and thunderstorm-rain with isolated hailstorm is likely in Kashmir, Islamabad, Upper Punjab, Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Eastern Balochistan and lower Sindh.
Dust storms with dust raising winds are likely over plain areas of the country.
Temperature of some major cities recorded this morning:
Islamabad and Peshawar twenty-seven degree centigrade, Lahore and Karachi thirty-two, Quetta twenty-four, Gilgit twenty-one, Murree sixteen and Muzaffarabad twenty-two degree centigrade.
According to weather forecast of Met Office for Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, partly cloudy weather with chances of rain with wind and thunderstorm is likely in Srinagar, Shopian, Leh , Baramulla, Jammu, Pulwama and Anantnag.
Temperature recorded this morning:
Srinagar and Shopian fifteen degree centigrade, Jammu twenty-six, Leh six, Pulwama, Anantnag and Baramulla sixteen degree centigrade.
Source: Radio Pakistan
One terrorist has been killed and two others wounded in an exchange of fire with security forces in Speenwam area of North Waziristan district.
According to ISPR, the killed terrorist was actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces and killing of innocent citizens.
Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Provincial Disaster Management Authority Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has issued an alert about rains in different parts of the province from Tuesday till Sunday.
In a press release, the Authority has advised Deputy Commissioners of the concerned districts to take precautionary measures to avoid any human and material losses during the rain period.
The PDMA's control room is fully operational and people have been advised to contact it on helpline 1700 in case of any emergency.
Source: Radio Pakistan
Two people were killed in a landmine explosion at link road in Barkhan district on Tuesday.
According to Levies sources, the dead bodies of deceased have been shifted to nearby hospital.
Source: Radio Pakistan
The students of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Tuesday demanded the government to include the varsity in the Prime Minister laptop scheme so that its students, especially PhD and MPhil are facilitated to carry on their higher studies.
They are of the view that being the largest public sector university with higher ranks, AIOU, was not included in the PM laptop scheme.
As per the Impact Ranking 2023 of the Times Higher Education, Allama Iqbal Open University was ranked first among 66 public and private universities in Pakistan while it is ranked 25th among 1304 universities worldwide.
The students term the non-inclusion decision as total injustice as it would affect hundreds of students particularly PhD and MPhil in various disciplines who were carrying forward their education as per other public sector universities.
“AIOU is the only university in Pakistan that was included in the top 25 universities of the world,” said Ambreen Iqbal, an MPhil scholar said.
She said since she and her fellows belong to middle-class families so could not afford to buy laptops for research work adding that the exclusion of AIOU from the PM laptop scheme, dashed down their hopes to get a laptop.
Another PhD scholar Ahsan while quoting his senior fellows said that AIOU students were also ignored in PM’s Laptop scheme earlier on the pretext that the university was imparting education through distance learning.
However, later, AIOU students were included in the scheme as all PhD and MPhil students of various departments were engaged in face-to-face education like other public sector universities.
A student of M.Sc Chemistry Fauzia Hameed said that she and her classes fellow were eagerly waiting for resuming of the PM Laptop scheme but they were disappointed over hearing the exclusion of the university from the scheme.
She called upon Shaza Fatima, PM Special Assistant on Youth and Affairs Chairman HEC Dr Mukhtar Ahmed to include AIOU in the PM Laptop Scheme.
Source: Pro Pakistani