Pakistan Meteorological Department Director General Muhammad Riaz has warned that the Makran Coastal Belt could be hit by an earthquake anytime. Although he can t predict the exact time, Riaz says that there s enough energy gathered in the Eurasian subduction zone that it could cause an earthquake which could even trigger a tsunami. The subduction zone of the Makran Coastal Belts could be hit with an earthquake of 8 magnitude or above. This would also affect the coastal belts of Karachi and the rest of Balochistan. Over 4,000 people died when an earthquake followed by a tsunami had hit the coastal belt in 1944. Now, this fault line has completed its natural time period and the subdu.
ICRC) and the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ–IBA) hosted the annual Humanitarian Reporting Award on 2 December 2021, recognizing some of the best humanitarian reporting in Pakistan. The awards are part of the "Humanitarian Reporting Initiative" founded in 2017 by the ICRC and the CEJ with the aim of developing a comprehensive training programme that promotes ethical
Celebratory or aerial gunfire has long been a menace for the citizens of Karachi. Now, a stray bullet has hit the car owned by Dr Seemin Jamali, the former executive director at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC). Luckily, there was no one in the car as it had been parked at her home. Dr Jamali, who lives in the JMPC Doctor Colony, had parked the car under a shed that is roofed by corrugated steel sheets. The bullet pierced through the roof and hit the car at the trunk. A set of photos released by Dr Jamali show a hole in the corrugated sheets and, what looks like, a bullet mark on the car body. The bullet did not prick a hole in the car trunk cover. Dr Jamali infor.