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Sherry Rehman warns of GLOF in northern areas due to high heat

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Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman warned Thursday of more glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) in the northern areas due to high heat, saying water discharge from Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Badswat valley is very high, Geo News reported.

Rehman’s warning came after a glacial outburst in Chitral, where two suspension bridges near Arkari village in the Garam Chashma area were washed away.

According to The News, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) confirmed the development, adding that teams had been sent to the area to help local people, who used bridges to cross a storm surge flowing below.

“No loss of life or property damage was reported. However, the floods have damaged wheat and other fruit crops in the area,” said PDMA.

Senator Rehman, in a tweet, said that so far a wooden bridge connecting Bilhanz to Matramdan has been washed away.

“Therefore, the GB administration has been advised, DDMA & community alerted that the population at Damas Khari is also vulnerable,” she tweeted.

What is GLOF?

GLOFs are sudden events that can release millions of cubic meters of water and debris, causing loss of life, property and livelihoods among remote and impoverished mountain communities.

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SC schedules SIC’s requested seats for hearing

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For the SIC reserved seat case hearing, the top court assembled a three-member bench, according to the details.

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah round out the three-person bench led by Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.

The ruling of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on reserved seats in the upper court was earlier declared to be challenged by Barrister Gohar, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Barrister Gohar stated that in regards to the reserved seats issue, they will ask the supreme court to assemble a larger bench.

The Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) petitions regarding reserved seats in legislatures were denied by the Peshawar High Court (PHC), which is noteworthy to highlight here.

Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim read the reserved verdict as the five-member high court panel made a unanimous decision regarding the petition.

Barrister Ali Zafar apologized for missing the hearing when he came to the rostrum.

According to him, the candidates must run as independents because the PTI’s election emblem, “bat,” was taken before the poll.

Regarding the inquiry concerning the quantity of seats in the national assembly and regional assemblies. According to the SIC lawyer, the party is represented by 86 members in the National Assembly, 90 in the Punjab, 107 in Sindh, and 1 in the Balochistan Assembly. “The SIC has 226 seats in assemblies overall, and it is eligible for 78 reserved seats,” he continued.

“We were kept apart by the election commission, and the remaining political parties were given reserved seats,” the attorney claimed. Since it was an empty piece of land, some political parties asked the ECP to give us these seats.

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Pakistan launches first-ever lunar mission with iCube Qamar

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China’s Chang’E6 spacecraft carried Pakistan’s first satellite mission to the moon, iCube Qamar, into orbit.

The Institute of Space Technology states that IST worked with Pakistan’s national space agency SUPARCO and China’s Shanghai University SJTU to design and develop the satellite ICUBE-Q.

The launch event was streamed live on both Chinese state television and the IST website.

Two optical cameras are carried by the ICUBE-Q orbiter to capture images of the lunar surface. ICUBE-Q has now been successfully integrated into the Chang’e6 mission after qualification and testing.

The sixth in China’s sequence of lunar exploration missions is called Chang’e6.

China’s Lunar Mission, Chang’6, will land on the Moon’s far side in order to gather surface samples and bring them back to Earth for analysis.

Pakistan would benefit from the mission since it will carry a Pakistan CubeSat Satellite, called iCube-Q, which was created by IST.

Small satellites known as “CubeSats” are typified by their uniform design and compact size. They are built in the form of a cube and are made up of modular parts that follow predetermined dimensions.

These satellites are regularly placed in orbit for a variety of uses and only weigh a few kilos.

Cubesats are primarily used to support space exploration education, technology development, and scientific research. Many different missions are carried out by these satellites, such as telecommunication, astronomy, remote sensing, Earth observation, atmospheric research, and technological demonstration.

CubeSats provide universities, research centers, and commercial organizations with the chance to engage in space missions and acquire important data for scientific advancement and innovation because of their small size and very low cost when compared to regular satellites.

They act as test beds for novel ideas and technology, opening up space to a wider spectrum of users and encouraging cooperation amongst members of the space community.

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Wheat scandal: Food Security Secretary sacked by PM Sharif

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The prime minister named Muhammad Fakhar-e-Alam as the new secretary and fired Food Security Secretary Muhammad Asif with immediate effect.

Muhammad Fakhar-e-Alam’s appointment has also been announced by the Establishment Division.

After the premier learned of the incident involving the import of wheat, the following happened.

Startling information was disclosed in the first publications about the wheat import controversy.

It has been reported by sources that the first assessment blamed the federal institutions for importing wheat needlessly. A further 35.87 lakh metric tons were imported, inflicting an artificial shortage, despite Punjab’s 40.47 lakh metric tons of reserves already in place.

The Punjab Food Department and Pasco officials are suspected of being involved in the fraud, according to sources in the paper.

The inquiry has revealed that wheat was imported for between Rs 2600 and Rs 2900 per maund, and was then sold for Rs 4700 per maund more than the original cost.

One million metric tons of import authorization were authorized; however, sources stated that this amount was exceeded without restriction.

According to sources, several Ministry of Finance officials neglected to closely monitor the massive import of wheat, and federal institutions permitted private enterprises to import it without doing the necessary checks.

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