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Rainfall and destructive flash floods are wreaking havoc in Balochistan.

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2 weeks ago

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With the severing of land links with many locations, Harnai and surrounding areas face floods in local rivers and nullahs. The Harnai-Quetta-Punjab route was closed to traffic for the fourth day in a row.

On the second day, train service on the Sibi-Harnai railway line was suspended due to damage caused by flooding to the railway track.

Track maintenance has reportedly begun, according to railway officials.

Some vehicles carrying picnickers were carried away by flooding water, according to the Chagai district government. “The people fled to the adjacent hills and survived, even though the vehicles were destroyed,” the district administration said.

A local dam had a breach at Toba Kakari in Pishin. As per DC Jumadad Mandokhel, “the workers of the irrigation department and PDMA filled earth around the dam to strengthen it.” The deputy commissioner stated, “After 48 years, the earth filling in the dam’s outer portion was completed.”

Bala Nari has seen the inundation of the Nari River from the Naseerabad district. While several acres of wheat in Mithri were ruined by water, the locals were moved to safer areas.

Amidst catastrophic flash floods in Balochistan, the Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted further rain.

Quetta: The Meteorological Department had forecast further rain, but the initial round of rainfall in Balochistan had not yet ceased.

Additional rain is predicted for the province through April 19, per the Met Office.

Thirty-three millimeters of rain fell in Quetta in the past twenty-four hours, while Sibbi received twenty-eight millimeters, Barkhan 07 received seventeen, Sumingli eleven, Lasbela five, and Nokundi received two millimeters.

Turbat, Gwadar, Kech, and Panjgur had severe and gusty winds on Monday.

Due to the persistently strong rains that pounded many regions of the province, killing and wounding numerous people, the government of Balochistan has declared an urban flood and rain emergency, a government official announced on Monday.

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PM Shehbaz will meet with Saudi ministers and speak at the WEF special session today.

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On the third day of his visit to the Kingdom, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will speak at the World Economic Forum Special Meeting’s final plenary, which is titled “Rejuvenating Growth.”

Other speakers at the concluding plenary, in addition to the prime minister, are Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Economy and Planning Faisal Alibrahim, British Secretary of State David Cameron, WEF Geneva President Brørge Brende, and WEF Head of Middle East and North Africa Maroun Kairouz.

Meetings with Saudi ministers of trade, energy, the environment, and agriculture are also scheduled for the third day of the prime minister’s visit. He will probably also meet with his counterpart from Malaysia.

Mohammed bin Salman, the prime minister and crown prince of Saudi Arabia, will be present at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth, and Energy for Development, which gets underway here today.

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The nomination of Ishaq Dar as deputy prime minister raises concerns.

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A lot of doubts have been raised by Ishaq Dar, the foreign minister, being appointed deputy prime minister.

No reference to the Constitution, regulations, or any other law was mentioned in the Cabinet Division’s notification of the appointment.

What powers Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif used to designate Ishaq Dar as deputy prime minister has come under scrutiny in light of this.

There are questions about the legal foundation for the deputy prime minister’s nomination as it appears from the notification’s phrasing that rules for the position have not yet been established, according to insiders.

Likewise, the announcement is vague about the deputy prime minister’s proposed authority.

Deputy prime minister would be purely symbolic, according to government sources, and would not be authorized to carry out prime ministerial duties. In Pakistan, the deputy prime minister has previously been nominated.

The PPP administration appointed Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as deputy prime minister.

Observe that Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was appointed deputy prime minister on Sunday with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s consent; the Cabinet Division formally announced the appointment.

Dar holds the position of Pakistan’s fourth deputy prime minister. Previous appointments to the position of deputy prime ministers included Parvez Elahi, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Begum Nusrat Bhutto.

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The green colour of WhatsApp ‘angers’ some users.

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After changing its display colour from blue to green, WhatsApp, which was before well-known for its blue motif, caused its users to hold divergent views.

New upgrades to the Meta app always spark a lot of discussion, regardless of how big or small the changes are.

Still, Meta-owned WhatsApp hopes that these modifications would “make it more accessible as well as easier to use” and offer a “modern, new experience” with relation to the updated display color.

A statement from the firm claimed that they had altered WhatsApp’s “looks and feels, including spacing, colors, icons, and more.”

Both iOS and Android users can now view the new WhatsApp update; the green tint on the latter has changed from the previous version.

However, iPhone users will notice that every display element, including the chat-list window and status bar, has changed with the recent design update. WhatsApp used to have a blue color scheme on iPhones.

Furthermore, the formerly blue links shared within the app are now displayed in green.

In addition, WhatsApp has made other improvements to improve its user experience outside of the color shift.