National

Update on Earthquake in Hindu Kush mountain range

Finally the correct earthquake magnitude of earthquake recoded by the Pakistan Metereological department was 6.4 instead of 6.7 reported earlier. 6.7 was the official figure reported by some news agencies but was then corrected as 6.4 on rector scale after announcement from the Pakistan meteorological department. The epicenter was 180 to 196 KM deep under the Hindu Kush mountain range.  According to the experts more after shocks are expected inside 24 hours time of initial earthquake. Earthquake was equally observed in many areas of Afghanistan as well as most of the area of Pakistan. No deaths or the property damage was reported but in October 2005 one such earthquake of magnitude 7.6 had killed 74000 people and 3.5 million had […]

National

Magnitude of earthquake in Pakistan on rector scale recorded 6.7

Private news channel reported according the to meteorological Department of Pakistan the magnitude of the earthquake is recorded as 6.7 on rector scale. Depth of the earthquake center was about 180-200 kilometers as compared to the sea level. According to some other news sources the magnitude of earthquake was about 6.4 on rector scale. Reminding that the previous major earthquake killed thousands of people and lots of property damage was done. So people were very much scared all over the country and immediately came out of their houses and other kind of buildings. Till now no news of any death or human injury have been heard from any area of Pakistan. Some of houses and building observed some cracks but […]

National

Earthquake jolted Rawalpindi, Islamabad and other cities

Rawalpindi, Islamabad and other cities have observed an earthquake few minutes ago. We will be coming with the more information soon about the affected areas soon. On rector scale it was minimum 6.2 and latest info tells that it was observed all over the country. Update: According to the initial information from the Pakistan Meteorological Department the earthquake was 6.7 at rector scale. Update: The epicenter of the earth quake was 196 Killo-meters deep in the area of Hindu Kush mountain range. No property damage was reported occurring due to this earth quake.

Economy, National, Stock Exchange

KSE-100 index falls, economic downturn continues

KSE-1oo index dropped 3.36% and closed at 9247.78 today. Over the past month or two after the security situation became better in the country, 100-index was increasing significantly and lots of foreign investment was coming in seeing the improved security situation. But soon after the security situation in the country worsen again, the foreign investment again not coming in and 100-index fell significantly. As there were serious attack threats all over the country and all education institutions were closed looking the bad security situation the foreign buyers’ trust jolted. As Pakistani security forces are at decisive war against the militants hiding in South Waziristan, on other hand these militants are targeting the normal public in the country to pressurize the […]

Extremism, National

Islamic University blasts were of suicide nature

Latest information reveals that the blasts in Islamic University were of suicide nature, as the police and people searching the blast sites have found the heads of the suicide attackers. People at university told that first suicide attacker was trying to enter in women cafeteria but stopped by university officials as that is restricted area for any of males, on stopping the attacker blowed himself killing and injuring many. Second blast was in a class room and on the site of second blast as well police found the head of the suicide attacker. However its not clear that the suicide attacker was already present in class or came in on time of the blast. As no one at university seen […]