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Artemis 2 Astronauts Depart Earth Orbit Towards Moon
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (306+ words) Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 03, 2026 | 06:45 AM FLORIDA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 03rd Apr, 2026) Astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission ignited their spacecraft engines late Thursday, departing Earth orbit on their journey towards the Moon. The manoeuvre, known as the translunar injection, took…...
Widespread Rains In Sindh With Likeliness Of More Showers On Friday
10+ hour, 37+ min ago (415+ words) Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published April 02, 2026 | 11:17 PM KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Apr, 2026) Widespread thunderstorm and rains with isolated heavy falls and hailstorm lashed parts of Sindh while more widespread intermittent rain with wind, thunder and isolated hailstorm or heavy falls are…...
Call To Establish Cross-border Airshed Forum With India To Combat Smog Crisis
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (815+ words) Sumaira FH Published April 01, 2026 | 07:00 PM The policy seminar on "Outlook of Air Quality in Pakistan: Challenges and the Way Forward" was organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Wednesday. The speakers further said that worsening air pollution is…...
Earthquake Of Magnitude 5 Strikes Eastern Japan; No Tsunami Warning
2+ day, 40+ min ago (196+ words) Faizan Hashmi Published April 01, 2026 | 09:15 AM TOKYO, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 01st Apr, 2026) An earthquake "of magnitude "5 hit eastern Japan, authorities said on "Wednesday, shaking buildings "in the capital, but prompting "no "tsunami warning. The epicentre "in the Ibaraki region was…...
Lahores Average AQI Recorded At 95
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (290+ words) Sumaira FH Published March 31, 2026 | 11:10 PM LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Mar, 2026) The city recorded an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 95, placing it in the "moderate" category, indicating that air quality remained acceptable for most individuals, though sensitive groups could…...
Thunderstorms, Hailstorms Forecast Across Pakistan On Wednesday
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (418+ words) Sumaira FH Published March 31, 2026 | 11:10 PM ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Mar, 2026) The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast rain, thunderstorms, and isolated hailstorms at several parts of the country on Wednesday evening and night. Gusty winds and thunderstorms are expected…...
Lahore Receives Scattered Rain, Hail, Thunderstorms
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (355+ words) Muhammad Irfan Published March 31, 2026 | 11:10 PM LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Mar, 2026) Cloudy weather accompanied by heavy yet scattered rain, hail, and thunderstorms was witnessed in the city on Tuesday, while the Meteorological Department (MET) predicted similar conditions over the next…...
WASA To Make Solar Systems Operational At All Disposal Stations By April 30
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (490+ words) Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 30, 2026 | 09:30 PM FAISALABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 30th Mar, 2026) Water & Sanitation Agency (WASA) Managing Director (MD) Saqib Raza has directed WASA officers that solar systems installed at all disposal stations should be made fully operational by April 30 to reduce…...
RWMC Marks World Zero Waste Day With Awareness Campaigns To Keep City Clean
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (413+ words) Umer Jamshaid Published March 29, 2026 | 07:30 PM RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Mar, 2026) On the occasion of International Zero Waste Day, observed on March 30, the Rawalpindi Waste Management Company (RWMC), under the Suthra Punjab Program, is promoting the concept of zero waste…...
PHA Launches Tree Plantation Drive
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (368+ words) Sumaira FH Published March 29, 2026 | 06:10 PM SARGODHA, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Mar, 2026) Managing Director Parks and Horticulture Agency (PHA) Sargodha, Chaudhry Muhammad Arshad, on Sunday formally inaugurated a tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling to promote practical measures against climate…...