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A 4.9-magnitude earthquake rattles Swat and surrounding areas.

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Late on Thursday night, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 shook the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as well as the surrounding districts of Swat.

Fearfully, people emerged from their houses and began reciting passages from the Holy Quran. The earthquake did not cause any documented casualties or damage to property in any area in Swat.

The earthquake’s epicenter, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre in Islamabad, was situated 71 kilometers deep in the border region between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake that struck earlier in the day rocked several Pakistani cities, including Islamabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, and the Swat valley. In addition, Lower Dir, Malakand, and Muzaffarabad all experienced earthquakes.

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Quetta and surrounding areas experienced a tremor.

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30 kilometres lay between the epicentre of the earthquake and Quetta, which is located in the south.

Yet, as of yet, no reports of fatalities or property damage have come from any region in Balochistan. Frantically reciting Kalma-e-Tayyaba, people emerged from their homes.

Khuzdar district in Balochistan was rocked by an earthquake on May 3 with a magnitude of 4.2.

12 kilometres below the surface, the epicentre of the earthquake was close to Turbat.

Yet, as of yet, no reports of fatalities or property damage have come from any region in Balochistan. Frantically reciting Kalma-e-Tayyaba, people emerged from their homes.

Continue reading: A 4.2-magnitude earthquake rocks Zhob, Balochistan

The Malir neighbourhood of Karachi was struck by an earthquake on Thursday that registered a magnitude of 3.1.

In Malir, Landhi, Quaidabad, Kathore, and Gadap Town, there were indeed earthquakes, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC).

12 km was the reported depth of the earthquake’s epicentre, which was New Malir Karachi.

An earthquake that struck Karachi’s Malir district earlier that day had a Richter scale value of 3.1.

In Malir, Landhi, Quaidabad, Kathore, and Gadap Town, there were indeed earthquakes, according to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC).

12 km was the reported depth of the earthquake’s epicentre, which was New Malir Karachi.

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Pakistan will “seek” to have a $12 billion loan from friendly nations rolled over.

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According to information, Pakistan will require Rs23 billion in foreign funding for the upcoming FY2024–2025. In light of this, Islamabad has apparently chosen to pursue the rollover of a $12 billion loan from friendly nations, such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and China.

According to information provided by sources inside the finance ministry, rollovers for loans totaling $5 billion from Saudi Arabia, $4 billion from China, and $3 billion from the United Arab Emirates would be pursued in order to cover the external funding requirements for the upcoming year.

Budgetary allocations also take into account the new funding from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and other financial organisations.

Read more: Prior to the arrival of the IMF team, Pakistan will “finalise” its FY2024–25 budget targets.

On May 2, it was revealed that the government of Pakistan had made the decision to “finalise” the FY2024–25 budget targets before to the arrival of an IMF team in Islamabad.

Pakistan has scheduled the arrival of the IMF team on May 15th for negotiations on the new loan programme that it is requesting to meet its financial demands.

According to sources, the government hurried budget target preparations prior to the IMF mission’s arrival. The relevant ministries have been instructed by the Ministry of Finance to meet their targets as soon as possible.

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The state is in charge of looking for missing people: SHC

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In a plea to the court chaired by Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto, the family of a missing person expressed dissatisfaction at the police’s inability to locate the individual, even after numerous years had passed.

The case’s investigating officer informed the court that Raees, the citizen who went missing, had a history of mental illness. “The state still has an obligation to find him even if he is a mental patient. With these justifications, the police could not escape their responsibilities,” the bench said.

Who is going to find the girl who vanished from a bungalow? The investigation will look at a number of things, including if the minor girl has married or whether there is another issue, according to Justice Phulpoto.

The court expressing condolences to the relatives of the missing individuals stated that efforts are on to locate their loved ones.

Additionally, the bench directed the police departments in Steel Town, Mochko, and Super Market to file missing person’s reports.

The federal government and many state organisations were also asked to provide reports on the subject by August 12 by the court.

In a Wednesday hearing on 10 cases involving missing residents, the Sindh High Court voiced its displeasure with the investigation officers’ and other parties’ lack of progress in finding the missing individuals.

Justice Naimatullah Phulpoto said, “Even after 12 years, it has not yet been decided whether the missing persons went by their own or someone took them by force.”

The bench also requested reports from all of the nation’s prisons and detention facilities.

The chief of the joint investigation team (JIT) was also called before the court over the unavailability of efforts to locate a citizen who has been missing for the past 12 years from Karachi’s Ajmer Nagri.

The bench ordered the family of a citizen who has been missing from Karachi’s Mominabad neighbourhood since 2012 to receive financial support.

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