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5 hours ago | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin |Imran Gabol
• Season’s first heatwave set to push temperatures 4-7°C above normal• Westerly system to hit north on May 19RAWALPINDI / LAHORE: The country is bracing for its first heatwave of the season, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warning that temperatures across much of the country will soar well above seasonal norms from Thursday (today) and persist for three to four days.
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4 days ago | 
dawn.com | Kalbe Ali |Aamir Yasin |Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: After spending the night interrupted by loud bangs, drones and missile strikes, the residents of twin cities spent a routine day as life remained calm despite the early morning spike in hostilities by India on Saturday.
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4 weeks ago | 
dawn.com | Manzoor Ali |Aamir Yasin |Jawed Naqvi
• Heatwave conditions to persist in southern regions• KP PDMA issues Glof warning for Chitral, Dir, Swat and Kohistan RAWALPINDI / PESHAWAR: Rain, wind and thunderstorms are expected to sweep across the northern parts of the country from Wednesday (today), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin |Jawed Naqvi
RAWALPINDI: Light to heavy rain on Monday created a slushy mess on roads and streets in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, but increased the water level in the reservoirs. In Murree, 3.5 inches of snowfall was recorded which brought down the temperature in the hill station while the administration was working to keep the roads open. The Met Office predicted cloudy weather and isolated rain on Tuesday (today).
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin |Abbas Nasir |Muhammad Amir Rana
RAWALPINDI: A day before the start of Ramazan, people thronged bazaars and markets in the garrison city on Saturday. The rush of shoppers in the business centres added to the traffic gridlocks already caused by ongoing construction work on different roads. The Mall has been closed for traffic for the last two days due to the construction of an underpass with traffic diverted to alternative roads.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin |Abbas Nasir
RAWALPINDI: In line with the Pakistan Meteorology Department’s drought alert which warns of minimum chances of rain in February and March, the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) on Saturday imposed the drought emergency in the city to manage the water requirements of the residents.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir
RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) plans to close Metro Bus Service for at least two days as it has failed to complete the repair work of the metro track from Saddar to Faizabad despite the lapse of two deadlines. It may be mentioned that due to the repair work, commuters, especially office goers and students, travelling between the twin cities have faced problems.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin |Shahid Mehmood
RAWALPINDI: Many localities in the garrison city are without water after Islamabad Electric Supply Company (Iesco) disconnected power supply to nine tubewells for non-payment of outstanding dues amounting to Rs1.8 billion by Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa). Wasa officials said areas between Chandni Chowk and Shamsabad were provided water from tubewells and after disconnection of power by Iesco on Thursday evening, supply of water to the consumers had been halted.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin |Zahid Hussain
RAWALPINDI: All shops in Saddar remained closed for two hours on Tuesday on the call of Cantonment Traders Association against the closure of Bank Road for traffic by Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB). However, the traders ended the protest in the afternoon after getting an assurance from cantonment officials that the issue would be resolved.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
dawn.com | Aamir Yasin
Schools across the Punjab province will remain closed on Monday (tomorrow) due to a “security situation”, a notification by the Punjab School Education Department said on Sunday. “In view of the prevailing situation in the province, it has been decided that all public and private schools in Punjab will remain closed on 16 December, 2024 (Monday),” the notification, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, said.
