(NUT DESK) A volcano in southwestern Iceland exploded with radiating waves of molten lava last Friday, media reports.
The sight was met with much anticipation and excitement after seismic activity in the area increased within the past few weeks. The Reykjanes peninsula, not far from the country’s capital Reykjavik, hasn’t witnessed a volcanic eruption in 800 years, reports Alyse Stanley for Gizmodo. The volcano Mount Fagradalsfjall has been dormant for 6,000 years.
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) first spotted the eruption through a webcam and later confirmed the eruption using thermal satellite imaging, Gizmodo reports. After the initial eruption spewed a fountain of lava nearly 100 yards into the air, the flow slowed, heading southwest and west. The explosion is considered small, with lava leeching from a 546-yard-long fissure vent. Below the surface, its magma area covered about 0.4 square miles, reports Gizmodo. Since its eruption on Friday, the volcanic activity has decreased and poses no threat to humans because the flare-up was minor and did not spew out much ash, the BBC reports.
Category: Opinion
23rd March Pakistan day is Pakistan Resolution Day
23 march pakistan day is a national holiday in Pakistan commemorating the Lahore Resolution passed on 23rd March 1940.
Lahore (NUT DESK) 23 march pakistan day is Amid security and traffic restrictions across Pakistan, 23 march pakistan day events will be held across Pakistan, which are: The main parade will occur at the Shakarparian Parade Ground in Islamabad at 10:00. The main event is likely to involve thousands of people. Smaller gatherings at provincial and district headquarters on the 23 march pakistan day have been arrange, though physical gatherings are limited due to pandemic.
Pakistan day is celebrated at provincial level, rallies and protests may also occur, mainly outside of local press clubs, at public squares, prominent mosques, or on major thoroughfares. Police will closely monitor all gatherings as a precaution; enhanced security checks are certain near official event sites,
as well as potential militant target locations like diplomatic facilities, government buildings, military installations, transport hubs, and large retail centers. Official events and rallies will be held in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and other urban areas.
Does PTI have a future in Government?
(NUT)By Ather Naqvi
The PTI government remains in the news, often for all the wrong reasons. In other words, it was a bad start. It must have been very difficult first two years of the PTI government in various ways. The economic challenge, the accountability process, the Covid-19 pandemic and the poor health sector, the flimsy education infrastructure, and the goals of meeting climate change targets, among others, must have put enormous strain on a government that claims to have inherited all these problems from the previous governments.
But is it an acceptable practice to absolve itself in this way? This should not be an excuse for a government’s inexperience, inability or a lack of vision to deflect criticism.
In the beginning, the PTI government’s famous “first hundred days” made a lot of headlines and kindled hopes in the raw minds of the youth, many of whom didn’t even have a vote registered in their name. The very first speeches of Imran Khan after becoming the prime minister showed he was ready to go all the way to bring about a positive change in the lives of the people.
Then came the reality check sooner rather than later. The economy was in bad shape and something had to be done. In sheer contrast to his earlier promises of not going to the IMF for a bailout he had to eventually knock the IMF’s door and that too after a prolonged delay, which further weakened our position at the bargaining table of the lender.
While Pakistan gasped for some air for the revival of its economy, the accountability process, which the PTI government claimed was across-the-board, added to the already uncertain political and economic environment. In such a situation, the critics of the government didn’t wait to remind the government of its promised austerity measures and other plans, such as keeping a small federal cabinet, generating employment for the jobless and homes for the needy, etc, which the government has no answer for. The covid-19 pandemic compounded the problems, needing massive resources.
Just like the economy, the foreign policy pieces also do not seem to be falling in the right places. After the UAE offered his hand of friendship to Israel, it has become very difficult for Pakistan to adjust to the new realities in the Middle East.
The only area perhaps where there are few disagreeing with the PTI government is the environment policy where it has to show the billion tree tsunami and other efforts to fight climate change. So far, the PTI government seems to be far behind in the race which it said it would win without any tough competition.