Today in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, more than eight million people require food assistance and around 332,000 “urgently need food, otherwise their lives are at risk”, said UNHCR spokesperson Olga Sarrado. A full eight in 10 of the displaced are women and children, the UNHCR official continued, while UN migration agency, IOM, warned that failed rains and conflict…
“The only reason people are still dying of AIDS is the inequalities in society, and all these come together to make them more at risk,” Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS, said. “Criminalizing laws chase people away from life-saving treatment and need to be removed.” Commemorated on 1 March, Zero Discrimination Day aims at emphasizing…
As the continent weathers the full impact of fallouts from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and the war in Ukraine, she underscored the need for greater action to achieve UN and African Union roadmaps that promise an inclusive and sustainable future for all. Countries off track “At the mid-point of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
The biennial panel’s theme is human rights violations relating to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting the practice to only the most serious crimes. Promise of the Charter Volker Türk said this is ultimately about the United Nations Charter’s promise of the highest standards of protection of all human…
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Chinese telecoms giant Huawei remained by far the most prolific patent filer in 2022, with well over 7,600 to its name. South Korea’s Samsung came in second, followed by Qualcomm of the US, Mitsubishi of Japan, and Ericsson of Sweden. WIPO was established in 1967, as a self-funding…
Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, updated journalists in New York on developments in a country where 28 million people now depend on aid to survive. Immense humanitarian needs “Afghanistan remains the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in 2023, notwithstanding, of course, the recent devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria,” he…
US Ambassador Donald Bloom inaugurated a school built with the support of USAID in Akbarpura area of Peshawar. The American ambassador posted in Pakistan while talking to the media said that the visit and inauguration of the school is very welcome. He said that all the facilities have been provided to the students in this…
Farah Gogi—File photo A case of corruption and money laundering has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi’s friend Farhat Shahzai alias Farah Gogi. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Lahore has registered a money laundering case against Farah Gogi and started the investigation. It should be noted that on February…
File photo Pakistan Super League team Peshawar Zalmi player Muhammad Haris has said that he will try to improve his performance in the next 5 matches. While giving a press conference in Islamabad, he said that Peshawar Zalmi will learn from its mistakes. Mohammad Haris said that in PSL we have won 2 out of…
Photo: Social Media Lahore Qalandars all-rounder Sikander Raza responded to the fans’ wish to have an underpass named after him. A photo of an underpass was shared by a user on the social networking site Twitter, on which is written ‘Sikandar Raza Underpass’. This user wrote along with the picture that we all Lahoris want…
