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WHO: Nations step closer to global guides on pandemics, disease outbreaks

WHO: Nations step closer to global guides on pandemics, disease outbreaks

The two processes are complementary, guided by the imperative of making the world safer from communicable diseases and ensuring equitable responses to public health threats, said Ashley Bloomfield, former Director-General of Health of New Zealand, who co-chairs the working group on updating the 2005 WHO International Health Regulations, which concluded its latest round of discussions…

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UN special adviser denounces genocide denial in Bosnia

UN special adviser denounces genocide denial in Bosnia

Raising concerns over such continuous reports of revisionism concerning atrocity crimes perpetrated during the three-year-long conflict that began in 1992, she also pointed to recent incidents reported following a decision to amend the Law on the Center for the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide. “The International Criminal Tribunal for…

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WFP chief describes ‘apocalyptic’ post-quake landscape in Syria, Türkiye

WFP chief describes ‘apocalyptic’ post-quake landscape in Syria, Türkiye

“While the world has quickly mobilized in support of people here, the impact of this quake will be felt for months and years to come,” said WFP Executive Director David Beasley. During a visit to the Hatay region in southern Türkiye, he described “incomprehensible” devastation and an “apocalyptic” landscape. With some 18 million people affected…

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A fresh inquiry was started against Farah Gogi and Sheikh Rashid

A fresh inquiry was started against Farah Gogi and Sheikh Rashid

The anti-corruption department says that a fresh inquiry has been started against Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi’s friend Farah Gogi and former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed. Speaking to Geo News, Director General Anti-Corruption Sohail Zafar Chatta said that a fresh inquiry has been started in all the cases filed against Farah Gogi. They used influence…

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Reports of lack of cleanliness at Islamabad International Airport are false

Reports of lack of cleanliness at Islamabad International Airport are false

File photo The news about the lack of cleanliness at Islamabad International Airport was dismissed as false. According to the spokesman, some miscreants are trying to create misunderstandings through misrepresentation. The spokesman says that some morning shift employees have expressed their concerns, but most of the staff are performing their duties in a professional manner….

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Did you see the dirty dressing rooms of Gaddafi Stadium?

Did you see the dirty dressing rooms of Gaddafi Stadium?

File photo The renovation of the dressing rooms of the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore has been completed. Najam Sethi, chairman of the management committee of Pakistan Cricket Board, inaugurated the dressing rooms of the players at the Gaddafi Stadium. On this occasion, he visited the designing rooms and reviewed the work done there. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)…

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