Allegations of responsibility point to both armed groups and State actors. “While armed groups are presumed responsible for the vast majority of incidents and victims and should be held accountable, I am also deeply disturbed that security and defence forces and their auxiliaries, the Volontaires pour la défense de la patrie, allegedly carried out wanton…
Only three field hospitals are operating in Rafah in southern Gaza, one of which is only functioning partially, and all of these facilities are overwhelmed and undersupplied, OCHA said, with the seven-month-long war severely impacting civilians and the infrastructure they depend on for healthcare. The UN humanitarian aid agency said the Malnutrition Stabilisation Centre in…
Matthew Hollingsworth, WFP Country Director in Palestine, warned that with limited access to the south “we will no doubt see what we saw happen in the north in the first months of the war”. Mr. Hollingsworth recently spent 10 days in Gaza. Speaking from Jerusalem, he told journalists in New York that people in the…
In a bleak assessment of the dire situation in Sudan where conflict is in its second year, the heads of 19 global humanitarian organizations issued an alert that further obstacles to providing aid “rapidly and at scale” will mean that “more people will die”. UN aid coordination office OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in…
Peshawar: Two terrorists were killed and two were injured in an operation by security forces near Peshawar. According to ISPR, on the night of May 30 and 31, the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the general area of Hasan Khel of Peshawar district on the information of the presence of terrorists. Targeted in…
Karachi: The Special Anti-Terrorism Court has ordered death sentence to one accused and life imprisonment to 2 accused in the case of murder of an official of a sensitive institution. The Special Anti-Terrorism Court pronounced the verdict in the murder case of the official of the sensitive institution, the prosecution was able to prove the…
Karachi: In Korangi, a citizen riding a car shot a motorcyclist thinking he was a robber, the car rider immediately realized his mistake and put the injured in the car and took him to the hospital, the police took the car rider into custody. According to the details, a person riding a motorcycle was injured…
Lahore High Court ordered to transfer all cases of torture, death and rape to FIA. Justice Ali Zia Bajwa issued a 17-page written decision. Soraya Bibi filed a petition on which the court was assisted by Mian Ali Haider Advocate. According to the written judgment, to ensure immediate implementation of the Prevention of Custodial Deaths…
Heat wave in Karachi may persist till tomorrow, Meteorological Department: Photo: File Karachi: From June 2, heat intensity is likely to decrease in various districts of Sindh including Karachi. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of reduction in heat intensity from today (Friday) to June 4 in various districts of rural Sindh….
Islamabad: Deputy Commissioner Islamabad gave permission to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf to hold a rally on Rawat GT Road. A contempt of court case regarding not allowing PTI to hold a rally in Islamabad was heard. The representative of the district administration informed the High Court after deciding on the petition of PTI. PTI lawyer Shoaib Shaheen…
