PNP Desk

Cabo Verde beats back climate change through South-South cooperation

Cabo Verde beats back climate change through South-South cooperation

The UN agency facilitates experts from China who share their knowledge and skills with farmers in the West African nation through a collaborative process known as South-South cooperation.*  Cabo Verde consists of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, nine of which are inhabited.  Although the country’s name means “Green Cape” in Portuguese, it…

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Human rights experts highlight threats to journalists covering Iran

Human rights experts highlight threats to journalists covering Iran

The experts highlighted recent incidents targeting the Persian language news service Iran International, its journalists and staff, and its owner Volant Media UK Limited. Death threats and intimidation against the staff escalated into the violent stabbing of journalist Pouria Zeraati outside his home in London on 29 March. Since 2017, Iran International has faced ongoing…

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199 incidents of violence against women by husbands reported in Balochistan

199 incidents of violence against women by husbands reported in Balochistan

Islamabad: The National Commission for Women’s Dignity has released a report on incidents of violence against married women by husbands across the country. According to the report, Balochistan province remained unsafe for married women last year where 199 incidents including physical abuse by husbands were reported. 179 cases of mental and physical abuse of married…

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Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut 'one after another'

Amid ongoing Israeli incursions into Gaza, aid facilities shut ‘one after another’

“Humanitarian facilities in Rafah are forced to close one after another…The flow of humanitarian aid supplies into Gaza, already insufficient to meet the soaring needs, has dropped by 67 per cent since 7 May,” reported the UN aid coordination office, OCHA. Until Israeli troops seized and closed the Rafah border crossing in the very south…

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Sindh Cabinet Meeting: Approval of Property Tax Collection from Cantonment Board Areas

Sindh Cabinet Meeting: Approval of Property Tax Collection from Cantonment Board Areas

Karachi: The Sindh Cabinet approved the recovery of property tax from Cantonment Board areas in the light of the Supreme Court’s decision. According to Express News, the Sindh Cabinet meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. The Sindh Cabinet decided that the Cantonment Boards will recover the property tax according to their own…

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When will the Senate elections be held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Election Commission has asked for an answer

When will the Senate elections be held in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Election Commission has asked for an answer

Peshawar: The Peshawar High Court sought a clear answer from the Election Commission regarding the Senate election in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and ordered to give the date of the election on the next hearing. A hearing was held on the petition filed by PTI leader Azam Swati in the Peshawar High Court against the postponement of…

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