Asif Zardari and Bilawal Bhutto will meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif today, sources

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202402 mins

Hamza Shahbaz reached Jahangir Tareen’s house Leader of Muslim League-N, former Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz reached his residence in Model Town area of Lahore to meet Jahangir Tareen, founder of Pakistan Stabilization Party. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){ (function (d, s, id) {…

US soldier arrested for crossing North Korean border

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

The demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, file photo A US soldier has crossed the border into North Korea, and has been detained by authorities. According to the US Broadcasting Corporation, the said military personnel were part of the Joint Security Area (JSA) tour of the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. After…

Indian army’s state terrorism, martyred 4 youths

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202402 mins

File photo. State terrorism of the Indian Army continues in Occupied Kashmir. The occupying Indian army martyred 4 more Kashmiri youths in Poonch district. According to the Kashmir Media Service (KMS) from Srinagar, the number of Kashmiri youth martyred by the Indian Army has increased to 6 in the last 24 hours. According to KMS,…

Changes were made to British immigration laws

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202402 mins

Changes have been made to UK immigration laws, with the new rules coming into effect immediately. According to ARY News, the Ministry of Immigration has imposed a ban on changing student visas, inter-graduate and post-graduate students will be banned from bringing dependents. The Ministry of Immigration says that PhD students are exempted from this ban…

Governor Ghulam Ali denies reports of extortion

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202402 mins

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali denied reports of extortion. In a statement issued from the Governor House Peshawar, Ghulam Ali said that he did not receive any message or phone call for allowance. The news about this in the media is false and fabricated. Yesterday, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior was told in a…

Saud Shakeel became a wall in front of the Sri Lankan bowlers, creating history by scoring a double century

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

Photo courtesy of Kirkinfo National cricket team’s middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel became a wall in front of the Sri Lankan bowlers, creating history in Sri Lanka by completing the first double century of his career while playing with the tail-ends. In the first Test match of the series being played in Galle, when the Pakistani…

Mandela’s legacy thrives as today’s blueprint for prisoners’ rights

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 2024011 mins

Nearly 12 million people are imprisoned globally, with almost one third awaiting sentencing, at a time when prisons are overcrowded in half of all countries, according to a new UN report released on Tuesday. On the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day, marked on 18 July, UN News took a look at some ongoing efforts. The legacy of…

Health risks on the rise as heatwave intensifies across Europe: WMO

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202405 mins

In an alert, the agency emphasized that heatwaves are amongst the deadliest natural hazards and WMO Senior Heat Advisor, John Nairn, told reporters that extreme temperatures are poised to grow in frequency, duration and intensity. “Repeated high night-time temperatures are particularly dangerous for human health because the body is unable to recover from sustained heat”,…

Sudan crisis: You don’t dare ask refugees where the men have gone, say UN aid teams

Sudan: Conflict displaces nearly 200,000 alone in the past week

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

Overall, more than 2.6 million people have been internally displaced since the start of the conflict on 15 April. Meanwhile, more than 730,000 people have fled Sudan for neighbouring countries, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR. Top UN officials visit refugee camp On Tuesday, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the head of the…

Majority of women live in countries with large gender gaps, UN report reveals

PNP DeskJuly 18, 2023September 14, 202404 mins

Out of 114 countries studied, none has achieved full gender parity, the report by UN Women and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) has revealed. Moreover, fewer than one per cent of women and girls globally live in a country with both high women’s empowerment and a small gender gap in areas such as health and…