Federal Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has said that another positive news has come out from the recent economic recovery journey. In a statement, Ishaq Dar said that global rating agency Fitch has upgraded Pakistan’s long-term foreign currency rating. He said that Fitch has upgraded the long-term currency rating from Assured Default Rating IDR to…
Ahead of World Population Day, marked annually on 11 July, Chompunuch Maneechat, known as Baitoey, spoke with UN News about the importance of young people seizing every opportunity to improve themselves and contribute to society with meaningful work. “I left school in my hometown, Phrae, when I was 15 years old as I preferred going out…
Unintended teenage pregnancies are significant among poorer parts of the north of the country, where accessibility to service and information is harder to reach than elsewhere, and there is anecdotal evidence in some schools showing an increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palang Jo, or Youth’s Power, is an NGO based in Phrae in northern Thailand whose…
Here are five key things you need to know: 1. Getting back on track The COVID-19 pandemic set back gains made towards realizing the SDGs by decades, and, if present trends persist, by 2030, a staggering 575 million people will remain trapped in extreme poverty, according to the new UN report. Average global temperatures have…
The ambitious set of objectives agreed in 2015 for people and planet have been derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic and escalating global crises. Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda the world has undergone significant changes, and progress towards the SDG is falling behind due to financial, energy, food, and humanitarian setbacks exacerbated by geopolitical…
Alarm bells have been rung at the UN agency in particular because of an “unprecedented peak” in sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. “The first week of July…could be considered as the warmest period or the warmest week ever recorded”, with a global average temperature close to 17.24 degrees Celsius on 7 July, said…
Also known as the Black Sea Grain Initiative, it has been run by the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul, staffed by Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, and the UN. Here are the main facts and figures you need to know: What has the Black Sea Grain Initiative achieved since being signed in July 2022? Nearly one…
Carrying over 1.1 million barrels of oil, the supertanker FSO Safer was abandoned off Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah after the civil war broke out in the country in 2015. Since then, the vessel has deteriorated significantly in absence of any servicing or maintenance, prompting fears of a major environmental disaster. According to David…
—File photo The District and Sessions Court Islamabad issued a detailed decision on the admissibility of the Tosha Khana case. The Additional Sessions Judge has issued a detailed 18-page judgment in which it has been said that the Election Commission has directed legal action against the accused. In the detailed decision, the court has said…
Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah and Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab laying the foundation stone for the beautification and improvement project of Karachi’s Shariah-e-Faisal – Photo courtesy Twitter Local Government Minister Nasir Hussain Shah and Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab laid the foundation stone for the project of beautification and improvement of Karachi’s Shariah-e-Faisal. On this…
