Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman has said that the country has not recovered from the effects of the end of Shaheed Bhutto’s government till date. Sherry Rehman from Islamabad issued a statement on the occasion of July 5 Black Day. He said that the 5th of July is a black day in…
Photo: File Pakistani mountaineer Asif Bhatti is still stuck on Nanga Parbat, avalanche victim Asif Bhatti reached Camp 3 with the help of Azerbaijani mountaineer. Attempts are being made to bring Asif Bhatti stranded on Nanga Parbat from Camp Three to Camp Two. Asif Bhatti’s health is also affected due to constant high altitude. Asif…
Courtesy: Gulf Today The United Arab Emirates received 23 billion dollars of foreign investment last year. According to information received from Dubai, Emirati Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, shared the data of the United Nations Global Investment Report 2023. According to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, policies…
Photo: File The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) says that the draw for the FIFA World Cup qualifiers will be announced on July 27. The decision of which country Pakistan will play against will also be decided on July 27. The bottom 18 teams in the Asian rankings will play in the first round, while the…
“We have expressed concerns” over the investigation into her death, said Viviana Krsticevic, a member of the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, speaking at a press conference in Geneva: “in particular over the fact that today her family’s right to truth and justice remains unfulfilled”. She added that the investigations had “fallen short of international human…
The agency’s emergency food and nutrition assistance operation in the Sahel began in June, focussing on refugees, newly displaced people, malnourished children under five, pregnant women and breastfeeding women and girls. © WFP/Cheick Omar Bandaogo A mother gives her 10-month-old daughter porridge in Burkina Faso in the Sahel region, where WFP is providing assistance to…
According to a new UNCTAD report, developing countries actually face a staggering $4 trillion gap in sustainable development investments. UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said that a “significant increase” in material support for renewable energy in developing countries is “crucial” for the world to reach its climate goals by 2030. Poorer countries left behind in renewables boom…
Ahead of the critical SDG Summit in September, the campaign will amplify an urgent call for ambitious new action, showcase the Goals as the blueprint for sustainable progress globally, and mobilize people everywhere around this shared agenda for our common future. Crisis multiplier Halfway towards the 2030 deadline, the promise of the SDGs is in danger. For…
The violations include conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced and refugee women and girls forced to flee for their lives. Agency chiefs from humanitarian coordination office OCHA, the human rights office (OHCHR), the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA), UN Women and the World…
The RTS,S vaccine has been administered to more than 1.6 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi since 2019 and has been shown to be safe and effective. It has resulted in a substantial reduction in severe malaria and a fall in child deaths. A top killer WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said malaria remains…
