The District and Sessions Court Islamabad has issued a detailed decision to dismiss the bail application of Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Asad Umar in the case filed in Tarnool police station. Additional Sessions Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra issued a 3-page detailed judgment. In the verdict, the court declared that after the arrest of the Chairman…
9 suspected human traffickers involved in the sinking of the migrant boat in Greece were brought to court. According to a news agency from Athens, the capital of Greece, the alleged human traffickers may face charges of murder. According to the news agency, the arrested suspected smugglers belong to Egypt. According to the news agency,…
PCB Management Committee Meeting – Photo: File The Interim Management Committee formed to run the affairs of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was dissolved while Chairman Najam Sethi was suspended. The Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC) also issued a notification to dissolve the PCB Management Committee. The notification stated that the PCB Management Committee has been…
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland was reacting on Twitter to the news of a shooting attack reportedly by two Palestinian gunmen, who opened fire at a petrol station on a road outside an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. News reports quoting the Israeli military said both of the…
“Now is not the time to take our eyes off the ball in South Sudan,” said Nicholas Haysom, who also heads the UN mission in the country (UNMISS). “What we can learn from Sudan is how quickly hard-won peace gains can unravel.” On the political front, the Sudan crisis is reducing “much-needed bandwidth” to focus on…
According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), since March 2022 alone, 5.7 million people have been displaced in the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri. Record displacement Overall, 6.2 million people have fled their homes across the country – the highest number in Africa. “The country is continental in size with…
“‘I kept running for days, holding my children tightly and fearing we could be caught at any time. I left my family, friends, and home to seek safety in another country. I am still running, but now from the memories that haunt me daily and the blurred future that awaits my children.’ These are the…
With forced displacement at a record high of 110 million people around the world, Mr. Guterres called for more solutions to resettle refugees and help them rebuild their lives. He also stressed the need for solidarity with host countries and communities. More than numbers “These are not numbers on a page”, said the UN chief. “These…
Valentine Rugwabiza head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MINUSCA) briefed ambassadors on important progress which has been made in the implementation of a key 2019 peace agreement between the Government and armed groups. She emphasized the significance of the dissolution following “active engagements” by the Government in April, of two armed groups…
Russia confirmed that for 60 days it would continue to be a part of the Initiative and the complementary Memorandum of Understanding on food and fertilizer exports from Moscow, in late May – but the deal in effect expires on 17 July. The UN brokered the deal guaranteeing safe passage for grain cargo ships, along…
