The Syria Earthquake Recovery Needs Assessment (SERNA) puts the total damages and losses at almost $9 billion, said El-Mostafa Benlamlih, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Syria, who led the effort alongside the UN Country Team. “The UN has been working tirelessly to respond to the series of powerful earthquakes that hit Türkiye and Syria…
1. Forests are essential to life on Earth Forests cover 31 per cent of the Earth’s land area, contain over 80 per cent of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, and store more carbon than the entire atmosphere. “Forests are one of Earth’s most valuable ecosystems,” said Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for UN Economic and Social Affairs, at…
In a statement issued by his Spokesperson, António Guterres noted that “most, if not all, United Nations agencies and our humanitarian partners, have been impacted by large-scale looting”, since the military power struggle between the national army and rival RSF militia began, which fighting now entering a fourth week. Speaking to journalists at the daily UN briefing on Monday,…
“Corporal punishment is a violation of the Convention against Torture and must cease,” said UNAMA’s human rights chief Fiona Frazer, stressing that the UN is “strongly opposed” to the death penalty. She called on the de facto authorities to establish an “immediate moratorium” on executions. Flogging and stoning In a new report, UNAMA said that…
—File photo 14 former ticket holders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) formed their own group in Lahore. Sources say that this group is contacting more members who are ignoring ideological workers in the party. The former ticket holders have also decided to write a letter to Chairman PTI Imran Khan to his lawyer Anas Hashmi. According…
File photo Sindh Energy Minister Imtiaz Shaikh took notice of the power outage at the matriculation board examination centers. Imtiaz Shaikh has said that K Electric, HESCO, SEPCO exam centers should be exempted from load shedding. The provincial energy minister says that the electricity of the Matriculation Board examination centers should be restored immediately. He…
File photo Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi has said that under no circumstances do we want bloodshed and insecurity on Pakistan’s soil. In a statement, Amir Khan Muttaqi said that the Taliban government of Afghanistan has fulfilled its responsibilities for the elimination of TTP and ISIS. Amir Khan Muttaqi says that 80…
File photo The annual examinations of class 9 and 10 have started across Sindh. Mobile phones were recovered from several female students participating in the matriculation exams in Larkana. In many places, open copying also continued. In Larkana, students were drenched in sweat due to power outage in several examination centers in the scorching heat….
File photo The Prince of Wales moved the royal family by paying tribute to his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, during his father’s coronation concert. Prince William remembered his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II in front of a crowd of 20,000 on stage on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle on Sunday. ‘Good night to the…
File photo There were reports of differences between India’s star batsman Virat Kohli and former player Sourav Ganguly. After the match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, the two players put an end to the rumors about their differences. A picture is going viral on social media in which…
