Rawalpindi: In a private housing society, husband and wife brutally tortured an 8-year-old domestic worker, breaking her elbow bones, the police registered a case and arrested the accused. According to the details, the husband and wife brutally tortured their 8-year-old domestic worker in a private housing society in Rawat police station area after their children’s…
A city in China has announced that it will pay $137 per person for brides aged 25 and over. Photo: File Beijing: The trend of marriage in China has decreased, which has been reflected in the decline in population. Now the administration of a Chinese city has announced that a girl up to the age…
Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, file photo Camera equipment installed for security arrangements of Asia Cup in Lahore was stolen. The manager of a private company submitted a complaint of theft of goods to Gulberg police station. The petitioner says that on the order of the Deputy Commissioner, he was given the responsibility of installing CCTV cameras…
Karachi: The caretaker government has announced to lift the ban on approval of plans for residential and commercial constructions. Caretaker Provincial Local Government Minister Muhammad Mubeen Jumani has said that from today we have lifted the ban on all residential and commercial maps and issued instructions to SBCA to approve all legal residential and commercial…
The captain of the national cricket team, Babar Azam, broke the record of South African cricket star Hashim Amla. Babar Azam won another honor by scoring a century against Nepal. He made a record of 19 centuries by playing the least number of innings. Babar Azam scored his 19th century in the 102nd innings of…
In a country of some six million people, over two million suffer from acute hunger, and the prevalence of chronic malnutrition in children under five of around 40 per cent is one of the highest in the world, according to the UN famine prevention and response coordination office (OFPRC). “Because of the protracted crisis, the…
As of the end of 2022, close to 2,900 people were still being held under the scheme. Unresolved legacy Between 2005 and 2012, English and Welsh courts used the IPP legislation to issue indeterminate sentences to those deemed likely to cause serious public harm, “until they no longer represented such a risk”, said a press…
UN Women issued a statement on Tuesday hailing the decision by the global football organization FIFA to suspend Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for kissing star player Jennifer Hermoso on the lips without her consent, after the national team won the Women’s World Cup earlier this month. “UN Women, as a supporter of women’s…
They stressed that more than ever, the world urgently needs humanity to unite and collaborate in a spirit of equality and non-discrimination. “This demands political will to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, inequality and stratification at both the domestic and international levels,” they said in a statement. Achieving this goal means that inequalities within and among countries…
Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that UN chief António Guterres was following the evolving situation in the capital Libreville “very closely”. While condemning military action as “a means to resolve the post electoral crisis”, the Secretary-General said he had noted the announcement by the Central African nation’s electoral body of a win for incumbent president Ali…
