“This is science that could have a real impact on people’s lives in the not-too-distant future, by helping us grow stronger crops and feed more people,” Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said. With the world’s population estimated to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, there is a clear need…
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN-backed World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) have come together in the face of multiple global emergencies – from COVID-19 to Ebola – continued threats of disease spillover between animals and humans, loss of…
In the case of State security forces, human rights violations were committed to quash dissent and exploit vulnerable migrants, with no justice in sight, according to the latest report, from the Independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya. It documents the “widespread practice” of arbitrary detention, murder, torture, rape, enslavement and enforced disappearance in the country. In addition,…
Sindh government’s spokesperson and legal adviser Sindh barrister Murtaza Wahab has said that the president of Pakistan is no longer a PTI worker, he is the president of Pakistan, he should represent Pakistan. While giving a news conference in the Sindh Assembly Committee Room, Murtaza Wahab said that an ordinance has been issued on March…
File photo Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court rejected PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s focal person Hasan Niazi’s request for physical remand. The court ordered Hasan Niazi to be sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand and allowed him to meet his father and family. Physical remand of Hasan Niazi was requested by the police. The investigating officer told…
Sindh Government has appointed Grade 18 officer Abdul Fateh Holio as Additional Secretary in Grade 19 in the Department of Boards and Universities in violation of court orders. Chief Secretary Sindh Sohail Rajput issued a formal notification of the appointment. In this way, the number of officers from OPS, double charge and other departments has…
Federal Minister of Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq. File photo Federal Minister of Railways Khawaja Saad Rafiq has said that two provincial assemblies were dissolved on the order of one man, he is surprised at those people who have accepted Imran Khan as a leader. While holding a press conference at the railway headquarters of Lahore,…
In the Islamabad High Court, PTI Chairman Imran Khan filed an application for pre-arrest bail in various cases. In the petition filed in the Islamabad High Court, the federal government and others have been made parties. It has been requested in the petition that the court should stop the parties from arresting the petitioner, the…
Mohammad Rizwan. File photo Pakistan cricket team’s wicketkeeper-batsman Muhammad Rizwan came out in support of the young players after the defeat in the T20 series against Afghanistan. In a statement released on the social networking website Twitter, Mohammad Rizwan said that I have complete faith in the young superstars of Pakistan cricket. Wicket keeper batsman…
Sheikh Rashid. File photo Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed has said that Rana Sanaullah’s mind is damaged, his end will be bad. Talking to the media outside the Islamabad High Court, Sheikh Rasheed said that what Rana Sanaullah has done in Model Town, he will meet his end. Sheikh Rasheed says that Khan Sahib…
