“Now is the time to unleash Africa’s peace power,” he said, opening a debate on its critical role in addressing global security and development challenges, convened by Mozambique, the Council president for May. Calling Africa “an important voice for the global good”, he cited examples of how the continent has shown “unity and solidarity in…
Based on information from 44 countries that engaged in the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, it highlights unhealthy eating habits, increasing levels of overweight and obesity and low levels of physical activity in young people. According to WHO, each of these are “significant risk factors for a range of noncommunicable diseases including cardiovascular…
The Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) will bring together governments, the UN, civil society, the private sector and leading youth voices to turn new ideas into action, raise new pledges of support and discuss the key challenges that lie ahead for the vulnerable group of nations. Living on the edge There…
Karachi: It has been recommended to give Rs 14 lakh compensation and plots to the victims of Gujjar, Orangi and Mehmoodabad drains in Shahr Quaid. The Pakistan Engineering Council has prepared an estimate report for compensation to the victims, which has been sent to the Sindh government. In the report, the Pakistan Engineering Council has…
Karachi: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said that crime in Karachi has reduced by more than 50% during one month. Speaking at FPCCI, the senior provincial minister said that it is true that Sindh province has been targeted for a long time. Politically, Sindh was also targeted and no one thought what effect…
Islamabad: For the first time in the city government, all housing societies have been asked to pay government fees in the sale and transfer of plots. According to Express News, Revenue Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon has issued a letter to all housing societies in which it has been said that housing societies do not pay…
The Sindh High Court has ordered the Ministry of Defense to receive reports from all agencies and submit them at the next hearing on the petitions related to the recovery of the citizens missing since 2018 from different areas of Karachi. In front of a two-member bench headed by Justice Nimatullah Phalphoto, the petitions related…
Karachi: Judicial Magistrate South accepted the plea of acquittal against Sindh Tehreek-e-Insaf President Haleem Adil Sheikh in the riot case. In the City Court, the court of the Judicial Magistrate South passed a decision on the plea of acquittal in the riot case against Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh President Haleem Adil Shaikh. The court acquitted Haleem Adil…
The American bioengineering company has announced the world’s first ‘head’ transplant in a short period of a decade. According to foreign media reports, the bioengineering company released details on its website and said that it is working on a ‘head transplant system’ and plans to perform the first ‘head’ transplant in human history in the…
Islamabad: PTI leader Murad Saeed filed a petition on behalf of Ahsan Iqbal to annul the previous hearings in the defamation case. PTI leader Murad Saeed, through his lawyer, filed a petition to annul the previous hearings in the defamation case on behalf of League leader Ahsan Iqbal in the District and Sessions Court Islamabad….
