“The lives of millions depend on that responsibility being given meaning,” Special Adviser on responsibility to protect (R2P) issues George Okoth-Obbo said, introducing the Secretary-General’s latest report and speaking on his behalf. “This annual debate is a reminder to us not to drift from our commitment, our duty, our responsibility to protect.” Preventing ‘contagion of mass…
According to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2024, over 2.4 million refugees will be in need of resettlement, marking a 20 per cent increase compared to 2023. A woman leaves a refugee camp in Rwanda on her way to resettlement in Norway. Escalating challenges With a deepening refugee crisis, security breakdowns and conflicts, urgent…
“About five million children under the age of five are estimated to be facing acute malnutrition in 2023 in the Horn region, in the Greater Horn. That is about 10.4 million, that is just a staggering figure,” said Liesbeth Aelbrecht, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) incident manager for the greater Horn of Africa emergency. Three…
Most of the people want to buy something online as soon as they click on ‘order’, so they don’t have to wait any longer and get their desired item in their hands as soon as possible. However, sometimes online orders literally make the customer wait so much that it goes from hours and days to…
The Petroleum Division has denied the impression of increasing the petroleum levy by Rs 10 per liter from July 1. The position of the Petroleum Division has come out on the issue of increasing the levy on petrol and diesel by Rs 10 per liter from July 1. According to the sources of petroleum division,…
ISPR Director General Major General Ahmed Sharif has said that the Pakistan Army has completed its self-accountability process, which officers failed to protect GHQ, Jinnah House and military installations. However, action has been taken against them, 3 officers, including an officer of the rank of lieutenant general, have been dismissed. While giving a press conference…
Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam spoke interestingly about the century against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup and also told when the important match against the Kiwis came within his grasp. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) shared a video of Babar Azam talking to PCB Digital in which he spoke about his century against…
Further investigation of the incident is ongoing, US authorities: Photo: File Washington: A person working at an airport in the United States died after being stuck in the engine of a plane. In the report of the foreign news agency, the US authorities said that the aviation employee working at the airport in the state…
Sajid Sidpara and Shah Daulat summited it today without supplemental oxygen, then Imtiaz Ali Sidpara and Yusuf Ali also summited (Photo: File). Islamabad: Four Pakistani climbers successfully scaled the Bloody Hill Achieved the honor of summiting Nanga Parbat. According to Express News, Sajid Sadpara and Shah Dulat successfully summited Nanga Parbat (8126 meters) this morning…
Yesterday, the National Assembly approved the federal budget for the upcoming financial year 2023-24 and the amended Finance Bill 2023, after which Acting President Sadiq Sanjrani signed this finance bill today. The bill has been revised to meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements and target tax collections have been increased. On the demand of…
