Rawalpindi: The Adiala Jail administration banned all meetings for three days due to security concerns. According to the details, due to security concerns in Adiala Jail, a ban has been imposed on meeting all the prisoners, including the founder PTI, for three days. A notification in this regard has also been issued by the jail…
Karachi: Food Minister Sindh Jam Khan Shoro says that the process of purchasing wheat from farmers in Sindh is going on, the production of wheat this season has been more than 42 lakh metric tons. Talking to the media, Jam Khan Shoro said that this time the wheat harvest has been better than the previous…
Osaka: A medicine was introduced by Japanese scientists for the regrowth of broken or fallen teeth, which is now being tested on humans after a successful trial on animals. According to media reports, the Japanese pharmaceutical company Toregem Biopharma had developed this medicine which will help in the regeneration of teeth. The first phase of…
Concluding a five-day visit to the region, UNICEF Deputy Director Ted Chaiban noted that fighting has reached new heights and created the worst humanitarian crisis there since 2003. He highlighted growing concerns for safeguarding children’s rights and protection of civilians as the situation worsens. Grave violations mount “Children are being killed, maimed, abducted, and recruited…
According to the report, Safe Pathways for Refugees – released on Monday – nearly 215,000 permits were granted to individuals displaced by conflict and crises by 37 OECD countries and Brazil in 2022, an increase of about 38 per cent over 2021. Approximately 156,000 permits were issued that year, while the figure in 2020 was…
Condemning all attacks on UN personnel, Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a full investigation, his deputy spokesperson, Farhan Haq, told journalists in New York. “With the conflict in Gaza continuing to take a heavy toll – not only on civilians, but also on humanitarian workers – the Secretary-General reiterates his urgent appeal for an…
Martin Griffiths, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, stressed the critical need for sustained peace efforts during a briefing to Security Council ambassadors. “The conflict in Yemen has been the key driver of humanitarian needs. It has deeply undercut the country’s economy, decimated half of its health facilities, displaced millions of people, and allowed hunger and disease…
UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and its Regional Director, Regina De Dominicis, released a joint statement saying, “At least 1,993 children in Ukraine have been killed or injured since the escalation of war more than two years ago, an average of two child casualties each day.” The statement said this tally of children’s…
“Nearly 360,000 people have fled Rafah since the first evacuation order a week ago,” the UN agency said in a post on X, referencing leafleting by the Israeli military ordering those in eastern Rafah to leave their shelters. In another alert, UNRWA warned of ongoing “restricted humanitarian access” to and across the Gaza Strip that was…
Despite two decades of worldwide efforts, more than 4,000 precious wildlife species still fall prey to trafficking every year, a new report by the UN crime and drugs prevention office, UNODC, showed on Monday.
