First awarded in 2022, it acknowledges the exceptional contributions made by women justice and corrections officers serving from Member States across the world, who challenge gender stereotypes and barriers. In an interview with UN News, Major Bouzi said she was deeply honoured and grateful to have been recognized for her efforts. “First of all, it…
World Migration Report 2024 reveals a significant shift in global migration patterns, including a record number of people displaced due to conflict, violence, natural and other disasters. Speaking at the launch in Dhaka, Bangladesh, IOM Director General Amy Pope said the report aims to “demystify the complexity of human mobility through evidence-based data and analysis”. …
Volker Türk said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an intensification of a crackdown on dissenting voices. He described the continuous attacks on free speech and the criminalization of independent journalism in Russia as “very troubling”. “The intensification of the crackdown on journalists’ independent…
In the far south of the Gaza Strip, bordering Egypt, the town of Rafah has been hosting hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven from elsewhere in the enclave due to the ongoing Israeli military operation. There are also grave concerns that humanitarian aid stocks are fast running out across the war-torn Strip, and fuel reserves…
According to UN Women, more than nine in 10 women interviewed in the southernmost governorate reported feelings of indescribable fear; while over half said they had medical conditions needing urgent attention. “Women and girls in Rafah, as in the rest of Gaza, are in a state of constant despair and fear already,” the UN agency said…
— File photo With the onset of summer, most people, especially women, face the complaint of mouth ulcers, which prove to be very painful. Blisters can have many causes including allergies, injury, infection, stress, etc. When you are affected by it, it becomes difficult to eat and drink while the pain is different. If you…
Lahore: The court has sought a response from the federal government on the petition filed to fix the new price of wheat. A 2-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqer Najafi heard the petition filed in the Lahore High Court to fix the new price of wheat, in which the petitioner’s lawyer, Advocate Bilal Ahmed,…
Karachi: The Sindh High Court has ordered the removal of illegal thrift bazaar and Ching Chi rickshaw stands established on various highways and rafi plots. A hearing was held in front of a 2-member bench headed by Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Aqeel Ahmad Abbasi on the petition against setting up of illegal bachat…
Contempt of court action should be initiated on malicious campaign, Justice Mohsin Islamabad: Justice Mohsin Kayani also wrote a letter to take contempt of court action against the malicious campaign. Another letter has surfaced for contempt of court action over the malicious campaign. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani wrote a letter of contempt of court to…
Doors are open for negotiations with every political party, Faisal Karim Kundi (Photo: Screen grab) Karachi: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi has said that the governance in KPK is not very good, I will play a role to end hatred. Talking to the media after visiting Mazar-e-Quaid, Faisal Karim Kundi said that at present…
