Lahore: The Punjab Bar Council has suspended the license of a lawyer who went viral by making videos of couples in parks. According to the Punjab Bar Council, Advocate Aftab Rais makes videos of couples in parks and uploads them on social media, and forces couples to marry, which falls under the category of misconduct….
Karachi: The Sindh Cabinet has approved several important decisions including extension of Rangers deployment in Karachi Division for another 6 months, payment of dues of retired government employees. In the Sindh Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah, extension of Rangers deployment in Karachi Division for another 6 months, introduction of…
Provincial Minister for Social Welfare and Baitul-Mal Punjab Sohail Shaukat Butt is inaugurating the Digital Persons Management Information System Lahore: In Punjab, online registration has been started for the provision of technical education and financial support, monthly educational scholarships, interest-free loans, including ensuring the implementation of the quota allocated for the recruitment of special people…
Karachi: In different areas of Shahr Quaid, the earth shook again. According to the Seismological Center, the citizens felt the shocks of the earthquake in different areas including Malir, Golestan Johar, private society on the Super Highway and surrounding areas of Karachi. According to the seismological center, its intensity was recorded at 2.3 on the…
Jamaat-e-Islami demands a judicial inquiry into the wheat scandal Lahore: Jamaat-e-Islami announced a movement against the importation and unnecessary purchase of wheat during the caretaker government and also demanded a judicial inquiry into the scandal. Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Hafiz Naeemur Rehman while talking to the media in Lahore said that there is a huge crisis in…
The UN chief said journalists and media workers “have a key role in informing and educating” the public about the world’s current environmental and climate emergency which stands as a threat to future generations. It is through this work that people can have a greater understanding of environmental factors affecting the world and advocate for…
The top award for reporters who have born witness to the destruction of much of their homeland under Israel’s relentless bombardment came at the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. “In these times of darkness and hopelessness we wish to share a strong message of solidarity and recognition to those Palestinian journalists who…
Thousands of people have taken to the streets for days to protest the draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, which would require media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving more than 20 per cent of funding from abroad to register as “organizations acting in the interest of a foreign power”. Respect human rights Mr. Türk…
The war has left 25 million Sudanese needing aid, but in El Fasher, an ever tightening siege is cutting off vulnerable civilians who urgently need such basic essentials as food, water and medicines. UN News’s Abdelmonem Makki spoke to Toby Harward, the UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, who described the deteriorating situation in the city,…
To mark the International Year of Camelids in 2024 and on the heels of World Immunisation Week, celebrated annually in the last week of April, we took a look at how caravans of these hardy dromedaries played a key role. From transporting peacekeepers to polio vaccines, camels have helped the UN in its broad range of mandates…
