Photo: Express Web Karachi: The heatwave continues in the city of Quaid, on Monday the maximum temperature was recorded at 39.5 degrees Celsius, today the mercury may touch 40 degrees. According to the Department of Meteorology, hot and dry weather was recorded in Pirkushahr, due to northwesterly winds blowing in Balochistan, there were low tides…
Photo Radio Pakistan Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a true and sincere friend of Pakistan who made a telephone call on my election and the beginning of Ramadan. These views were expressed by President Asif Ali Zardari in a special ceremony of awarding the Nishan Imtiaz…
File photo: Express Karachi: Thousands of male and female students suffered severe agony due to the worst mismanagement in O and A level examinations in Shahr Quaid. Compared to last year, the examination centers have been set up in unknown and narrow and difficult places where there is no parking system, traffic jams and in…
California: Most seniors are scared of surgery and refuse it, but new research tells us that avoiding all surgery can be dangerous. According to media reports, researchers conducted a study to determine which elderly people may be at the highest risk of complications from surgeries and which surgeries may cause harm. For their study, the…
Dennis Francis was speaking at an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo. The landmark conference concluded with a Programme of Action, adopted by 179 governments, that put reproductive rights, gender equality and the empowerment of women, girls and young people at the heart of development…
The current El Niño event began in mid- to late 2023, causing the ocean’s temperature to rise, and its impact has already decimated farming in southern Africa, triggering crop shortfalls and rising commodity prices. At the same time, flooding in Kenya has affected 200,000 people and killed more than 100 people. Around 40 to 50…
In the past month, WFP supported more than 300,000 people there with food, including 40,000 in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state. “We must be able to reach those who need us most in Sudan,” Executive Director Cindy McCain wrote in a post on social media. Separately, UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator Martin Griffiths…
“This is the most dangerous period; once people start returning to the north, that’s when most accidents will occur, because they won’t be familiar with where your unexploded ordnance is located,” said Mungo Birch, Chief of the UN Mine Action Programme (UNMAS) in the State of Palestine. “It’s important that once the returns start, we’re…
Mr. Guterres was saddened by the loss of life and damage caused by flash flooding in the capital, Nairobi, and other parts of the country, his spokesperson said on Monday. The Secretary-General extended his condolences and solidarity to the families of the victims and to the people and Government of Kenya. On Monday, rescue teams…
“They used to shelter inside the school yard here, inside the classrooms, using all the external space. Now there’s nothing left. Everybody evacuated very quickly,” said Louise Wateridge, UNRWA Communications Officer. Writing in a social media post on X that abandoned children’s shoes were “everywhere” at the school, the UNRWA officer also pointed to rubble…
