Jamaat-e-Islami's announcement to go to the Supreme Court against the election results

Jamaat-e-Islami’s announcement to go to the Supreme Court against the election results

Karachi: Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said that a truly representative government of the people should be formed by issuing the results according to Form 45. Jamaat-e-Islami is filing a petition in the Supreme Court in this regard. Hafiz Naeemur Rahman while talking to journalists and answering questions in “Meet the Press” at Karachi…

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INTERVIEW: Reducing teen pregnancy in Thailand

UN reviews progress, challenges 30 years after landmark population conference

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…

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World News in Brief: Violence blocking Darfur aid, new Iraq law, Chad elections appeal

World News in Brief: Violence blocking Darfur aid, new Iraq law, Chad elections appeal

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…

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