Climate action ‘cannot trample over the poor’, says Guterres, launching new initiative to protect key minerals for clean energy transition

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202404 mins

The newly established Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals brings together a diverse group of governments, organisations and UN bodies to develop a set of common and voluntary principles to protect environmental and social standards aimed at embedding justice in the energy transition. “A world powered by renewables is a world hungry for critical minerals,”…

Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202405 mins

Pehr Lodhammar, a senior officer from the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), said that the war has left an estimated 37 million tonnes of debris. He said it was impossible to determine the exact amount of unexploded ordnance in the enclave where formerly heavily built-up and densely populated neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble,…

Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202404 mins

According to media reports, over 220 civilians – including 56 children – were killed in attacks reportedly carried out by the military in two villages on a single day in late February. Furthermore, at least two international media outlets – the BBC and Voice of America – have been “temporarily suspended” in the past few…

Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher, as UN warns of imminent attack

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202404 mins

In a note to correspondents issued on Friday, the UN said there were “increasingly alarming reports of a dramatic escalation of tensions”. “The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are reportedly encircling El Fasher, suggesting a coordinated move to attack the city may be imminent. Simultaneously, the Sudanese Armed Forces appear to be positioning themselves”, the statement…

Matriculation Exams: There is big news regarding the admit card for the students

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202402 mins

Matriculation Exams: There is big news regarding the admit card for the students There is a big news regarding admit card for matriculation students. Chairman Matriculation Board Syed Sharaf Ali Shah says that the matriculation exams will start from May 7, there is intense pressure to change the examination centers but they will not accept…

‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202405 mins

In an alert, WHO noted that although just eight per cent of hospitalized coronavirus patients also had bacterial infections which can be treated with antibiotics, a staggering three in four were given them on a “just in case” basis. At no point during the global pandemic did the UN health agency recommend using antibiotics to…

Labor Day: May 1 declared as a public holiday in Sindh

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202402 mins

Karachi: The Sindh government has declared a public holiday on May 1 on the occasion of Labor Day. According to the notification issued by the Chief Secretary Sindh, the Sindh government has announced a one-day holiday across the province on May 1 on the occasion of Labor Day. According to the notification, all institutions and…

Interior Minister’s order to speed up operation against illegal resident foreigners

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202404 mins

Islamabad: The Federal Interior Minister ordered the IG Islamabad to speed up the operation against the illegally staying foreigners. After meeting the journalists, Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, while talking informally, said that the data of illegal resident foreigners is already available in the capital. IG Islamabad to crack down on illegal resident foreigners. He…

The Sindh government stopped the registration of 54 private schools

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202404 mins

Karachi: The Department of School Education Sindh has started serious efforts for the first time to implement the law of 10% freeship in 12 thousand private schools of the province and in this regard Directorate Private Institutions Sindh has completed the inspection of more than 1 thousand schools and 54 Registration of private schools has…

Marrying wife’s sister without completing Idda is illegal

PNP DeskApril 26, 2024September 20, 202404 mins

The Lahore High Court declared the marriage of the wife’s sister illegal without completing the iddah and rejected the interim bail of the accused. According to Express News, Lahore High Court Judge Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh issued an 11-page written decision related to a case. The decision states that marrying the first wife’s sister before…

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Climate action ‘cannot trample over the poor’, says Guterres, launching new initiative to protect key minerals for clean energy transition

Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear

Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

Sudan: Civilians trapped in El Fasher, as UN warns of imminent attack

Matriculation Exams: There is big news regarding the admit card for the students

‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

Labor Day: May 1 declared as a public holiday in Sindh

Interior Minister’s order to speed up operation against illegal resident foreigners

The Sindh government stopped the registration of 54 private schools

Marrying wife’s sister without completing Idda is illegal