Unless donors meet the gap, 60 per cent of the people the agency assists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories will no longer be receiving food assistance in June, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced, adding that by August, the agency will be forced to completely suspend operations in the West Bank and Gaza. “Desperate times…
“I am deeply concerned about increased bias-motivated incidents of harassment, threats, and violence against LGBT people, including a rampant surge in hate crimes in the UK,” said Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the human rights expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, who completed an official visit to the country on…
The urgent call from the ten Special Rapporteurs and members of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, came in response to an announcement by the Taliban-appointed Supreme Court in favour of punishments including stoning, flogging and burying people under a wall. Women most vulnerable The de facto deputy chief of the court,…
The development comes after more than three weeks of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) loyal to General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. UN rights chief Volker Türk opened the meeting condemning the “wanton violence” which has brought more hunger, deprivation and displacement upon the Sudanese people, while…
A number of vehicles caught fire while one person was injured in an explosion in the city of Milan, Italy. Italian media say that the explosion occurred in the van from which oxygen cylinders were being delivered. No casualties have yet been reported, with thick black smoke billowing from the scene as firefighters battled the…
File photo Former US President Donald Trump’s wife has decided to support her husband in the election campaign. Foreign media reports claim that the relationship between Donald Trump and Melania Trump is very strong and good. According to reports, after her daughter Ivanka Trump and her son-in-law withdrew from the public eye following allegations of…
Riot case: Umar Sarfraz Cheema sent to jail on judicial remand The Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court sent former Punjab Governor, PTI leader Umar Sarfraz Cheema to jail on 14-day judicial remand in the case of vandalism, rioting and arson. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){ (function…
File photo President Dr. Arif Alvi has said that I have informed the political and military leadership about my concern. In a statement, President Arif Alvi has said that the loss of human lives is heartbreaking and regrettable. He said that protest is the constitutional right of every Pakistani, protest should always be done within…
Karachi: The Sindh Local Government Amendment Bill was approved by the Assembly, according to which any person will now be able to contest the election of the Mayor of Karachi. According to the amended bill, a person who is not a member of the Municipality of Karachi has also been declared eligible to contest the…
Photo: Social Media Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has said that the first benefit of NAB amendments has come to Imran Khan. While speaking in the Sindh Assembly, Murad Ali Shah said that the institutions responsible for worsening the situation will be punished, they will not spare anyone, they will all be arrested. The…
