Photo screen grab A child fell from a swing in the Greater Iqbal Park in the capital of Punjab and fractured his leg. According to details, a child jumping on a trampoline in Greater Iqbal Park fell on the ground due to a faulty cover, due to which he got injured and fractured his leg….
Peshawar: The provincial president of Awami National Party, Senator Wali Khan, has announced that he will not support both the government and the opposition and said that Pakistan is not in a position to attack anyone, 80% of the defense expenditure must be eliminated and spent on the welfare of the nation. . Amil Wali…
Sheikhupura: Two people died and four people were seriously injured when a rickshaw caught fire near E-Community on Lahore Road. According to the aid sources, the rickshaw was carrying passengers from Sheikhupura to Lahore when the rickshaw overturned due to broken axle. On receiving the information about the incident, Rescue 1122 teams reached immediately and…
The Men5CV vaccine offers a powerful shield against the five major strains of the meningococcal bacteria – A, C, W, Y and X – which cause the disease. Known by the brand name MenFive, it provides broader protection than the vaccine currently used in much of Africa, which is only effective against the A strain. …
The commemoration in the General Assembly Hall was held to remember the victims and honour the survivors and those who tried to stop the genocide. Focus was also on young people who have grown up in its shadow, and on countering hate speech which fuelled the killing and has become a growing global concern today. …
This is a four million increase in the number of people currently dealing with food insecurity in that region. Mali is facing the worst situation – around 2,600 people there are presumed to be experiencing catastrophic hunger – IPC food classification index phase 5 (read our explainer on the IPC system here). “The time to…
After nearly a year of brutal civil war between rival militaries, food production has been hit and communities face acute shortages of other essential resources such as water and fuel. More than eight million people are believed to have been uprooted from their homes with tens of thousands killed or wounded. The World Health Organization…
Suffering is growing too and is likely to get worse, Justin Brady, head of the UN humanitarian relief office, OCHA, in Sudan, warned UN News. “Without more resources, not only will we not be able to stop a famine, we’re not going to be help able to help basically anybody,” he said. “Most of the…
Jamie McGoldrick, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator overseeing crisis relief in Gaza, pushed back at Israeli claims that more than 1,000 trucks had entered Gaza in the last few days but only around 800 had been collected on the Palestinian side. The veteran aid official also maintained that the deconfliction system in which humanitarians shared their…
Islamabad: Taking into account the situation where the number of citizens has reached more than the capacity at Daman Koh, the entertainment place of the capital, it has been decided to temporarily close the roads leading to Daman Koh. According to Express News, on the third day of Eid, citizens turned to the entertainment places…
