Gujranwala: Children jumped into the fight, father and son were killed and one person was injured in the firing, the police started efforts to arrest the accused. According to police sources, there was a quarrel between the children in Beriwala Chowk market, after which the armed accused came to Babar’s camp and opened fire, in…
The incident took place at around 4 AM local time on Monday, about 200 meters offshore near the coastal town of Obock. Twenty-two people were rescued by local fishermen and are being given treatment and support by IOM, agency spokesperson Yvonne Ndege told UN News in an exclusive interview. At least six others are missing…
Presenting the latest UN report on the issue, Amina Mohammed called for “a surge in investment” and reform of the international financial system to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully offtrack. World leaders adopted the 17 SDGs nearly a decade ago and they include ending extreme poverty and hunger, ensuring availability to…
To be held from 15 to 19 April, President Dennis Francis’ flagship initiative converges various mandated events into a singular, impactful week, elevating the discourse on such critical sectors as tourism, infrastructure, energy and transport. “The Sustainability Week initiative is essentially designed to galvanise momentum around sustainability in a way that helps to supercharge implementation…
“However difficult and demanding of patience, Colombia’s decision to prioritise dialogue as a principal means to resolve conflict sets the country apart as a model that is more relevant than ever in today’s world,” said Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Verification Mission in Colombia. Emerging from decades…
Israeli authorities have not given a clear reason why, said OCHA Spokesperson Jens Laerke, speaking during the regular briefing by UN humanitarian agencies in Geneva. “They very often deny and that is it, and it ends there. We do not get an explanation,” he said. In a widely reported telephone call last Thursday between United…
At least 1.8 million among them fled across the border into neighbouring, South Sudan, Chad, Central African Republic, Egypt and Ethiopia; as well as Uganda. Thousands more are arriving by the day, agency spokesperson Olga Sarrado told journalists at the regular news briefing in Geneva. The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and…
Photo: Express News Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has taken a principled decision to start air ambulance service for the convenience of patients from remote areas of the province and to transport people to major hospitals in any emergency. The concerned authorities were directed to take necessary steps to start this service practically in the…
Karachi: Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab and Ghanoor Ali Khan Asran have been appointed as spokespersons of the Sindh government. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has approved the appointment of both, for which a notification has also been issued. It should be noted that being the mayor of Karachi, Murtaza Wahab did not…
Lahore: Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s Eid gift to farmers, the biggest agricultural package in the history of Punjab has been prepared. Senior provincial minister Maryam Aurangzeb released the details of the agricultural package. According to the package prepared by Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Shah Kirmani, for the first time interest-free loans of…
