Chief Minister of Sindh's announcement of amnesty in the punishment of prisoners on Eid-ul-Fitr

Chief Minister of Sindh’s announcement of amnesty in the punishment of prisoners on Eid-ul-Fitr

Karachi: The Chief Minister of Sindh has announced remission of the punishments of the prisoners on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah approved a special amnesty of 120 days in the punishment of prisoners on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. According to the spokesman, the Chief Minister of Sindh has given…

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Karachi should be handed over to the army immediately to control street crime, Mustafa Kamal

Karachi should be handed over to the army immediately to control street crime, Mustafa Kamal

Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan’s senior deputy commander and member of the National Assembly, Mustafa Kamal, demanded the immediate handover of the city to the army to control the increasing street crime in Karachi. MQM Pakistan Senior Deputy Convenor and Member of National Assembly Syed Mustafa Kamal said that 60 civilians have been killed…

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World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced

World News in Brief: Haiti aid response, strikes across Lebanon’s Blue Line, UNEP welcomes Iran prisoner release, healthcare for the displaced

Since early March, the World Food Programme (WFP) has reached more than 500,000 people, providing school meals, social protection and emergency activities nationwide. The agency has also served some 500,000 hot meals to over 76,000 internally displaced persons in 57 sites in the greater Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.  Aid partners have also delivered nearly four million…

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IAEA chief outlines five principles to avert nuclear ‘catastrophe’ in Ukraine

Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease immediately’: UN atomic watchdog

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the targeting marked a “major escalation” in the level of danger facing the power plant. It was the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that the ZNPP – Europe’s largest nuclear power plant – has been directly targeted….

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Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion

Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion

At the same time, a full six months since Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel prompted an unprecedented Israeli military response, former residents of Khan Younis just north of Rafah are already returning to the shattered city – a move that aid teams cautioned against, given the absence of stockpiled supplies. “The planning is underway for…

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