For many runners, taking part in a marathon is a challenge of a lifetime or, if they’re particularly keen, an annual test of endurance. Mina Guli is built differently: over the past year, she has been running four marathons of 26.2 miles each, every week, across the world, racking up a total of 200 long-distance…
Launched ahead of the UN 2023 Water Conference, the new edition of the UN World Water Development Report focuses on twin themes of partnerships and cooperation. Published by the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the report highlights collaborative ways actors can work together to overcome common challenges. “There is an urgent need to…
UN chief António Guterres convened an Advisory Panel of top UN agency officials which met for the first time to inject more “political, technical and financial clout to ensure that Early Warnings for All becomes a reality for everyone, everywhere”, said WMO in a press release. Tuesday’s panel included development banks, humanitarian organisations, civil society…
The annual ceremony to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is held to remember the 21 March 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in apartheid South Africa. This year’s commemoration also coincides with the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi addresses the…
Amid the current global food crisis, with many families struggling to put food on the table, governments are increasingly seeing the value of these initiatives, according to the State of School-Feeding Worldwide report. Critical safety net School meals are a critical safety net for vulnerable children and households at a time when some 345 million…
The crisis has left families in the flood-affected areas with no choice but to use potentially contaminated water. “Safe drinking water is not a privilege, it is a basic human right”, said UNICEF Representative in Pakistan, Abdullah Fadil. “Yet, every day, millions of girls and boys in Pakistan are fighting a losing battle against preventable…
“We are gravely concerned that extreme violence continues to spiral out of control in Haiti,” said Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Volker Türk. In the first two weeks of March alone, clashes among gangs left at least 208 dead, 164 injured, and 101 kidnapped. Mirroring those grave concerns, UN…
Karachi: Pakistan showbiz actor Ahmed Ali Butt slammed the current government for reducing petrol prices for the poor. The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif had announced to provide petrol to the poor at a low price in the past few days, on which Ahmed Ali Butt has criticized him. Actor and host Ahmed Ali…
We have to fix the teacher training program along with investing in children, Prime Minister Islamabad: Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated the Teleschool Pakistan application for the start of digital education, declaring it a revolutionary program in the education sector. Addressing the function held in the federal capital, the Prime Minister said that a good…
Former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi – File photo Former Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi commented on the statement taken regarding former Principal Secretary Muhammad Khan Bhatti. Pervez Elahi said that it has become a habit to pick up by unknown persons and then take a statement of their own will. Muhammad Khan…
