Punjab: Installation of safety wires on motorcycles to protect citizens from metal wires

Punjab: Installation of safety wires on motorcycles to protect citizens from metal wires

Photo screen grab Lahore: The Chief Minister of Punjab has started a campaign to install protective wire guards on motorcycles to protect the citizens from the bloodshed. According to the details, Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz directed traffic police and safety wire guard to be banned and started the safety wire guard campaign in Aaskar…

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World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

News reports said that residential buildings in the northern city of Kharkiv had been hit, killing one and injuring 16, quoting the city’s mayor.  Four children were wounded, with images posted to social media showing extensive damage and a body visible lying on the floor. The UN’s Denise Brown said that international law must be…

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DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’

DR Congo mission chief says humanitarian disaster ‘unfolding before our very eyes’

Ms. Keita, who also heads the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO, sounded the alarm over the humanitarian disaster “unfolding before our very eyes”. More than seven million people in the country are displaced, particularly due to the operations of armed groups such as the M23 and the Allied Defense Forces (ADF) across the…

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Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began   

Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began   

Satellite imagery pointed to at least 53 schools “totally destroyed” since conflict erupted on 7 October 2023 and a near nine per cent increase in attacks on school premises since mid-February, according to a report by the UN Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) and NGOs the Education Cluster and Save The Children.  The “high trend of attacks…

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