Gwadar Port. Large-scale commercial activities are likely to begin at Gwadar port in early March. 9 ships carrying 450 thousand metric tons of imported wheat will reach Gwadar next month. Operational preparations for import of wheat at Gwadar port are in final stages. In Quetta, Secretary National Food Security held a meeting with Gwadar Port…
Photo: Jang Shadab Khan, captain of Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Islamabad United, says that his team has once again become champions in the event. The players were selected according to the plan that was in the players’ draft. Personal goal is to be the best player in the tournament. Talking to Geo News in…
The six-hour-long documentary “The US and the Holocaust”, released in 2022, sheds light on the catastrophic consequences of hate speech and disinformation, and the desperate bid for freedom by millions of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany. Taste of freedom What does freedom taste like? Joseph Hilsenrath, a young Jewish boy evacuated to the US during the…
While European prisons managed adequate COVID-19 pandemic responses for inmates, concerns remain about poor mental health services, overcrowding and suicide rates, the report stated. “Prisons are embedded in communities and investments made in the health of people in prison becomes a community dividend,” said Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, regional director of the WHO regional…
The initiative will support a holistic approach to phase out the harmful chemical and promote the beauty of all skin tones. Consumers unaware of risks Skin lightening products inhibit the body’s production of melanin, the pigment that plays a role in determining skin, hair and eye colour. They have been used around the world…
Almost 400 women leaders from 15 African countries joined the UN-backed three-day conference, which opened on Monday, including former and current presidents. The goal is to advance progress, tackle pressing concerns and find sustainable solutions to issues affecting women and girls in South Sudan and across Africa. The conference’s theme is GuwaTaMara, meaning the strength…
“The impact of rising seas is already creating new sources of instability and conflict,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who opened the meeting. Noting that some nations’ coastlines have already seen triple the average rate of sea level rise, he warned that, in the coming decades, low-lying communities – and entire countries – could disappear forever. “We would witness…
The rare yet severe viral haemorrhagic fever is similar to Ebola and has a fatality rate of up to 88 per cent. So far, there have been nine deaths and 16 suspected cases with symptoms including fever, fatigue and blood-stained vomit and diarrhoea, WHO reported on Monday. Further investigations are ongoing. Rapid action, expert…
“Even without verified numbers it’s tragically clear the number of children killed, the number of children orphaned is going to keep on rising”,” said UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder. In Türkiye, the total number of children living in the 10 provinces before the emergency was 4.6 million, and 2.5 million in Syria. Growing…
Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said that since Saturday, at least nine people have been reportedly arrested and some detained, on security and graft charges. Among those arrested were two former judges, a lawyer, a prominent businessman, the head of a radio station and the leader of the Islamist Ennahdha political party, according to media reports. Concern…
