Shaheen Afridi got married

Shaheen Afridi got married

Pakistan’s left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi tied the knot. Shaheen Shah Afridi got married with Ansha, daughter of legendary all-rounder Shahid Khan Afridi, in a local mosque. Shahid Afridi’s Sahibzadi and Shaheen Afridi’s Nikah was taught by Maulana Abdul Sattar in Zakaria Masjid. After Shaheen Afridi and Ansha Afridi got married, a reception was…

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UN chief: Build ‘alliance of peace’ on International Day of Human Fraternity

UN chief: Build ‘alliance of peace’ on International Day of Human Fraternity

The International Day of Human Fraternity celebrates the values that “are the glue that hold our human family together” – compassion, religious understanding, and mutual respect, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said. Prevent hatred, defuse extremism “These values underwrite peace, yet all over the world, they are being eroded by deepening divides, widening inequalities and growing…

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Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief

Transforming how we eat, ‘a critical accelerator’ towards 2030 development goals: Deputy UN chief

The so-called UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment is the first global follow-up to a 2021 summit convened to change how the world produces, consumes and thinks about food.  The high-level event falls at the halfway point for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development (SDGs), which provide a blueprint for…

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UN child rights committee lauds Swiss asylum offer to Kurdish family

UN child rights committee lauds Swiss asylum offer to Kurdish family

“We welcome the timely action taken by Switzerland to suspend the children’s return to Bulgaria, in compliance with the Committee’s request for interim measures,” said Ann Skelton, a member of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). “We also welcome the decision to reassess these children’s situation and their risk of being exposed…

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