Shafqat Mahmood said that he is no longer a candidate from any constituency. Photo file Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former federal minister Shafqat Mehmood has decided to withdraw from the general elections to be held in the country next month. Shafqat Mahmood said that I had submitted nomination papers from National Assembly Constituency…
The UN chief’s appeal came a day after the United States and the United Kingdom, with the support of other countries, launched airstrikes across multiple parts of Yemen in response. The UN Security Council is meeting in New York to discuss the crisis, just days after adopting a resolution demanding an end to the Houthi…
Speaking ahead of Sunday’s grim milestone, Spokesperson Liz Throssell reiterated the need for OHCHR staff to have access to Israel and all parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory to investigate human rights violations by all parties. Fourteen weeks have passed since Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups carried out bloody attacks against Israel on 7…
Video feed of the meeting, expected to start at 3 PM. 4:48 PM We must work towards Palestinian State: France Nicolas de Rivière, Ambassador of France, which holds the Council presidency for January, spoke in his national capacity, saying efforts must focus immediately towards a lasting ceasefire, with the help of all regional and international…
The World Meteorological Organization uses six leading international datasets from across the globe to monitor global temperatures, which reveal a new annual temperature average of 1.45°C set against the pre-industrial era (1850-1900). Every month between June and December set new records. July and August were the two hottest months ever recorded, WMO said. The 1.5°C…
The virus is still circulating globally but relatively few countries are following infections closely, meaning the actual threat due to the coronavirus and its variants could be anything from two to 19 times higher than what is being reported to WHO. The agency’s COVID focal point, Dr Maria Van Kerhove, told journalists in Geneva that…
The certification is expected to drive progress on other health fronts in the country such as using the systems built for controlling malaria to fight other mosquito-borne diseases, including dengue fever. “I salute the Government and people of Cabo Verde for their unwavering commitment and resilience in their journey to eliminating malaria,” said Tedros Adhanom…
On the second and final day of preliminary hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel’s legal team insisted that the twin military objectives were to eradicate the existential threat posed by Hamas militants and to free some 136 hostages still held in the war-shattered enclave. “Israel is in a war of defence against…
Fast bowling coach of the national cricket team, Umar Gul, has said that because of fielding, the result of the match has a lot of impact, today it was expensive to drop catches. During the press conference in Auckland after the first T20 match against New Zealand, Umar Gill said that if more than 200…
The terrorists were arrested from Peshawar in an intelligence-based operation Peshawar: Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Amil Wali, 2 terrorists who targeted suicide attack, were arrested. The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested 2 suicide bombers of the international terrorist organization Daesh who received training from Afghanistan in a major operation from Peshawar. According to SSP CTD, the…
