Photo: Screen grab National Men’s Basketball Championship started in Lahore, four matches were decided on the first day. Pakistan Army, Pakistan WAPDA, POF and Lahore won their respective matches in the matches played on the first day of the five-day competition at Government College University Lahore managed by Pakistan Basketball Federation. Pakistan Army won by…
Lahore: The Special Anti-Terrorism Court stopped the arrest of the father of Afnan, the accused who allegedly took the lives of 6 people by hitting a vehicle in Defense area of Lahore, while the police detained the friend who was sitting in front of the accused. . According to the details, the father of accused…
Photo: File The coach of Tajikistan football team, Peter Sigurd, has said that football will win the match between Pakistan and Tajikistan. While giving a press conference in Islamabad, the coach of the Tajik football team, Peter Sigurd, said that Pakistan was warmly welcomed upon arrival. Peter Sigurd said that an aggressive match is expected…
WHO’s Dr. Mike Ryan was briefing journalists at UN Headquarters and added that “so many children” remain in danger, as fighting between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces continues, from hostages to those living under bombardment with no safe place to shelter. Up to 1,500 children in Gaza remain missing – many likely under rubble –…
Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesperson for the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) was speaking as Israeli forces continue to attack Gaza, whilst preventing most Palestinians from leaving. “I witnessed many wars before in Gaza, but I did not see the magnitude of this tragedy before. It is a new Nakba (catastrophe) for the Palestinians….
Addressing an open debate of the Security Council on the link, António Guterres said that while development alone cannot guarantee peace, it is an essential component. “No peace is secure without inclusive and sustainable development that leaves no one behind,” he said, drawing parallels to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable…
Convened by the Government of the United Kingdom, the day-long conference brought together representatives from more than 20 countries to shore up efforts to achieve zero hunger and end malnutrition, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Far off track Speaking during a session on creating new approaches to ending preventable child deaths, WHO…
Catherine Russell made the appeal in a statement to mark World Children’s Day, which commemorates the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history. “At no time since the CRC was adopted 34 years ago have children’s rights been in greater…
The 2023 Emissions Gap Report, released on Monday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), carried a clear message – unless countries step up climate action and deliver more than promised in their 2030 pledges, the world is heading for a 2.5-2.9°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels. A broken record Presenting the report from Nairobi, UNEP…
A tweet by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA on Monday, described the situation in shelters as “unliveable”. It said that Gazans had “no options”, echoing repeated warnings from UN humanitarians nowhere is safe for civilians in Gaza. Since Hamas’s terror attacks on Israel on 7 October that claimed around 1,200 lives with nearly…
