In the quarter-finals of the Junior World Hockey Cup, Spain defeated Pakistan by four goals to two and reached the semi-finals. The last quarter-final of the Junior World event in Kuala Lumpur was between Pakistan and Spain, with Abdul Hanan Shahid scoring a field goal in the 12th minute of the game for Pakistan to…
Birmingham: A study reported that mental Pressure Eating foods high in fat during pregnancy can impair the body’s ability to recover from the effects of stress. Eating high-fat foods during times of stress can impair arterial performance by reducing oxygen access to the brain. Researchers from the University of Birmingham recruited a group of healthy…
The Islamabad High Court has granted bail to the Kulfi vendor who was arrested and sentenced by the Magistrate for selling Kulfi outside Faisal Masjid. Why does the law become more difficult in front of the poor? Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of Islamabad High Court heard the case filed under the allegation of placing a…
That warning came from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Universal Health Coverage Day – observed on Tuesday – which said without urgent action, “these gaps will only widen”. Health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that investing in resilient health systems, based on strong primary healthcare, is “the most inclusive, equitable and cost-effective…
The 10-year-old mission in Mali, MINUSMA is currently winding down ahead of its end of December deadline to leave. In his speech to the UN General Assembly in September this year, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombohe, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, called for the UN peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, to begin its withdrawal from the…
Video feed of the Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly. 4:26 PM Resolution adopted The vote on the main resolution is as follows: For: 153 Against: 10 Abstaining: 23 The resolution has passed by a large majority, securing the needed two-thirds of members. Widespread applause rings out around the General Assembly Hall. 4:24 PM…
The southeast Asian country’s opium output has surpassed that of Afghanistan, where the Taliban imposed a ban on its production in April last year – leading to a 95 per cent fall in cultivation, UNODC said. The area under opium cultivation this year is estimated to be 47,100 hectares, up from 40,100 last year, while…
“This is a pivotal day. We are here to rebuild a foundation of hope – hope that we need now, perhaps more than ever, at this sombre moment in history,” Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said, addressing participants which included leaders from Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Greece Senegal, Colombia and the Maldives, taking to…
Briefing reporters from Gaza, Dr. Richard Peeperkorn, WHO’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, described corridors overflowing with trauma patients at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, where doctors treat people on the floor and fuel, oxygen, food and water are scarce. In just 66 days of fighting, the Strip has been transformed from a “reasonably…
West Indies’ Eoin Lewis, New Zealand’s Jimmy Neesham, South Africa’s Imran Tahir are also included in the platinum category. For the ninth edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL), 44 players including Fakhar Zaman have been included in the platinum category. Platinum category players for the ninth edition of the Pakistan Super League include Fakhar Zaman,…
