The Islamabad High Court has fixed the appeals filed by PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif in the Avenfield and Al-Azizia references for hearing. According to the announcement issued by the registrar of the Islamabad High Court, the appeals of Nawaz Sharif will be heard on November 21. Chief Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hasan…
Karachi: Gas supply to all CNG stations including RLNG pumps across Sindh including Karachi will be closed for 48 hours from Saturday November 18 at 8 am to Monday November 20 at 8 am. Sui Southern Gas Company’s statement said that this step is being taken to meet the gas needs of domestic consumers. According…
Karachi: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has dismantled more than 100 illegal furnaces for melting batteries in Sirjani Town, West District. According to the details, Deputy Director Sepa District West Munir Abbasi said that on public complaints, a major operation was conducted against illegal furnaces in Sarjani town, in these furnaces, batteries were being…
Chairman PCB Management Committee Zaka Ashraf. Photo: File Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee Chairman Zaka Ashraf and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Salman Naseer arrived in India to attend the ICC meeting. The International Cricket Council (ICC) board meeting will be held on November 18 in India. After attending the ICC meeting, Zaka Ashraf and…
First Sergeant Renita Rismayanti received the prestigious Woman Police Officer of the Year Award during a ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York. At 27, she is the youngest recipient in the Award’s 13-year history. Working for change Ms. Rismayanti is deployed as a crime database officer at MINUSCA, which has a mandate that includes…
WFP food aid in the country, which was suspended in June, will aim to reach 3.2 million people after the relaunch. ‘Working around the clock’ WFP chief Cindy McCain said that the agency’s teams and partners “have been working around the clock to get to this point.” The UN agency’s new approach will rely on…
Speaking at the Assembly’s annual debate assessing the UN’s premier forum for peace and security, Dennis Francis said that without structural reform, the Council’s performance and legitimacy will inevitably continue to suffer. “Violence and war continue to spread in regions across the world, while the United Nations seems paralyzed due largely to the divisions in…
In a wide-ranging briefing to journalists in Geneva, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini reiterated calls for a ceasefire and addressed misinformation targeting the agency, including claims that aid is being diverted. He said he has also received reports of UN schools being used “for military purposes”. Commitment in crisis During the briefing, Mr. Lazzarini said he had received reports that Gaza was under…
Speaking in Geneva, the High Commissioner for Human Rights urged the parties to the conflict to “create the political space for a path out of this horror”. Mr. Türk condemned the widespread targeting of civilians in the past five weeks of hostilities and urged accountability for gross rights violations. He stressed that attacks directed at…
Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, informed ambassadors on the Security Council that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have gained territory, pushing the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) out of several of its bases in the region since late October. The RSF seems poised to advance on El Fasher in north Darfur, a major…
