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World News in Brief: Delivering on health at COP28, aid for north Darfur, food standards watchdog turns 60

That’s the message from UN health agency WHO, which said on Monday that negotiators at the upcoming meeting must recognize their responsibility “for the health of populations worldwide”. “Leaders must deliver in Dubai, providing the strong health outcomes their peoples expect and their economies urgently need,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.  According to the…

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Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

Gaza: Vital aid reaches shattered north as halt to fighting enters fourth day

And as the UN emergency relief coordination office, OCHA, reported that people in the south were queuing for kilometres to obtain cooking gas and resorting to burning window frames and doors for cooking, it added that the four-day humanitarian pause agreed upon by Israel and Hamas has been “largely maintained”. Under the agreement, Hamas released 17…

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Killing of a girl on the order of Jirga in Kohistan, Chief Minister's order to arrest the accused

Killing of a girl on the order of Jirga in Kohistan, Chief Minister’s order to arrest the accused

Peshawar: In Kohistan, caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah directed the IG to arrest the accused immediately and submit a report on the alleged murder of a girl on the emma of a Jirga in Kohistan. According to Express News, the Chief Minister contacted the Additional Home Secretary in this regard and directed him…

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Afghan citizen suicide attack on forces in Bannu, 2 civilians martyred, 10 injured including 3 soldiers

Afghan citizen suicide attack on forces in Bannu, 2 civilians martyred, 10 injured including 3 soldiers

Sanitization operation is going on in the area to eliminate the terrorists, ISPR: Photo: Express News Rawalpindi: 10 people including 2 civilians were martyred and 10 people were injured in a suicide attack on a convoy of security forces in Bannu. According to a statement issued by ISPR, on November 26, a suicide bomber on…

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The main suspect of Sara Inam's murder was acquitted in the Kalashnikov recovery case

The main suspect of Sara Inam’s murder was acquitted in the Kalashnikov recovery case

Final arguments in the Sara Inam murder case are underway: Photo: File Islamabad: Accused Shahnawaz Amir, who was arrested on the charge of Sara Inam’s murder, was acquitted in the Kalashnikov recovery case. The District and Sessions Court of Islamabad acquitted Shahnawaz Amir, the main accused in the Sara Inam murder case, giving benefit of…

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Working group for artificial rain established in Lahore, military representatives included

Working group for artificial rain established in Lahore, military representatives included

Provincial and federal government representatives participated in the meeting: Photo: Express News A working group was established to implement the artificial rain project in Lahore. The decision to establish a working group was taken in a meeting held at the Civil Secretariat under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Punjab. The working group consists of representatives…

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Notice to the Election Commission on PTI's request to conduct the elections under the supervision of the judiciary

Notice to the Election Commission on PTI’s request to conduct the elections under the supervision of the judiciary

Governor, caretaker provincial government has become controversial PTI is not allowed to campaign, petitioner The Peshawar High Court has issued a notice to the Election Commission on the request of Tehreek-e-Insaf to conduct the elections under the supervision of the judiciary. In the High Court, a hearing was held on the petition filed by Pakistan…

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