Photo: File Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam is likely to meet Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management chief Zaka Ashraf tomorrow. According to the sources, Babar Azam has consulted his close friends about leaving the captaincy. Sources said that Babar Azam has consulted people close to him about whether to take the captaincy in the…
Atif Rana – Photo: File Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Lahore Qalandars Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Atif Rana has said that Shaheen Afridi will give his best if given the responsibility of captaining the national team. In his statement, CEO Lahore Qalandars Atif Rana said that Lahore Qalandars could not perform in the first four…
Islamabad: The Supreme Court issued a written decision to hear the case against General (Rtd) Faiz Hameed, in which the court said that the allegations are serious and cannot be ignored. The Supreme Court issued the written decision of the November 8 hearing on Moeez Ahmed’s petition against former DGISI General (retd) Faiz Hameed, in…
She travelled across the US between 31 October and 14 November, from Detroit in Michigan to the Louisiana coast, also visiting Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington DC. Ashwini K.P., UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, xenophobia and related intolerance, said following her 14-day fact finding mission that mainstream America was now more aware…
Dozens of civilians were killed and injured, including a two-month-old girl who was hospitalized for her injuries. A hospital and an ambulance were reportedly struck, with two healthcare workers and a patient reported to be among the injured. Civilians pay the price Denise Brown, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine, issued a statement saying she was…
Ambassadors met for their annual briefing with the heads of UN Police Components serving at field missions. Approximately 9,000 police officers – men and women – from 94 countries are deployed at UN peace operations, mainly in formed police units (FPUs) comprised of 140 members. Unique responses required Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, opened…
Mr. Guterres was commenting on the latest report by UN climate change body UNFCCC, which shows, he said, that global climate ambition stagnated over the past year and national climate plans are “strikingly misaligned” with the science. “As the reality of climate chaos pounds communities around the world – with ever fiercer floods, fires and…
Diabetes is a chronic disease which occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. WHO said that more than 460 million people worldwide live with diabetes and millions more are at risk. The UN health agency stressed that people with the condition require…
UN agencies and partners are scaling up response to the outbreak, which was first declared in Gedaref state, located in the east, on 26 September. At least 2,525 suspected cases of acute watery diarrhoea/cholera have been reported, including 78 associated deaths, in 27 localities across seven states. Millions at risk More than 3.1 million people…
“Rain will just add further to the suffering” of people in the Strip, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva, at a time when disruptions in sewage pumping and water shortages have caused a spike in waterborne diseases and bacterial infections. The World Health Organization warned last week that since mid-October, over 33,500 cases of…
