According to agencies on the ground, more than 380 aftershocks have been reported since the 6.4 magnitude quake struck shortly before midnight of Friday into Saturday, local time. Initial findings suggest over 4,000 homes have been damaged in the worst affected districts of Rukum (West) and Jajarkot, leaving up to 1.3 million people without effective…
“The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity,” he said, speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. He also voiced ongoing grave concern over rising violence and an expansion of the conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, stating that “the occupied West Bank, including…
“With the conflict in Sudan, the conditions are not conducive for talks on the final status of Abyei. The progress that was made [earlier this year] unfortunately was not something that we could build upon,” Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Horn of Africa, told ambassadors. “Key Sudanese and South Sudanese leaders…
The figure represents nearly 10 per cent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the 2023 edition of The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) – the agency’s flagship report – which covers 154 countries. Acknowledgment and action It introduces the concept of the hidden costs and benefits of agrifood systems, offering a framework through which…
With the civil war between rival militaries now in its 200th day, children “continue to pay the highest price for a crisis not of their making – increasingly with their own lives”, said the agency in a statement. There are more children now displaced there than anywhere in the world, with three million fleeing the…
With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have reiterated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow more lifesaving aid into G
hango: During a raid by the police, a group that made fake identity cards for Afghan citizens was arrested. DPO Nisar Ahmad Khan said in a press conference that a group of 14 members who were making Pakistani identity cards for foreign Afghans have been arrested. In the arrested group, 14 people including village secretary…
Islamabad: Voter lists have been frozen by the Election Commission, as a result of which votes cannot be registered or cast. According to Express News, after the voter lists were frozen by the Election Commission, work is going on to prepare voter lists for the upcoming general elections. The Election Commission has frozen the voter…
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says that fast bowler Ehsanullah is recovering fast after the elbow operation. According to PCB, the doctor came from England and operated on Ehsanullah in the first week of September. The cricket board said that after the operation, Ehsanullah was put in a brace on his elbow, which lasted for four…
In the 38th match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023, an interesting incident of a player’s out took place. Sri Lanka’s fifth bowler was dismissed for 135 runs against Bangladesh in New Delhi, Angelo Mathews was dismissed by the umpire without a ball being played. This is the first time in the…
