The Pakistan cricket team was supported by the local fans in the match between Pakistan and Afghanistan at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday. The fans kept chanting slogans in favor of Pakistani players wearing green shirts, while a large number of fans were present in the ground wearing Pakistan jerseys. Pakistan scored 282…
UN Day on 24 October marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter – the day the Organization officially came into being. ‘We grieve, and we remember’ The dead in Gaza include many teachers, the agency noted in a tweet on Monday. “We grieve and we remember. These…
Briefing ambassadors, Caroline Ziadeh, Special Representative of the Secretary-General cited a “serious” incident on 24 September, that saw five people – including a Kosovo police officer – killed and others injured. “[These events] exacerbated an already deteriorating security environment, characterized by an atmosphere of mutual suspicion and contradictory perceptions touching much of the population,” she…
Addressing the UN-backed body meeting in Rome on Monday, António Guterres underscored that the session was taking place “at a moment of crisis for global food security” and provided some sobering statistics. “Last year, 735 million people went hungry. More than 3 billion cannot afford a healthy diet,” said the Secretary-General in a video message, adding…
That’s the message from the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, who said on Monday that perpetrators are mostly, but not exclusively, partners or ex-partners, and often escape accountability “due to a lack of proper investigation”. A 2022 report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN…
“Elections are the only path and the only imperative to restore democratic institutions in Haiti. Only democracy and the rule of law can form the basis from which Haiti can progress towards development and growth,” she said. The envoy, who also heads the UN Office in Haiti, BINUH, underlined the “enormous significance” of the Council’s…
Echoing that message, UN health agency (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a new appeal on Monday for “sustained safe passage” for medical essentials and fuel to keep health facilities open. “Lives depend on these decisions,” he insisted on social platform X. The UN humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) quoted numbers from the Gaza Ministry…
In Tank, unknown motorcycle-riding suspects opened fire on a moving motorcycle, killing three people while injuring two children. According to Express News, the shooting incident took place on Dabra Sheikh Attar Road of Tank, where brutal suspects opened fire on a family sitting on a bike. The police and the aid agency shifted the dead…
National Resources Limited (NRL) has acquired a license to explore for minerals in Chagai. According to the announcement, NRL applied for the lease in early 2022, the company has been leased an area of 500 square kilometers in Chagai. According to the statement, the lease has been issued to NRL after legal and other formalities….
—File photo The effects of reduction in the prices of petroleum products started to be seen. According to dealer sources, after the reduction of Rs.50 in the ex-mill price of a 20 kg bag of flour, the ex-mill price of the bag came to Rs.2650. A bag of 20 kg flour is available in the…
