Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government decided to withdraw the powers given to the police under the Police Act in 2017, the opposition also became a supporter of the government on this issue. The opposition and the government in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly came on the same page against the police and decided to withdraw the…
Karachi: Karachi Municipal Corporation launched Digital Healthcare Laboratory named “KMC LABS”. More than 150 clinical tests will be provided at the KMC lab, citizens can avail the facility of sample submission at home for which booking will be done through the website. Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that in KMC labs citizens can get…
A study has found that the presence of fine plastic particles in the blood can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. According to this research published in the Medical Journal Environmental International, these fine particles found in human blood can be dangerous for human health. For the study, the researchers took blood samples from 20…
Speaking at the closing of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island States (SIDS4), Amina Mohammed stressed that despite increasingly existential threats to SIDS, “we do have reasons for hope and optimism”. More than 20 world leaders and senior ministers from over 100 nations joined close to 4,000 other participants on the lush campus of…
Filippo Grandi said the number currently stands at 114 million. “Next month we will update this figure. It will be higher,” he added. Mr. Grandi recalled his last briefing to ambassadors seven months ago, when he shared his views on several crises around the globe. Non-compliance with international law He said the situation has not…
The experts highlighted recent incidents targeting the Persian language news service Iran International, its journalists and staff, and its owner Volant Media UK Limited. Death threats and intimidation against the staff escalated into the violent stabbing of journalist Pouria Zeraati outside his home in London on 29 March. Since 2017, Iran International has faced ongoing…
Organised by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the annual forum is the place where humans meet artificial intelligence. It is popular to the extent of being oversubscribed for attendance, with the queue to enter stretched for hundreds of metres, along one of Geneva’s biggest conference centres, and internet bandwidth barely coping with the flood of…
The World Food Programme (WFP) distributed more than 74,000 hot meals to over 15,000 displaced people in the besieged capital, Port-au-Prince, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told journalists at UN Headquarters on Thursday, providing an update on the gang-ravaged Caribbean nation. In addition, about 2,400 children received mental health and psychosocial support from…
Mr. Guterres began the day by laying a wreath at the Peacekeepers Memorial Site on the grounds of UN Headquarters in New York in honour of the more than 4,300 “Blue Helmets” who lost their lives over the Organization’s nearly 80-year history. Later, at a ceremony in the Trusteeship Council Chamber, he called for a…
Martin Griffiths, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, highlighted the worsening humanitarian crisis, noting that 16.7 million people now require humanitarian assistance – the highest number since the conflict began 13 years ago. He stressed that the situation is deteriorating year by year, with a particular emphasis on the ongoing protection crisis, as children continue…
