Goris, population 20,000, is a picture-postcard town, sitting in a bowl in the high mountains of southern of Armenia. It’s 25 kilometres to the border with Azerbaijan, to the Lachin corridor. During the last week in September, over 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled the Karabakh region and arrived in Goris, Armenia, necessitating urgent humanitarian action by…
One in every 33 people (that’s 242 million people) on the planet needed humanitarian assistance in 2022, and most of that aid was coordinated through the UN. Here’s how the UN does it: Coordination: Crisis HQ This week, as the Israel-Palestine crisis erupted on 7 October, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)…
No aid can come in from the outside for the 2.3 million residents of the sealed-off enclave, and some 220,000 displaced people are sheltering in schools run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA. Stocks depleting fast Humanitarians are continuing to support Gaza’s population as best they can. The UN World Food Programme (WFP)…
Photo: Motorway Police Lahore: Motorway Police M2 set an example of honesty and returned the mobile phone worth lakhs of rupees to the owner. According to the spokesman of the Motorway Police, a mobile phone worth Rs. Mohsin’s mobile phone was left in the service area of the citizen who was traveling on M2 Motorway,…
Destructive droughts and heavy rains are causing harm, while melting snow and glaciers heighten flood risks and endanger long-term water security. The UN weather agency’s State of Global Water Resources Report 2022 emphasizes the need to better understand freshwater resources and urges a fundamental policy shift. It calls for enhanced monitoring, data sharing, cross-border cooperation,…
Kane Williamson–File photo New Zealand cricket team captain Kane Williamson has fully recovered from injury. Kane Williamson will be in action against Bangladesh on October 13 in Chennai. It should be noted that due to injury, Kane Williamson could not play the first 2 matches of the World Cup. New Zealand team was led by…
Fake and unregistered drugs recovered from the accused. Photo: FIA Peshawar: Anti-Corruption Circle Peshawar arrested the accused after recovering a large consignment of fake and unregistered medicines in a raid. The raid team under the supervision of Deputy Director Anti-Corruption Circle Peshawar Saadullah conducted the operation, the accused Nasir Khan was arrested from Peshawar. According…
The scene of Shahbaz Sharif’s car being stopped in Kahna (Photo: Video Screen Grab) Lahore: A case was registered against dozens of people for protesting by stopping the car of former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on his arrival in Lahore and insulting him. According to Express News, dozens of people protested on the arrival of…
Egypt has closed the Rafah border crossing, halting the flow of aid to Gaza, Photo: File Oman: It was announced that Jordan will deliver aid to Gaza at the Rafah border crossing in Egypt, and if permission is granted, the aid will go to Gaza from there. According to the World News Agency, due to…
–File photo Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has introduced track and trace system in tobacco, sugar, cement and fertilizer sector since last year. According to the FBR spokesperson, the aim of track and trace system is to detect the sale of goods without paying tax, this system also prevents the sale of fake goods in…
