Karachi: More than 30,000 cows and bulls arrived at the temporary cattle market set up for sacrificial animals on the Northern Bypass in Shahr Quaid, while the arrival of camels and goats also started. Asia’s largest cattle market established on the Northern Bypass for sacrificial animals on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha in 2024, more than…
In a statement released late on Wednesday the UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he had been deeply distressed to hear of the hundreds of lives lost and many others affected by the deluge in Kenya as well as Burundi, Somalia, Tanzania and other parts of East Africa. He extended his condolences to the Governments and…
“WHO and partners managed to access (Al) Shifa (hospital) in the north and deliver fuel, some lifesaving supplies for 150 patients and treatment of 50 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition and also bring it vaccines,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, UN World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory. For the first time…
The team is working with local authorities and civil society to find fresh solutions to the young nation’s environmental challenges, one reused plastic bottle at a time. There is no supply issue. “Every time it rains in Juba, say during a weekend of rain, you can see about 25,000 kg (approx. 55,000 lbs) of plastic…
Photo: Screen grab Karachi: Hundreds of young boys and girls cast their votes for the first time in their lives on the occasion of general elections in Shahr Quaid. According to the details, the age of these young boys and girls were 18 years or more, the young people exercised their right to vote at…
Speaking ahead of Sunday’s grim milestone, Spokesperson Liz Throssell reiterated the need for OHCHR staff to have access to Israel and all parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory to investigate human rights violations by all parties. Fourteen weeks have passed since Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups carried out bloody attacks against Israel on 7…
Karachi: More than 100 candidates from across the country have entered the race for the vice chancellor of the Federal Urdu University and the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan has received 111 applications directly and indirectly or nominations from the entire country including Sindh on the portal. After the summary review of these applications, the…
More than 24000 licenses were issued in Lahore, the most among all the districts of Punjab. Lahore: Traffic Police Punjab made history by issuing more than 74 thousand licenses in a single day. Additional IG Traffic Mirza Faran Baig has established a monitoring center in the traffic headquarters, after which the performance of driving license…
“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…
On 25 October, the United Nations will mark the adoption in 2000 of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) to improve the protection of women and girls during conflicts, and recognize their leadership and unique roles in peace processes. Today, more than 600 million women and girls live in conflict-affected countries. In 2022, the United Nations verified nearly 2,500…
