The UN-verified figures were reported by the agency as States, donors and the humanitarian community meet in Norway, for the Oslo Conference on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict. The 315,000 incidents were recorded in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. They include more than 120,000 children killed or maimed;…
Reports of gender-based violence (GBV) against girls and women there have increased by 37 per cent during the first three months of the year, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the GBV coordination group for North Kivu. More than 38,000 cases of GBV were reported for all of 2022 in North…
Weapons surrendered by citizens to government officials Under an amnesty scheme in Serbia, citizens began handing over illegal weapons to the government. There were two consecutive shooting incidents in the country in which 17 people were killed and 7 were injured. President Alexander Vučić announced the arms amnesty scheme, citizens have handed over more than…
Photo courtesy of Twitter The history of cricket is full of positive and negative records and as the game evolves and innovates, records are made and broken very quickly. According to foreign media, the highest number of 36 runs in one over has been scored twice in One Day International cricket, while the highest score…
The two youths were cousins and had left the house to collect some goods, the lawyer (Photo: Express) Karachi: After the death of a youth in an alleged encounter by the Newtown Investigation Police, the Hindu community protested in front of the Newtown police station and demanded an impartial investigation into the incident, while Syed…
Lahore: In Punjab, every person with ID card above 18 years of age has been declared eligible to get free flour. The system of providing targeted food subsidy only to deserving families by providing free flour in the province has been done away with and under the new system free flour is provided to all…
In the Indian state of Bihar, a dispute arose over giving relief to Muslims during Ramadan. The administration of Nalanda district has issued an order to relax one hour of work for Muslim employees in schools for the month of Ramadan. It should be noted that in December 2000, an order was issued by the…
Wahab Riaz assumed the charge of Advisor to Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab on Sports and Youth Affairs at the National Hockey Stadium. Secretary Sports Punjab Shahid Zaman and DG Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi met Wahab Riaz and briefed him about sports matters. On this occasion, Wahab Riaz said that all possible measures will be…
Karachi: Minister of Universities Sindh Ismail Raho, taking notice of the news related to Holi in University of Karachi, ordered an investigation to the Vice-Chancellor, while the religious students’ organization termed the allegation against them as baseless and fabricated for spreading religious hatred. Conspiracy declared. According to details, on Tuesday, Hindu students in University of…
Photo Express Gujranwala: In Punjab’s Gujranwala, brutal youths nailed a six-year-old child in the ear for a slight bitter remark that reached his mind. According to Express News, a vegetable vendor in Arup area of Gujranwala kidnapped her 6-year-old child Arshman after speaking bitterly to the woman and tortured him. The mercenary youth brutally drove…
