Due to severe monsoon‑related weather conditions, a one-day public holiday has been declared in Rawalpindi on Thursday, July 17, 2025. The notification, issued by Deputy Commissioner Dr. Hassan Waqar Cheema, urged residents to remain indoors and warned against non-essential outings as efforts to manage the emergency continued. Deputy Commissioner Issues Urgent Alert In his official…
Karachi: In Orangi Town Mominabad area of Shahr Quaid, one citizen was killed and another was injured while resisting robbery, while two robbers were killed due to public violence. According to the details, one citizen was killed and another was injured due to firing by armed persons on resisting robbery near Ghosia Chowk area of…
It is the vision of Chief Minister Punjab to run public-private partnership in Punjab like the rest of the world, the senior provincial minister’s address to the conference. Lahore: Senior provincial minister Maryam Aurangzeb has said that Punjab will set an example by running public-private partnership on a global scale. Speaking at the first investment…
World Migration Report 2024 reveals a significant shift in global migration patterns, including a record number of people displaced due to conflict, violence, natural and other disasters. Speaking at the launch in Dhaka, Bangladesh, IOM Director General Amy Pope said the report aims to “demystify the complexity of human mobility through evidence-based data and analysis”. …
“We are appalled by the public executions of three people at sports stadiums in Afghanistan in the past week, said OHCHR spokesperson Jeremy Laurence in a statement. “Public executions are a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” he said. “Such executions are also arbitrary in nature and contrary to the right to life…
The warning came as WHO reported more than five million dengue infections and 5,000 deaths from the disease worldwide this year. Briefing journalists at the UN in Geneva, Dr. Diana Rojas Alvarez, WHO Team Lead on Arboviruses, said that the threat required “the maximal attention and response from all levels” of the UN health agency…
Karachi: The Sindh Higher Education Commission abolished the status of four permanent members in the Charter Inspection and Evaluation Committee and approved the inclusion of Vice Chancellors from more government universities as well as private universities while expanding the “pool of members” in the committee. gave This approval was given during the recent meeting of…
In the social environment in which he spent his childhood and boyhood, bedroom culture was common. He used to listen to his elders in the room until late at night. He continued to benefit from his analysis and wise discussion on his life, experiences and other social and political issues, what is the literature of…
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) allows experts from both international organizations to collaborate and share information on issues where anti-doping and public health intersect. It provides a framework to further goals on health promotion, the prevention of substance abuse and emerging drugs – and for encouraging clean and fair competition. ‘Watershed’ agreement WADA President Witold…
The UN health agency together with the IFRC, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), emphasized that proper care of the deceased also provides emotional closure for surviving families, and promotes public health. The statement emphasized that the fear and misunderstanding caused by large scale fatalities “is often unfounded”, highlighting that communities need…
