Briefing ambassadors in the Security Council, Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG), said that recent arbitrary arrest of Afghan women for alleged Islamic dress code violations was having a chilling effect among the wider female population, “many of whom are now afraid to move in public,” she said. “The denial of women and…
This is equivalent to over one million dump trucks every day – placing immense pressure on marine biodiversity and the well-being of coastal communities. Marine Sand Watch, a platform developed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP)’s analytical centre, GRID-Geneva, uses artificial intelligence and automatic signals from ships to track and monitor sand, clay, silt, gravel, and…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the news of the successful transfer of oil aboard the FSO Safer to a replacement vessel, thus “avoiding what could have been a monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.” The FSO Safer was built as a supertanker in 1976 and converted a decade later into what is in effect a floating…
Kidnapping and kidney extraction of mentally challenged children has been revealed in Rawalpindi. A special child, a resident of Rawalpindi Adiala Road, was kidnapped and the kidnappers removed Qamar Zaman’s right kidney. On the other hand, Rawalpindi police station Morgah started the investigation. According to sources, the condition of the Rawalpindi special child is deteriorating….
File photo The European Union has expressed satisfaction over Pakistan’s removal from the EU list, following the FATF decision. This expression of satisfaction has been expressed in a message issued by the Pakistan Office of the European Union on its social media account Twitter. In this message, the European Union Pakistan Office working under the…
File photo The date of removal of blue tick from accounts on social media site Twitter has been revealed. According to foreign media, Twitter will start removing blue ticks from its users’ verified accounts from April 1. In this regard, Twitter asked individual users and organizations to sign up for its flagship subscription program to…
