“Displacement severely risks the health, food and economic security of people, exposes them to gender-based violence, and puts pressure on local infrastructure and social cohesion within host communities,” Philippe Branchat, IOM Chief of Mission in Haiti said on Tuesday. Surging gang violence Surging gang violence in Carrefour-Feuilles and Savanes Pistaches neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, have led…
Over 88,000 refugees from the Karabakh region have fled to Armenia in less than a week and humanitarian needs are surging, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday. PNP Deskpnp.com.pk
An estimated 3,000 people have died and up to 10,000 people have been reported missing in the massive floods triggered by Hurricane Daniel, which overwhelmed the eastern parts of the country at the weekend, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said. We stand in solidarity with Libya: Guterres In a…
Karachi: Tests for free IT courses were organized in Bagh Jinnah under Al-Khidmat in which thousands of male and female students participated. According to Al-Khidmat Foundation, more than 100,000 male and female students had registered for the test in the second phase of the Banu Qual program. Under the program, 15 IT courses will be…
OHCHR said that at least 120,000 people across Myanmar and another 100,000 in Cambodia may be held in situations where they are forced to execute lucrative online scams – from illegal gambling to crypto fraud. Other States including Lao PDR, the Philippines and Thailand have also been identified as main countries of destination or transit….
Normal life was disrupted as flood water entered residential camps and houses (Photo: Social Media). Lahore: The Sutlej River overflowed, inundating dozens of villages and rendering thousands homeless. Due to flood relay, many large settlements, dozens of settlements and mouzas of Punjab were submerged while Mouza Bhattian and Qadir Bakhsh dams were broken. Thousands of…
Eleven people were killed and another 40 were injured, including a staff member with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said Dorothee Klaus, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, citing reports. Two schools operated by the agency sustained damage, and more than 2,000 people were forced to flee in search of safety. UNRWA reacts “In…
Photo courtesy: Bangkok Post. Thousands of beauty parlors in Afghanistan were forcibly closed from today. In this regard, last month, the Taliban government had given time till July 25 for the closure of the parlors. According to officials, the purpose of giving extra time was to give time to deplete the stock held by these…
Despite strong opposition from Poland and Hungary to the ‘EU Migrant Quota System’, migrants are moving to these two countries in large numbers. According to a foreign news agency report, Poland and Hungary were the only two EU member states that voted against reforming the EU’s asylum laws in June. Despite the continuous anti-immigration statements…
Toronto: Thousands of Sikhs flocked to vote in the second phase of the Khalistan referendum in Canada, the first voting for the referendum since the murder of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Najar. According to the details, voting was held in Malton, Ontario for the second phase of the Khalistan Referendum in Canada under the auspices…
