ISLAMABAD:(PNP) Muslim Conference’s nominated candidate for Poonch Constituency-III in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Dr. Irfan Ashraf, has alleged that the political environment in Rawalakot is being deliberately destabilized and that certain elements are using the platform of the Awami Action Committee for political purposes. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club Islamabad…
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…
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack reportedly carried out on 5 June by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Wad Al-Noura village, Jazira state, which is said to have killed over 100 people,” his Spokesperson said in a statement overnight, which also underscored “the immense suffering of the Sudanese population as a result of…
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the Secretary-General “strongly condemns” recent attacks by the Myanmar military in Rakhine State and Sagaing Region that have reportedly claimed the lives of many civilians. “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the widening regional ramifications of the deteriorating situation in Myanmar and reiterates his appeal for a unified approach,” Mr….
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited the region for the first time this week to see the dire conditions there for himself. “The staggering scale of the conflict in eastern DRC, the horrific level of violence, and its devastating impact on the children and women I met is heart-wrenching,” said Mr. Bloom. “No child should…
Jean-Martin Bauer, Country Director in Haiti for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), also said that the UN agency had managed to resume flights into Port-au-Prince international airport. ‘Exceptionally complex’ The security situation remains “exceptionally complex” but it has been possible to reach “the most difficult neighbourhoods” of the Haitian capital, Mr. Bauer said. According…
Allegations of responsibility point to both armed groups and State actors. “While armed groups are presumed responsible for the vast majority of incidents and victims and should be held accountable, I am also deeply disturbed that security and defence forces and their auxiliaries, the Volontaires pour la défense de la patrie, allegedly carried out wanton…
The agency revealed that in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, cases of recruitment and use of children in armed groups along with killings and maiming increased by more than 130 per cent between the two time periods. Protect the vulnerable Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF’s regional director for West and Central Asia, underscored the need to curb…
Lahore: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif took notice of the incident of torture of a madrasah student in Jaranwala and sought a report from the IG. According to Express News, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, taking notice of the incident of torture of a madrasa student in Jaranwala, has sought a report from the…
“Our team on the ground is deeply alarmed by the latest reports of further escalating violence and destruction taking place in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships,” said UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing reporters at UN Headquarters on Monday. Renewed violence and the destruction of property in Buthidaung has resulted in the displacement of potentially tens of thousands…
