File photo. 342 cases of AIDS were reported in Balochistan during one year. According to Dr. Khalid Qambrani, Manager AIDS Control Program from Quetta, the number of registered AIDS cases in Balochistan has reached 2358. 1937 cases of AIDS have been reported in Quetta, 339 in Turbat, 44 in Hub, 30 in Loralai and 8…
She will receive the honour at a special ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday. It will be presented during the annual United Nations Police Week, taking place from 13 to 17 November. First Sergeant Rismayanti serves as a Crime Database Officer for MINUSCA and has helped conceptualize and develop a vital database…
That’s the message from UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which said on Wednesday that for the calendar year to date, the global mean temperature is the highest ever recorded, 1.43 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and sea ice in the Antarctic remains at record low levels. WMO expects the warming El Niño climate pattern to last…
Average surface temperature reached 16.38°C, or 0.5°C above the previous record in September 2020. Last month was roughly 1.75°C warmer compared to the pre-industrial period. It was also 0.93°C warmer than the 1991-2020 baseline which is used as a practical tool for climate sensitive sectors like agriculture. The heat is on WMO said this continues…
With a funding gap of over 60 per cent, WFP’s chief economist Arif Husain said the organization had “never seen this type of shortfall” in its 60-year history. As contributions decline but needs rise, the UN agency said “massive reductions” have already been implemented in almost half of its operations. The latest analysis from…
—File photo The first death due to malaria has been reported in Sindh this year. According to the spokesman of the health department, a 12-year-old child from Mithi has died of malaria. According to the spokesman of the health department, the malaria-affected boy was being treated at a local hospital in Mithi. The spokesperson of…
FairFinance launched a digital campaign that will address legislative, participatory and societal perspectives. Photo: File 69.5% of Pakistan’s population will lose their lives within 5 years due to neurological, cardiovascular and lung diseases with the current level of air pollution. The average annual exposure to particulate pollution per person in Pakistan is 63 µg/m3, 12…
UNICEF Pakistan has said in a statement that still 4 million children of Pakistan are deprived of food and clean water due to floods, while 1.5 million children are suffering from severe malnutrition. Photo: Courtesy of UNICEF Pakistan Islamabad / Ankara: Despite the one year anniversary of Pakistan’s devastating floods in September last year, there…
Dubai International Airport says that 4.16 million passengers arrived here in the first half of this year. The record of passenger arrivals in 2019 has been broken for the first time before the corona epidemic. The number of passengers at Dubai Airport increased by 100% during the first 6 months of 2023 compared to the…
The men – four national staff and a Bangladeshi citizen – were abducted in the southern governorate of Abyan on 11 February 2022 after returning from a field mission. UN Secretary-General António Guterres was delighted to learn of their release, noting that available information suggests they all are in good health. Mr. Guterres was “profoundly…
