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AFP/APP Nairobi: Tens of thousands of people across Kenya have been affected by heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides that have also disrupted cargo operations at the strategic Port of Mombasa, officials said. The Horn of Africa…

News Desk Kampala: Nearly 60 internally displaced people have died from starvation, including 33 children and 27 adults (17 women and 10 men) in the central Congo province of Kwilu, according to the Provincial Humanitarian Commission on…

News Desk Islamabad: Ministry of Human Rights Caretaker Federal Minister Khalil George expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of more than 1,000 lives and property caused by the earthquake in Morocco. The minister further said that…

News Desk Islamabad: Despite the drop in humanitarian aid, the United Nations and its partners have set a goal of helping 250 million people around the world affected by conflict and other crises. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres…

Prof Dr M. Ashraf Khan Islamabad: There has been an active and persistent collaboration between Pakistan and France in the field of Archaeology since the early years of 1950.  Raul Curial, a well-known French Archaeologist, served the…

APP Islamabad: The government is fully committed to implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction — the landmark 2015 agreement to reduce damage, losses, and deaths from natural and man-made hazards by the end of the…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Globally, 2.1 billion people still lack access to safe drinking water, and 4.5 billion people have no adequate facility for safely managed sanitation services, said Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources…

Pakistan In Picture  Asem Mustafa Awan Pakistan came into being on August 14, 1947, for a host of pertinent reasons. In the process, whole communities were uprooted and displaced with hundreds of thousands being killed or separated…

News Desk Islamabad: The German Cooperation and the Federal Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) have launched the Strengthening Climate Adaptation and Resilience (SAR) Project in Pakistan in an effort to improve the nation’s capacity to…

Zafar Malik Islamabad: The medical waste from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) which should be destroyed for the consideration of public health and environmental safety is allegedly being sold and transported to the…