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Afghanistan has massive opium stockpiles despite Taliban ban: UN report
FILE - An armed Afghan policemen destroys an opium poppy field in Noorgal, Kunar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on April 13, 2013. Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The country is also a major opium producer and heroin source, even though the Taliban declared a war on narcotics after they returned to power in August 2021.
AP / Rahmat Gul, File
2024-07-22, Hindustan Times
Afghanistan continues to have massive stockpiles of opium that can be used to meet the needs of narcotics trafficking networks despite a ban imposed by the Taliban on...
A criminal silence over war crimes
Palestinians inspect the damage at a site hit by an Israeli bombardment on Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 13, 2024. Israel said it targeted Hamas' shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 71 people, according to local health officials. Hamas immediately rejected the claim that Mohammed Deif was targeted.
AP / Jehad Alshrafi
2024-07-15, Dawn
THE situation in Gaza over the last more than eight months has left close to 40,000 people dead, with about 50 per cent of them being children. Many more are at risk due...
World Insights: Over half of world population affected by extreme summer weather
File - Children fetch water using a wheelbarrow in Lilanda township in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday March 9, 2024. Lilanda, an impoverished township on the edge of the Zambian capital of Lusaka, is a typical cholera hotspot. Stagnant pools of water dot the dirt roads. Clean water is gold dust. Extreme weather events have hit parts of Africa relentlessly in the last three years, with tropical storms, floods and drought causing crises of famine and displacement, and leaving another deadly threat in their aftermath: some of the continent's worst outbreaks of cholera.
AP / Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi
2024-07-10, Beijing News
Climate Central, an independent nonprofit organization focusing on weather research, said that between June 16 and 24, 4.97 billion people -- over 60 percent of the...
HUM Network is partnering with US production houses to bring Soniah Kamal’s novel Unmarriagable to life in Pakistan2024-07-27
Dawn: HUMNetwork is joining hands with American production companies TravelingPictureShowCompany (TPSC) and Rising Tides to bring Soniah Kamal’s bestselling novel Unmarriageable to life in Pakistan. The news was first reported by Variety, who say the project...
Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader calls on President Zardari in Karachi2024-07-27
The News International: Head of Dawoodi BohraCommunity Dr SyednaMufaddal Saifuddin called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Bilawal House on July 26, 2024. —APP KARACHI: Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, the spiritual leader...
‘Tribal warfare’ in urban setting stuns Karachi DHA residents2024-07-27
Dawn: • Witnesses recall carnage at Nishat Commercial after five Bugti men slain in gunfight • One resident says ‘seriously thinking of moving out’ KARACHI: The morning after a terribly disturbing shoot-out incident between two groups of the Bugti clan in Defence...
Experts in Karachi call for conserving mangroves to help mitigate worsening climate2024-07-27
Dawn: KARACHI: Speakers at a seminar highlighted that mangroves are facing severe threats due to water and silt diversion, over-exploitation and heavy grazing and it is necessary to take practical steps for their conservation as they are crucial for not just...
Special CNICs for visually impaired people in Sindh sought2024-07-27
Dawn: KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed MuradAli Shah on Friday said that the provincial government would approach the National Database and Registration Authority for the issuance of the computerised national identity cards (CNICs) to visually impaired people...
Maritime Minister chairs meeting to discuss Customs, Shipping Agents' issues2024-07-27
Urdu Point: <p>KARACHI, (UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 27th Jul, 2024) FederalMinister for Maritime Affairs Qaiser Sheikh chaired a meeting here the other day at the PNSC...
FIR over Bugti clan bloodbath in Karachi lodged on behalf of state2024-07-27
Dawn: KARACHI: An FIR was registered on behalf of the state on Friday in connection with a gunfight between the two groups of the Bugti family that left five people dead and two others injured on both sides in DHA late on Thursday night, police said. SouthDIGAsad...
Karachi, Dhaka among worst, which are the most risky cities for tourists?2024-07-27
The Times of India: Rest of World News:...
Currency Rate In Pakistan - Dollar, Euro, Pound, Riyal Rates On 27 July 20242024-07-27
Urdu Point: <p>Today currency rate in Pakistan according to international currencies as of 27th July 2024. The latest prices of USD to PKR, EUR to PKR, GBP to PKR, AUD to PKR are given at this page. These currency prices are provided by open market currency exchange...
Today Gold Rate in Pakistan 27 July 20242024-07-27
Urdu Point: <p>Gold rate in Pakistan today per tola 27 July 2024 is 251,950 for 24k gold, and the gold rate in Pakistan today for 10 grams is 216,010.</p><p>Gold rate in Pakistan today 22k per tola is 230,937 and 10...
This Pakistani City Is Ranked Second-Riskiest For Tourists2024-07-27
NDTV: Karachi has been ranked as the second-riskiest city for tourists, with a rating of 93.12 out of 100, according to a July 11 Forbes Adviser list, reported Dawn. ......
Pakistan's Karachi ranked second-riskiest city for tourists: Report2024-07-27
Times of Oman: Karachi: Karachi has been ranked as the second-riskiest city for tourists, with a rating of 93.12 out of 100, according to a July 11 Forbes Adviser list, ......
Quotas may not be the perfect answer2024-07-27
The News International: A demonstrator gestures as protesters clash with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the police outside the state-owned Bangladesh Television as violence erupts across the country after anti-quota protests by students, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 19, 2024. —...
UBG delegation calls on Ahsan Iqbal2024-07-27
The News International: FederalMinister for Planning and DevelopmentAhsan Iqbal presides over a meeting on July 26, 2024. — Facebook/Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Islamabad:Federal Minister for Planning and...