In response to the devastating floods in Pakistan, Meta is contributing Rs. 125 million to UNICEF, Hands and Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) to help communities affected by the floods. The donation will support emergency aid, food, water, sanitation and help children get back to school in Sindh, Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Meta’s Director for Emerging Markets for […]
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Police issue security alert for NGO workers in North Waziristan
WAZIRISTAN: Police of North Waziristan has issued a security alert for NGO workers after four women NGO workers were shot in the region’s Miran Shah on Monday. The aid workers were ambushed by two gunmen as they were driving through a village in North Waziristan district, according to local police chief Shafiullah Gandapur, who said […]
China seizes nearly 2,750 elephant tusks in huge bust
Chinese authorities have seized 7.5 tonnes of ivory — 2,748 elephant tusks — in one of the biggest busts in recent years as the country cracks down on the sale of illegal wildlife products. The country banned ivory sales at the end of 2017 in an attempt to rein in what used to be the […]
Spain offers to take in stranded migrant ship
Spain has offered to take in a ship stranded in the Mediterranean with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock, as an NGO raised fears for their safety due to deteriorating weather conditions. Aid workers warned that fresh food and drink supplied by the Maltese navy to the Aquarius […]
Footpath school owner alleges government officials of ‘misbehaviour’
KARACHI: Education Monitoring Director Nisar Abbas on Saturday allegedly misbehaved with Ocean Welfare Organisation CEO Anfas Ali Zaidi and pressurised her to shutdown the NGO-run footpath school. According to reports, Nisar Abbas arrived at the location of the makeshift school accompanied by several other officials, and misbehaved with Anfas Ali. They also pressurised the humanitarian […]