‘Suffered enough’: Calls grow to save distressed bear in Pakistani zoo on September 22, 2023Wildlife activists and experts have sounded the alarm over the life of Rano, a lone female Himalayan bear crammed in a small cage at a zoo in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi. The calls come on the heels of the death of a female African elephant in April this year due to “inappropriate” conditions at the […]
In Pakistan, a switch in fishing methods saves thousands of dolphins on September 19, 2023In 2013, at least 12,000 dolphins were killed in Pakistani territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, caught in the massive nets cast by fishermen. Those gill nets, locally known as “bither,” were notorious for their high level of bycatch. Pakistan’s territorial waters are home to 25 kinds of dolphins, notably spinner, bottlenose and tropical dolphins […]
Flood-proof houses give hope against climate change on September 14, 2023Prem Kumar was one of the countless Pakistanis whose homes were washed away by unprecedented floods that left behind a trail of death and destruction in a third of the country last year. Swirling floodwaters destroyed houses and farmlands in his Ram Nagar village, nestled in the suburbs of Tando Allahyar, a district in the […]
Hezbollah chief meets Palestinian leaders amid tension in West Bank on September 3, 2023Secretary-General of Lebanese group Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah held talks in Beirut on Saturday with leaders of Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad to discuss Palestinian developments. The meeting, attended by Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhalah, assessed the situation in the occupied West Bank and Israeli threats against the Palestinian […]
Inquiry into death of Pakistani porter at K2 clears Norwegian climber on August 31, 2023KARACHI, Pakistan: An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Pakistani porter, who fell from a narrow trail while attempting to ascend K-2 late last month, has cleared the Norwegian climber who was accused of walking past the dying porter. “The inquiry has not fixed the responsibility of the porter’s death on any […]
Indian school shut after Hindu teacher tells students to slap Muslim classmate on August 29, 2023A school in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, where a school teacher reportedly encouraged students to slap a Muslim student, has been ordered shut until an investigation against the school authorities is completed. The schoolteacher has been booked and an investigation into the case is underway, Education Officer Shubham Shukla said in a […]
People in need of humanitarian aid worldwide surge to over 363m on August 20, 2023A total of 324.3 million people worldwide were in need of humanitarian aid last year, a number that rose to 363.3 million as of this month with the effects of war, climate change, and the lingering socioeconomic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s Global Humanitarian Assistance Report by the UK-based non-profit Development Initiatives revealed […]
Floods ravage Bangladesh; leaving 57 dead and countless displaced on August 13, 2023The death toll from floods jumped to 57 in southeastern Bangladesh while several others are still missing as the swollen rivers started receding after causing massive damage, officials told Anadolu on Saturday. The Education Ministry, in a notification on Friday night, rescheduled the Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examination in the flood-affected southeastern Chattogram district […]
Why are Pakistan’s elections under a shadow? on August 11, 2023Pakistan’s Parliament has been dissolved, technically putting the country on course for a national election, but a thick pall of uncertainty surrounds its political future. Everything is up in the air, from whether the elections – otherwise scheduled for October – will be held on time, to the role of the caretaker government. According to […]
Turkish aid agency launched tree plantation in Pakistan on July 16, 2023A state-run Turkish aid agency on Saturday planted hundreds of tree samplings at a community park in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi to honor the people who sacrificed their lives to foil the so-called coup in Türkiye on July 15, 2016. Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) planted over 250 samplings at the park located […]