Thu 08 September 2022: Türkiye will host an online fundraiser to help flood victims in Pakistan, where over 1,300 people have lost their lives while over 33 million have been affected, most of whom are living under the open sky. “All Pakistani community, our Turkish brothers and sisters are requested to attend the event and contribute to relief assistance,” […]
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A screenshot of clashes in Leicester last week. Wed 07 September 2022: Gangs of drunken Hindu youths have been terrorising Muslims in Leicester, local activists have told 5Pillars. Tensions began in May when a 19 year old Muslim man was attacked with bats and poles by a gang of around 30 Hindu youths, 5Pillars was […]
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Wed 07 September 2022: In its most recent report, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) portrayed a bleak image of the region’s workforce. According to the survey, two-thirds of Asia-workforce, Pacific’s or 1.4 billion people, are living on less than $5.5 per day, putting them on the verge […]
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Wed 07 September 2022: The rain has destroyed vast hectares of crops, including cotton, a key source of employment and forex for the nation. Tanveer Aziz Kingrani was planning to spend August preparing for his term examinations at the University of Sindh. Instead, the 23-year-old aspiring physicist has been camping out in a tent with […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: On Tuesday, seven agreements covering a range of topics, including water resources, railways, space technology, judiciary, cooperative scientific and technological research, and TV broadcasting, were signed between India and Bangladesh. The agreements were signed in New Delhi in the presence of visiting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: Social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday said if police fail to apply laws with honesty, impartiality and autonomy and get away without following the due process related to arrest, then it can become a threat to anybody and not just campaigners. “We have a set of laws in this country — […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: The world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, was approved by Chinese drug regulators on Monday, boosting the company’s share price by 7%. The National Medical Products Administration approved the vaccine for use as a booster in an emergency, the company said in a statement to the […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: A suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the entrance to the Russian embassy in Kabul, killing at least eight people, security sources have told Al Jazeera. The fatalities include two embassy personnel, according to the Russian foreign ministry, as reported by the state-owned RIA Novosti news agency on Monday. The ministry did […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: An worrisome situation now exists in flood-affected areas, with hundreds of thousands of flood-affected individuals, many of whom are forced to live under the open sky, struggling with hunger and disease, it was reported on Sunday, DAWN reported. Since July, 660,120 people have reported various diseases at government-run medical camps in […]
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Sat 03 September 2022: The national disaster agency of Pakistan reported on Saturday that 57 more people had perished in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities from the devastating floods in the country to 1,265. The majority of the most recent fatalities, 38, have been recorded from the southern province of […]
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