UN chief slams US-backed Gaza aid plan

Guterres said UN-led humanitarian efforts are being “strangle UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, US, November United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a US-backed aid operation in Gaza is “inherently unsafe,” giving a blunt assessment: “It is killing people”. Israel and the…

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62 killed in Gaza

Another three people were killed by a strike while waiting for aid southwest of Gaza City, Bassal said Injured Palestinian girls attend the funeral of their father, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Photo: REUTERS GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed at least…

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Low-cost housing projects hit dead end

Bureaucratic hindrances, lack of political will have prevented many deserving families from living KARACHI: Even after the passage of 12 years, residential projects introduced by the Sindh government for providing decent housing to the low-income segments of Karachi remain hanging in uncertainty. Amidst complex bureaucratic hurdles and shifting priorities of the government, many deserving families…

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Pre-monsoon showers sweep through Sindh

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) recording up to 53 millimeters rain by 5.30 pm in Tharparkar Countless villages have been washed away by floods triggered by the incessant rain in Sindh. PHOTO: EXPRESS HYDERABAD: The pre-monsoon showers swept through all parts of Sindh on Thursday and Friday, driving away the intense hot and humid weather…

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Says 12 rehabilitation centres will be functional by end of year, one in each district

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. PHOTO: Radio Pakistan KARACHI: At a ceremony held at the Chief Minister House, under the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD), Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah announced financial assistance of Rs400 million for the welfare of specially-abled people. Aimed at creating an inclusive, empowered, and equitable…

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