Tag: children
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Jemima Khan calls for unconditional ceasefire in Gaza
Screenwriter and film maker Jemima Khan has called for an unconditional ceasefire in Gaza on Monday, citing the “unprecedented” number of children killed in Israeli airstrikes on the besieged strip. The ex-wife of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote: “The number of children being killed in Gaza is…
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Reuters report says smog increased paediatric patients in hospitals in Lahore
A new report by Reuters reveals that as per estimates, there has been at least a 50 per cent rise in paediatric patients in Lahore hospitals due to respiratory issues caused by poor air quality. According to provincial health minister Dr. Javed Akram, hospitals are on high alert with extra beds and ventilators on standby…
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Peshawar: Blast on Warsak Road injures seven, including three children
Update: A blast shook the buildings of Warsak Road early in the morning on Tuesday in Peshawar. At least seven people, including three children, were injured in the explosion as confirmed by the police and hospital sources, reports Geo News. The blast took place around 9:10 am on Tuesday. SSP Operations Kashif Aftab Abbasi said…
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19 children arrested on blasphemy charges in Punjab in 2023
Nineteen children have been arrested on charges of blasphemy across Punjab between January 1, 2023 and October 16, 2023. In an appeal submitted to the Punjab Information Commission by the director of Legal Awareness Watch, Sarmad Ali, it was revealed by the Inspectorate General of Punjab Prisons that 19 minors were arrested out of whom…
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Hamas claims responsibility for West Jerusalem shooting after Israeli forces kills two children in West Bank
Hamas has claimed responsibility for a West Jerusalem shooting, stating that the two gunmen were their members, one day after Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including two children, in the occupied West Bank. The attack was carried out at a bus stop on Thursday, killing three people and wounding several. The shooters, too, have been…
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Climate crises drove 27 million children into hunger in 2022
Extreme weather events in countries vulnerable to climate change drove more than 27 million children into hunger last year, Save the Children said on Tuesday. The figure represented a sharp 135 percent increase over 2021, the UK-based charity said in an analysis ahead of the COP28 climate summit opening in Dubai on Thursday. It said…
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‘Israel is the only country that keeps children as prisoners of war’: Gigi Hadid
Palestinian-American supermodel Gigi Hadid has criticised Israeli for abusing and torturing Palestinian children as a tactic to destroy Gaza. During the four day ceasefire which began on Friday, several captives who were locked in Israeli prisons were released, including children. Gigi shared a picture of a Palestinian boy, who has developed mental health issues after…
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World Children’s Day celebrated as ‘graveyard of children’, Gaza, remains under siege
World Children’s Day is annually celebrated on November 20. The theme for this year is ‘For every child, every right’. The blatant irony is that the day is being celebrated as the children of Gaza do not even have the fundamental right to life. They are being orphaned, injured, losing limbs, burned by white phosphorus,…
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Genocide in Sudan: What is happening?
Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, has been home to 6,000,000 people. This year, on April 15, a confrontation ensued between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. The rise in hostilities in April 2023 stemmed from weeks of strain between the RSF and the SAF over “security force reform…
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‘Bury them properly’; man digs up children’s graves
Sanda police have arrested a man who reportedly dug up the graves of three children, took the bodies out, and called their parents to rebury them “properly”. After the police investigated the matter, the man, identified as Usman alias Mani, was found to have dug up a number of graves. He claims that he was…