UN urges ‘all parties’ to respect Libya elections

Paris, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged all Libyan political parties to take part in presidential and legislative elections, saying they were “an essential next step on the road to peace and stability.” “I call on all Libyan parties to participate […]

WHO chief says Tigray ‘blockade’ killing people

Geneva, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region is under “effective blockade”, the World Health Organization chief said Friday, warning that people were starving to death and dying from lack of access to medicines. “People are dying because of lack of supplies,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, himself […]

Dry weather prevailed in Balochistan

QUETTA, Nov 12 (APP):The Met Office has forecast dry weather in most parts of the province during the next 24 hours. According to the Met Office, the minimum temperature in Quetta was recorded at 1.0 degrees centigrade and -03.0 degrees centigrade in Kalat on Friday. […]

3 killed, 4 injured in road mishaps

FAISALABAD, Nov 12 (APP):Two persons were killed while 4 others sustained injuries in two road traffic accidents on Friday. Rescue-1122 spokesman said on Friday that a speedy bus hit a rickshaw and motorbikes in front of Defense View Colony on Lahore Road Jaranwala. As a […]

Four migrants drown off Morocco trying to reach Europe

Skheirat, Morocco, Nov 12 (AFP/APP):Four Moroccan migrants trying to reach the European Union have drowned in the Atlantic Ocean, officials and relatives said Friday. Three other migrants were rescued after their vessel sank off the resort of Skheirat, south of the capital Rabat, on Thursday. […]

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