Day: July 11, 2022

Special Assistant to Prime Minister Romina Khurshid Alam has expressed the commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals through sheer determination and prudent policies.

In an exclusive interview with Radio Pakistan Lahore Correspondent Sajjad Parvez, she said in this regard, a national meet-up conference will be held after Eid with the aim of getting prolific contributions from all the provinces in general and all the stakeholders in particular.

Expressing commitment to bring the remote areas of the country at par with developed ones including South Punjab and Balochistan through SDGs, she said PML-N government is fully committed to bring ease in the lives of people through effective economic policies.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Pakistan has called for an "emergency plan" to enable developing countries deal with adverse impacts of the triple crisis of COVID-19, conflict and climate change to achieve global anti-poverty Sustainable Development Goals.

The call was given by Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Munir Akram while addressing the 3rd Global Workshop for 2022 Voluntary National Review countries in New York.

The Ambassador said progress towards the SDGs has suffered severe reversal due to multiple crises including COVID-19, climate and conflicts, while international solidarity has been insufficient.

The Pakistani envoy said that the crises have sent the prices of food, energy and other essentials soaring, with poverty having increased and so had inequality among and within nations.

He warned that if these trends persist, we will fall well short of achieving the SDGs at the national and global levels.

Source: Radio Pakistan

Continuous heavy rains have caused flooding like situation in various parts of the country that badly affected routine life.

In Sindh, twenty-six people have died in rain related incidents during current spell of monsoon rains across the province.

In a statement, Provincial Disaster management Authority said 14 died in Karachi, 9 in Thatta, 2 in Khairpur and one in Sukkur.

Talking to media persons after visiting rain affected areas in Karachi today (Monday), Sindh chief Minsiter Syed Murad Ali Shah thanked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for offering help of federal government to cope with rain emergency.

He said members of his cabinet, staff of District municipal corporations and Administrator Karachi are on roads to help people.

He said civic agencies are busy in draining out rain water from roads and low lying areas in the city.

Murad Ali Shah expressed deep sorrow over loss of lives in rain related incidents and expressed the determination that affectees will not be left alone in this time of test and will be compensated.

Relief, rescue and rehabilitation operation is underway in rain affected districts of Balochistan.

According to details, flood water from a stream entered in five villages of the Winder area of Hub today, where a rescue operation was launched and teams rescued more than one thousand stranded people including women and children. The rescued people have been evacuated to a safe place.

According to the Spokesperson Balochistan Provincial Government Farah Azeem Shah, 62 people including women and children have been died and more than fifty injured in rain related incidents in the province so far.

Pak Army, Frontier Corps, PDMA and district administration are fully engaged in relief and rehabilitation operations in the affected districts of the province. Tents, blankets, medicines and edible items are being provided to the affected people.

Source: Radio Pakistan