Authorities in Israel have recently placed Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood, ‘under a siege’. Non-residents have been banned from entering the neighborhood for the past few weeks. Moreover, the Palestinians tend to stay at home since Israeli authorities allegedly prevent them from returning if they leave the area. Most Palestinians are losing their land to Israeli settlers.
The Pakistani market has introduced three new varieties of sugar-free mangoes containing four to six percent sugar for diabetic patients. Pakistan’s mango expert has developed three varieties of sugar-free mangoes at a private farming operation in Tando Allahyar, Sindh. Furthermore, the resultant mango varieties have been named Sonaro, Glenn, and Keitt, and are available in the local markets.
The 14-year-old Pakistani, Ali Zoyan, wrote a book about HTML5 and has become a certified author at Amazon. Ali Zoyan is a grade 8 student with an enormous interest in computers. During the lockdown, Ali discovered his passion for computers, which provided him with ample time to learn and practice.
In an effort to promote tourism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Tourism Department under the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development Project (KITE) has launched a new initiative called Waste-Free Tourism. Trek initiative was launched to reduce, reuse and recycle the trash material at tourist sites. Moreover, it devised plans to counter problems like waste, pollution, and the destruction of wildlife.
National Coordination Committee (NCC) allows the Hindus to celebrate their annual festival with strict adherence to the SOPs. Minister of Planning Asad Umar provided Hindu community members the opportunity to celebrate the annual event, Dada Parbriham, in Tharparkar. Moreover, the festival takes place from June 21st to 24th in Tharparkar’s Veri Jhap.
Mami Mizutori, the UN special representative for disaster risk reduction, said: “Drought could become the next pandemic, and there is no vaccine to prevent it”. Droughts affected over 1.5 billion people and have caused over $124 billion in economic losses. In addition, a warming world will increase the probability of droughts and scarcity of water, causing damage equivalent to the Covid-19 pandemic
The Holy Quran will now be part of all Pakistani schools’ curriculums for the coming academic year. The Holy Quran teachings are now mandatory in schools of federal capital territory, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan. Moreover, legislation has already been introduced in the federal government, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and AJK.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for an all-party meeting on the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. An all-party meeting is expected to take place on June 24 to discuss the restoration of the statehood of Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. In addition, four former Kashmiri chief ministers have been invited, including Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi, and Mehbooba Mufti.
The World Bank has approved $442 million to help Pakistan’s most vulnerable rural communities improve access to water and sanitation. Punjab Rural Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Project (PRSWSSP) aims to improve water supply and sanitation infrastructure and services to provide access to drinking water as well as proper wastewater management in rural settlements.
A case against the organizers of a music and dance festival in Hunza’s Gojal has been filed for spreading obscenity. The organizers were heavily criticized due to viral videos and pictures. Additionally, on June 16th, the Gulmit police station received a complaint from a youth organization against the event’s organizers. Allegedly, the incident took place from June 12 to June 15 in Passu.