KARACHI: The Sindh High Court was informed on Wednesday that rules about population control and mass vaccination of stray dogs would be notified within two weeks after its approval by the provincial cabinet. A two-judge bench headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar sought a compliance report from the local government department on the next hearing about restoration of a helpline …

Federal Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Minister Asad Umar said on Thursday that citizens intending to go for Haj this year, those working abroad on work visas issued by countries that did not recognise vaccination certificates of Chinese vaccines and students planning to go to educational institutions in such countries within a month would be given priority for the administration …

Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that Pakistan was among the countries most at risk due to climate change even though it contributed less than one percent to global carbon emissions. The premier expressed these views while addressing a special event in Islamabad on green financing innovations. The event was organised by the Ministry of Climate Change as part …

JERUSALEM: Modest, diplomatic and with a strong political pedigree, Isaac Herzog was elected president of Israel in a landslide on Wednesday to the largely ceremonial position. It’s a fitting post for the Tel Aviv-born politician, a scion of one of Israel’s most prestigious families, sometimes referred to as Israel’s version of the Kennedys. He won easily over Miriam Peretz — …

PESHAWAR: Members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday expressed concern about the killing and maiming of children in landmine explosions in North and South Waziristan tribal districts and demanded of the relevant authorities to demine the region. The issue was raised by opposition JUI-F’s lawmaker from South Waziristan Hafiz Hassamuddin, who brought a panaflex banner with pictures of the …

PARIS: The French government on Wednesday announced plans to set up an agency to combat foreign disinformation and fake news that aims to “undermine the state”. The move comes as France begins preparing for a presidential election in under a year’s time. During the last such election in 2012, groups linked to Russia were blamed for a massive hacking attack …

Israel’s opposition leader moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he officially told the country’s president that he has reached agreements with political allies to form a new government. About 35 minutes before a Wednesday midnight deadline, the centrist Yair Lapid told President Reuven Rivlin in an email: “I am honored to inform you that I have succeeded …

GENEVA: The Covax vaccine programme secured another $2.4 billion from donors on Wednesday, but underlined it was still struggling to get enough doses to help poorer countries fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The scheme is trying to get enough vaccines for 30 percent of the population in 92 of the poorest participating territories — 20 percent in India — with donors …

TEHRAN: One of Iran’s largest naval ships sank on Wednesday after catching fire while on a “training mission” off a strategic port near the head of the Gulf, the navy said. The British-built fleet replenishment vessel Kharg, which measured more than 200 metres (more than 650 feet) long, caught fire on Tuesday off the port of Jask on the Gulf …

GENEVA: The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said on Wednesday, after working hours plummeted and access to good-quality jobs evaporated. And the labour market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over, the UN’s International Labour Organisation warned in a report. Employment was not expected to bounce back to pre-pandemic …