UNICEF raises alarm over rising child deaths in Iran conflict

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has voiced deep concern over the deadly toll the ongoing military escalation in Iran is taking on children, saying around 180 children have reportedly been killed and many more injured. In a statement, UNICEF said 168 girls were killed when a strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls’ Elementary School […]

FCC empowered to hear NAB appeals

The Senate on Thursday passed a private member’s bill, seeking amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999, introducing a second appellate forum in accountability cases and clarifying several procedural provisions related to bail, jurisdiction and administrative continuity in the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The National Accountability (Amendment) Bill, 2026, moved by Senator Mohammad Abdul […]

Iran throws down the gauntlet to US

Iran is “waiting for” and prepared to counter any ground invasion by the US military, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday, as the Middle East war unleashed by US-Israeli attacks on Iran has swelled outwards to Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Azerbaijan, and risks drawing more countries into the conflict. Moreover, a spokesperson for the […]