India: According to various news sites from India, the Indian Union Minister for Port, Shipping, and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, launched the first-ever Indian cruise ship to Sri Lanka from the Chennai Port on Monday.
Geneva [Switzerland]: On Monday, an influential group of supporters of Imran Khan, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, gathered in front of the UN office in Geneva to bring attention to the human rights violations in Pakistan.
Afghanistan: A local education official from Afghanistan said that nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary schools in northern Afghanistan.
Pakistan: The agriculture sector of Pakistan contributes 18.9% to the GDP and employs 42.3% of the labour force, including women. The estimates suggested that half of the country’s population still resides in rural areas and is directly dependent on agriculture, including the production of wheat, cotton, sugarcane, rice, mangoes, dates and know. Yet, it faces a huge food crisis because of the rapidly growing population and insufficient food productivity.
Pakistan, Afghanistan: According to the reports, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) President Parvez Elahi was sent to jail for 14 days of judicial remand in the illegal appointment case on Sunday.
