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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.news18.com/news/india/sc-slams-ukhand-lawyers-skipping-work-on-saturday-over-pak-blast-nepal-earthquake-kavi-sammelans-2518667.htmlNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held as "illegal" strikes by advocates in Uttarakhand on a working Saturday over a variety of reasons, including bomb blast in a Pakistan school, earthquake in Nepal and death of family members of some advocates. The practice going on for more than the past 35....Fri, 28 Feb 2020 07:28:00 +0100news18-bf555947de75fec40cbdabdb0a2dcc71news18en27.712 85.313NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackBar CouncilHigh CourtSupreme CourtUdham Singh20200228072800https://www.app.com.pk/serving-ailing-humanity-main-purpose-of-life-alvi/ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (APP):President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday said serving the ailing humanity and the destitute people was the main purpose of life and it was a matter of pride that the Pakistanis were ahead of other nations in the social welfare work. Speaking at the foundation laying ceremony of....Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:36:00 +0100app-en-150d8bd7b9bd055cffd245766ba71d84app-enenMigrationNaturalDisastersAllah AlmightyImran KhanProphet MuhammadArif Alvi20200226203600https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/619774-awareness-among-coastal-communities-vital-as-tsunami-in-arabian-sea-a-real-threatExperts have warned that unprecedented loss of life and property can happen in the coastal belt of Pakistan in case of tsunami in the Makran Subduction Zone in the Arabia Sea, which is hardly 40-50 kilometres from the shore, and called for including earthquake and tsunami preparedness activities in....Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:56:00 +0100thenews-pk-01e92bfad321e9f8d16b7a9da012cf0athenews-pken24.8934 67.0281PetroleumRefineriesHumanitarianAidNaturalDisastersUNbodiesUNESCOIntergovernmental Oceanographic CommissionIndian OceanProf DrSarosh Lodhi20200226025600https://dailytimes.com.pk/565067/tsunami-preparedness-project/The word ‘ tsunami ‘ makes the residents of coastal cities worried all over the world. The mighty waves of the Indian Ocean wreaking havoc in parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, and other countries in 2004 and in Japan in 2011 are still fresh in the minds of the people all over the world,....Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:01:00 +0100dailytimesPK-f27fd8963fd1fac278891c14aad58739dailytimesPKen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersUNbodiesIndian OceanNational Disaster Management AuthorityJapanese government20200226000100https://en.irna.ir/news/83687940/Pakistan-sympathizes-with-Iran-over-victims-of-earthquakePakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson in a statement said that the government and the people of Pakistan are deeply saddened over the earthquake that hit parts of Iran and eastern Turkey. “We offer our profound condolences and heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved families and pray for the early....Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:21:00 +0100irna-18f3ad2ae018eee1a570f5f50cb22359irnaen33.718151 73.060547NaturalDisasters20200223212100https://tribune.com.pk/story/2162878/1-pakistan-expresses-deep-grief-loss-lives-quake-hit-turkey-iran/People walk amongst the rubbles in Baskale in Van province, Turkey, after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake in northwestern Iran killed at least nine people. PHOTO: AFP. Pakistan has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of several lives, numerous injuries and damages to property as a result of an....Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:58:00 +0100tribune-5d5adbb37df8adcdf3708099cbc01f09tribuneen33.718151 73.060547NaturalDisastersForeign OfficeAisha Farooqui20200223195800https://www.mid-day.com/articles/flimsy-reasons-for-strikes-like-bomb-blast-in-pakistan-irk-sc/22634291Strikes by advocates for "flimsy reasons", like bomb blast in a Pakistan school and earthquake in Nepal, on all working Saturdays for more than past 35 years in three districts of Uttarakhand has caught the attention of the Supreme Court which rapped them.Sat, 22 Feb 2020 05:06:00 +0100mid-day-7bdd1e30ed0ee23ec93d08577e7f70f3mid-dayen27.712 85.313NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackArun MishraSupreme CourtUdham Singh20200222050600https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uttarakhand-lawyers-strike-on-saturdays-for-35-years-reasons-irk-top-court-2183849New Delhi: Strikes by advocates for reasons like bomb blast in a Pakistan school and earthquake in Nepal, on all working Saturdays for more than the past 35 years, in three districts of Uttarakhand has caught the attention of the Supreme Court which rapped them for resorting to such a "joke".Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:06:00 +0100ndtvnews-ec704ed14db91ca3cbd17247f49fe22andtvnewsen28.5687 77.2168NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackHigh CourtSupreme CourtUdham Singh20200221170600https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/bomb-blast-in-pak-earthquake-in-nepal-as-grounds-for-lawyers-strikes-irk-sc-120022100682_1.htmlStrikes by advocates for "flimsy reasons", like bomb blast in a Pakistan school and earthquake in Nepal, on all working Saturdays for more than the past 35 years in three districts of Uttarakhand has caught the attention of the Supreme Court which rapped them for resorting to such a "joke".Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:35:00 +0100business-standard-3299be221490569b7d5622d390b0f595business-standarden27.712 85.313NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackArun MishraSupreme CourtUdham Singh20200221133500https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bomb-blast-in-pakistan-earthquake-in-nepal-as-grounds-for-lawyers-strikes-irk-sc/articleshow/74243301.cmsNEW DELHI: Strikes by advocates for "flimsy reasons", like bomb blast in a Pakistan school and earthquake in Nepal, on all working Saturdays for more than the past 35 years in three districts of has caught the attention of the Supreme Court which rapped them for resorting to such a "joke".Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:32:00 +0100timesofindia-80fa12f9d6dceedb016ead7c75199957timesofindiaen27.712 85.313NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackArun MishraSupreme CourtUdham Singh20200221133200https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bomb-blast-in-pak-earthquake-in-nepal-as-grounds-for-lawyers-strikes-irk-sc/articleshow/74243183.cmsNEW DELHI: Strikes by advocates for "flimsy reasons", like bomb blast in a Pakistan school and earthquake in Nepal, on all working Saturdays for more than the past 35 years in three districts of Uttarakhand has caught the attention of the Supreme Court which rapped them for resorting to such a "joke".Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:25:00 +0100economictimes-e66f43bd1febfd86a3740436571b33a4economictimesen27.712 85.313NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackArun MishraSupreme CourtUdham Singh20200221132500https://www.news18.com/news/india/blast-in-pak-heavy-rains-sc-irked-2510091.htmlNew Delhi : Strikes by advocates for "flimsy reasons", like bomb blast in a Pakistan school and earthquake in Nepal, on all working Saturdays for more than the past 35 years in three districts of Uttarakhand has caught the attention of the Supreme Court which rapped them for resorting to such a "joke".Fri, 21 Feb 2020 13:21:00 +0100news18-cfc10c8f7fc3339259b77b2e81c31396news18en28.5687 77.2168NaturalDisastersTerroristAttackArun MishraSupreme CourtUdham Singh20200221132100https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/613198-pevaiz-praises-pak-turkey-relationsLAHORE:Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has said that Pakistan and Turkey are linked with each other in centuries-old relations of friendship, religion, culture and civilization while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Pakistan is reflective of the strong friendship.Thu, 13 Feb 2020 02:53:00 +0100thenews-pk-3b3cff4c14cbb560a3a862ae3436204fthenews-pken39.9293 32.8533NaturalDisastersAssembly SpeakerRecep Tayyip ErdoganPervaiz ElahiChaudhry Pervaiz Elahi20200213025300https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/444956/Iran-to-cooperate-with-India-Pakistan-and-Oman-to-study-tsunamiTEHRAN – Iran is conducting a research on tsunami off the southern Makran coast in collaboration with, India, Pakistan and Oman, aiming to identify high-risk areas, a faculty member of the National Institute of Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences has announced.Sun, 09 Feb 2020 09:47:00 +0100tehrantimes-86fe388919f9373760d7148449fd8f6etehrantimesen28.5687 77.2168UNbodiesNaturalDisastersUNESCO20200209094700https://www.pravdareport.com/opinion/144298-world_ends/When I was very young, I became a courier in the BMR transporting everything from letters, food, ammunition, tools, medicine, water. I eventually became a competent, adaptable fighter with about an average talent for writing. There were so many thousands of us that were BMR fighters but only about....Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:36:00 +0100pravdareport-a43839f0045698af811bbed0b4b6c1cfpravdareporten25.8321 -80.2702TelecommunicationsJRCSafeguardsNuclearEnvironmentJRCNuclearSecurityEUInternetNaturalDisastersJohn StantonNATO20200205163600https://tribune.com.pk/story/2149395/4-hamza-ali-abbasi-wants-people-stop-calling-coronavirus-azaab-chinese/Owing to the growing cases of coronavirus in China and reports of eight cases being found in Karachi last week, several assumptions started building up on social media regarding its origin. People also started making memes while some began calling it an ‘azaab’ (punishment) on the chinese for....Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:29:00 +0100tribune-5ffe6986335c2f7be43c5a54840bd4e8tribuneen33.718151 73.060547CommunicableDiseasesPublicHealthNaturalDisastersAli AbbasiMay AllahHamza Ali20200203122900https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/pakistan-winter-emergency-2020-situation-report-no-05-24-january-2020Highlights There has been no further increase in reported deaths or house damages while a slight increase in injuries due to the recent avalanche and snow/rain spell in four affected provinces of Pakistan. So far, the highest number of deaths were reported in P.A.K.Fri, 31 Jan 2020 08:51:00 +0100reliefWeb-559d9d1dc830b2292e1769c8c59cc55creliefWeben35.918091 74.289803NaturalDisastersUNbodiesEmergency20200131085100https://en.haberler.com/coronavirus-targets-lungs-of-victims-scientists-1430080/Doctors in China have established that the deadly coronavirus targets the lungs of its victims, according to a local media report on Friday. The autopsy of an 85-year-old man who died in Wuhan, China, showed that the lungs were the key area of damage, the South China Morning Post reported.Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:59:00 +0100haberler-en-6c94dedb44a7a41e7595370b1f4fe5e0haberler-enen37.5424 126.935NaturalDisastersPublicHealthCommunicableDiseasesSouth China Morning PostZealand HeraldDown UnderHealth MinistryCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmergency20200228165900https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/coronavirus-targets-lungs-of-victims-scientists-find/1748775ANKARA. Doctors in China have established that the deadly coronavirus targets the lungs of its victims, according to a local media report on Friday. The autopsy of an 85-year-old man who died in Wuhan, China, showed that the lungs were the key area of damage, the South China Morning Post reported.Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:53:00 +0100aa-en-bd8b758e9160956024c12032771f1139aa-enen37.5424 126.935NaturalDisastersPublicHealthCommunicableDiseasesSouth China Morning PostZealand HeraldDown UnderHealth MinistryCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmergency20200228175300https://dailytimes.com.pk/568364/on-climate-change/Climate change is playing havoc with the lives and livelihoods of people across the globe but developing countries like Pakistan are the worst affected. The situation is bad in poor countries of Asia and Africa because they are passive victims of climate change.Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:48:00 +0100dailytimesPK-bd921421650076e89baf395d2c60cd78dailytimesPKen24.8934 67.0281EnvironmentNaturalDisastersClimateChangeFoodSecurityFoodAidmafiaGlobal Climate Risk Index20200302014800