Tag: Charity

ISLAMABAD - Officials in Afghanistan said Wednesday that gunmen attacked the office of an international charity clearing land mines in the country, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than a dozen others. The overnight assault on Britain-based HALO Trust’s camp occurred in the embattled northern Baghlan province, the scene of fierce fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban ...

#Pakistan News With the COVID-19 pandemic worsening poverty, Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr, celebrated by millions of Muslims around the world to mark the end of the eponymous fasting month, is a grim occasion this year. Turkish charities, which accounted for more than one-fourth of all global ...

Edhi Foundation writes to India’s PM Modi, offering to send ambulances and medical staff to help its neighbour fight the virus.Islamabad, Pakistan – The prominent Edhi charity, based in Pakistan, has offered to send ambulances and medical staff to help the Indian government as coronavirus cases continue to spike in ...

#Pakistan News Ramadan is more than an ordinary month of fasting for Muslims as it is also marked with increased generosity. It is during this month that the faithful, who can afford to pay alms, fulfill the obligation of zakat, a form of almsgiving and a pillar of Islam. ...

KARACHI, PakistanDespite a surge in coronavirus cases and rising inflation, grocery stores and supermarkets in Karachi, the country’s commercial capital, are overcrowded with customers ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.Neatly wrapped packets and boxes of lentils, flour, rice, cooking oil, tea, spices, beverages, and other food items ...

A charity run was organised by Wath Haawuk, a budding NGO, focused on working for education of underprivileged children, from Duck Park to Nishat (4kms) for girls and the same route and back for boys (8kms). The participants in the event included some of the promising young athletes from ...

A Sunday league football team has apologised after an outbreak of coronavirus at a charity match led to 300 people having to self-isolate.  Burnside Working Men’s Club FC, in County Durham, organised the game on Sunday 30 August to raise money for the charity Cancer Lads.  But following the ...

An eating disorder charity has noted a significant increase in demand for its services over the past several months, stating that a proportion of calls to its helpline are from people who think they have been triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.Beat, the leading eating disorder charity in the UK, ...

The UAE's efforts are not limited to providing medical or relief aid during the pandemic. Be it responding to medical emergency caused by the ongoing pandemic or helping in other humanitarian situations around the world, the UAE has established itself as one of the most generous countries ...

The UAE's efforts are not limited to providing medical or relief aid during the pandemic. Be it responding to medical emergency caused by the ongoing pandemic or helping in other humanitarian situations around the world, the UAE has established itself as one of the most generous countries ...