UAE embassy brings Iftar Saem program to Balochistan

Updated 21 May 2018
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UAE embassy brings Iftar Saem program to Balochistan

  • Approximately 72,000 people from Yemen’s Red Sea Coast areas will also benefit from food supplies dispatched by H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum
  • The program is one of a series of humanitarian initiatives implemented, by the UAE’s top humanitarian aid provider, in different parts of Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD: The UAE Embassy in Islamabad, in collaboration with the volunteer humanitarian organization Emirates Red Crescent, expanded its Iftar Saem initiative to Panjgur district in Balochistan.
The program is one of a series of humanitarian initiatives implemented by the UAE’s top humanitarian aid provider in different parts of Pakistan.
UAE ambassador to Pakistan Hamad Obaid Ibrahim Salem Al-Zaabi commented: “Iftar Saem is part of the organization’s CSR programs that echo the philanthropic approach adopted by the UAE’s wise leadership to promote the spirit of giving and volunteerism.”
The activities are overseen by the UAE Embassy guaranteeing recruitment of the best catering agencies in the country in order to ensure provision of optimum services.
Approximately 72,000 people from Yemen’s Red Sea Coast areas will also benefit from food supplies dispatched by H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, wife of the Crown Prince of Fujairah.


Pope Leo warns of ‘shrinking’ freedom of expression in Western countries

Updated 09 January 2026
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Pope Leo warns of ‘shrinking’ freedom of expression in Western countries

  • Pope Leo warns of ‘shrinking’ freedom of expression in Western countries

VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo warned on Friday that ​freedom of expression is “rapidly shrinking” in Western countries, and urged the right to conscientious objection for people who ‌refuse military ‌service ‌or ⁠for ​doctors who ‌refuse to perform abortions or euthanasia.
“It is painful to see how, especially in the West, ⁠the space for genuine ‌freedom of expression ‍is ‍rapidly shrinking,” the pope ‍said in an address to diplomats accredited to the Vatican.
“A ​new Orwellian-style language is developing which, ⁠in an attempt to be increasingly inclusive, ends up excluding those who do not conform to the ideologies that are fueling it,” said Leo, the first ‌US pope.