ISLAMABAD – British investigation agencies have started probing into the financial matters of Pakistani organisations allegedly using charity funds for political purposes. Reports in the local media said the National Charity Commission (NCC) and National Crime Agency (NCA) of the United Kingdom ...

ISLAMABAD – Rice charity by Saudi Arabia has drawn the ire from political and social activists as critics are viewing it as an outcome of what the PTI incumbent government has been calling a highly successful visit to the Kingdom. The controversy started with the distribution of charity on ...

ISLAMABAD-Punjab government has asked charity organizations to get registered with Punjab Charity Commission before 15th of next month. It is to be noted that Punjab Charity Commission has been established under the Punjab Charity Act 2018. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said ...

ISLAMABAD - Generosity has a lot to do with religious beliefs and Pakistanis donate huge sums of money in different forms to the underprivileged sectors of the society. A report published by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP), in collaboration with the British Council Pakistan, titled ...

WASHINGTON - The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, added $16 billion to his net wealth this year, despite giving away $35 billion to charity, Bloomberg has reported. Gates’ net worth now is $106 billion, leaving him the second richest person in the world, just behind Amazon’s Jeff ...

ISLAMABAD - The government of Pakistan has added Hafiz Saeed’s Jama’at-ud-Da’wah and its charity wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation into its list of proscribed organisations link . The National Counter Terrorism Authority has updated the list, labeling the JuD and its charity wing as ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Foreign Office Women’s Association (PFOWA) on Sunday held its annual charity bazar, bringing together a vast mix of cultural diversity from different countries. First Lady, Samina Alvi inaugurated the charity bazar at the premises of Foreign Affairs Ministry, where stalls ...

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the fundamental connection between eradicating poverty and upholding equal rights for all in a message commemorating the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. "Let us remember that ending poverty is not a matter of ...

NEW DELHI - An Indian charity founded by Mother Teresa expressed outrage and regret Friday after a nun and an employee were arrested for allegedly selling infants for adoption for potentially thousands of dollars. "We are completely shocked by what has happened in our home in Ranchi (in eastern ...

NEW DELHI - Five women working for a charity in remote eastern India were abducted and gang-raped at gunpoint, police said Friday, in the latest horrific sex assault in the country. The women said in their complaint they were performing a play to raise awareness about human trafficking in the ...