US lawmaker says


he was ‘detained’ by |:
Israeli settlers in
West Bank


Karachi Edition

WHO calls for urgent.
‘action as new cancer.
cases are projected to
nearly double by 2050

Lang cancer remains leading cause of cancer death


h | globally, Asia accounted for largest share of cancer

cases in world in 2024; cancer remains one of most

financially and socially devastating challenges a_
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maker from Califomia, Ro West Bank and swearing at

Khanna, said Saturday he was. them in Hebrew and Arabic, *”

“detained” by armed Israeli

area of Khirbet Zanuta.”

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settlers along with other that when the IDF arrived patched to the scene, quickly          .
Americans dheing a vist to at the seene, the soldices eotrd he keel ot         auETA Pop shout slogans during a protest ‘against the recent militant atacks,

the Isracli-occupied West spoke to the settlers and and reopened the blocked
Bank = and accused the mili- subsequently blocked the road. The IDF soldiers oper-


SSE ISLAMABAD: Millions of prehensive analysis of prog-

people are facing physical, ress across key areas such 33
emotional and financial toll of political commitment, can-
cancer, a discase that claims cer prevention - particularly
more than 26,000 Ines every through tobacco contro! and
day, according to a report vaccination programmes =
released by the World Health and investment in treatment.

tary of being complicit. =. road themselves when the ating in the area did not take                                       .                                       .         Organization (WHO), Withan _. Hovever, the report also
‘The Israeli Defense Forces: settlers ieft. --                  port in blocking the road,”          M.                             ti   fi    d       Govt to create jestimated 20.6 million new reveals persistent and wid-
(IDF) denied Khanna’s claim    tmagine how people feel   rannce the seat of the War        aryam S2   S   e                      ~    cases and close to 10 mil- ening inequities in access to
thal they were involved in every day, Palestinians under in Gaza in October 2023, the                                                                              838 new _ |tion deaths annually, cancer prevention, diagnosis, treat-
blocking his path on Wednes-_ the occupation, If they could United Nations has reported                 ith      dmi:                                                                    remains the second leading ment and supportive care,
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& continued our detention. topass. ~
They made a huge mistake,”

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vided toThe New York Times had received areport "regard. generally the treatment of!

Democrats,
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have vehemently | appeals to citizens to plant a tree and contribute to | ine federal government has
decided to create 838 new | are projected to rise tonearly rently include cancer care in
positions within the National   35 million by 2060.    :

being developed in line with| Cyber Crime Investigation

action, annual cancer cases one in three countries cur-

. their universal health cover-
The WHO Global Status age packages,

by Khanna and his team ing racti civilians who were Palestinians in the occupied                                      intemational standards of] Agency (NCCIA) to signift-| Report on Cancer 2026, devel.


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anti-corruption prosecutor spokesman Budi Hermanto | and guided bombs on Satur-| review progress on the olution in Punjaband said the | Expenditure Wing, - ~ -- [ministry has fined more than gan's “Decade of the Family”

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Attorney General's Office Police seized evidence | wounding dozens of others,  minister was informed that for admissions was evidence | expansion comes in response  ogists for carrying out Cae- to exert greater control over

said, after police investigat- that Included 74 kilograms of | officials sald,                      the admissions attracted a of restored public trust in| ¢o an overwhelming surge in| sarian sections, suspending how women give birth. *

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gold bars from properties he said,                            ple including two children, | Nawaz Sharif Schools of Emi- to establish such schools in |agoncy’s current workforce | BirGun newspaper reported have so-called natural births,

including his home. .       . .,Febrie told reporters
* Assistant Attomey Gen: on Friday that the house in
eral for Special Crimes Febrie Bogor was his private resi-
Adriansyah stepped down dence but denicd that assets
following raids this week scized from the house were
on at keast 12 locations that linked to graft, saying they
inchxded properties linked to could all be accounted for.
himin and around the capital, Budi said police had ques-
Jakorta.