"While pregnancy should be a time of immense hope and a positive experience for all women, it is tragically still a shockingly dangerous experience for millions around the world," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Tajikistan -- like much of the rest of Central Asia -- is highly prone to natural disasters and has a long history of floods, earthquakes, landslides, avalanches and heavy snowfalls.
He was asked if a middle ground is needed for talks between the two countries, and he said: "People who run the country know better. My information is little. We in India have very limited information about Pak people. Same is the case with them".
Several celebrities including Shaan Shahid, Arslan Naseer, Anoushey Ashraf, Haroon Shahid, Resham, and others condemned his statements and also expressed surprise at the people clapping back at his statements in the audience.
The holy month of Shaban begins today, as the crescent was sighted in Pakistan on Tuesday, marking the beginning of the 8th month of the Islamic calendar.
Nearly a year after ordering an invasion that has triggered the biggest confrontation with the West in six decades, Putin said Russia would achieve its aims and accused the West of trying to destroy it.
Sanctions were imposed on several military companies as well as ministers and lawmakers from various European countries, both at a national level and in the European Parliament.
The announcement was made jointly by the prosecutor's office, the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, and the Smithsonian Institution, which includes nearly 20 museums in the United States.
