NEW YORK: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appealed to Pakistan and India to exercise maximum restraint in wake of Tuesday’s airspace violations by Indian aircraft at the Line of Control…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are set to fight their legal battle in Kulbhushan Jadhav case as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins its four-day public hearing on Monday at The Hague, Netherlands.…
Pakistan has increased the number of female staff members at its United Nations peacekeeping missions to 15pc, meeting a benchmark set by the United Nations, Dr Mohammad Faisal, the spokesperson of the Ministry…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has criticised a bid by the aspirants of permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to scuttle the ongoing process aimed at restructuring the 15-member body because…
RAWALPINDI: United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. During…
Amjad Khan’s dream project – a biopic on youngest Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai – will be screened in a special screening organised by the United Nations, reported Indian media. According to a…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to express protest human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), especially the recent killing of 15 innocent…
Munizae Jahangir, daughter of the late lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir, has received the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize on the behalf of her mother. Asma had been announced as…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan highly values its engagements with the United Nations (UN) and acknowledges the contribution of the UN agencies to complement the country’s development needs in line with the national priorities and…
KARACHI: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Justice (r) Ali Nawaz Chowhan on Wednesday announced to form a Sindh-level core advisory committee comprising representatives from the civil society, media and lawyers organisations…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has highlighted at the United Nations Prime Minister Imran Khan’s initiative for an international campaign against defamation of religions, aimed at developing, through dialogue, respect for each other’s religious…
DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni allies, responding to a demand from the United…
NEW YORK: Permanent Representative of Pakistan at the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi has called for a resolution of the Palestinian dispute, describing it as an imperative for regional peace and stability. Ambassador…
EU delegation acknowledges Pakistan’s progress in economic and political spheres ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday received a delegation of the European Parliament’s South Asia Delegation that expressed deep…
UNITED STATES: Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of an “extrajudicial execution” committed by the Saudi state, a UN expert said Thursday, calling for an international investigation. “Even Saudi Arabia itself has…
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has told the United Nations that the flagship multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is an “exceptional example” of South-South cooperation that is aimed at achievement of…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan joined the United Nations Secretary-General’s “Circle of Leadership” on prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse in the UN peace operations. According to a UN press…
