Category: International

BRUSSELS: The European Union (EU) has decided not to send its election observer mission to Pakistan for the next parliamentary polls, citing certain internal constraints as well as a non-invitation from Islamabad, as a senior EU Parliament member stressed that the fate of any party or leader must not be decided by a “third force”. […]

The Israeli army on Wednesday announced the end of its raid and the withdrawal of all its soldiers from the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. In a statement for the Israeli army radio, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said, “All the (Israeli) forces have left Jenin,” claiming that the raid’s “goals have been […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial emphasised on Wednesday that the recent boat tragedy on Greek shores, which claimed the lives of more than 300 people from Pakistan, was a grave issue concerning human rights. At least 350 people, almost all of them men, from Pakistan were on an overloaded boat that capsized and sank […]

Amid world-wide protests and outrage over the recent incident of desecration of Holy Quran in Sweden, the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent session to address Islamophobia and religious hatred. Addressing a press briefing, a spokesperson for the Geneva-based UN council said that the session will discuss the rising religious hatred in […]

Chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has termed July 5, 1977, as a black day in national history. He said that this day will continue to remind us how a power-hungry dictator pushed the entire nation into the mire of extremism, terrorism, Kalashnikov and drug culture under the guise […]

UN agencies have expressed alarm at the scale of Israel’s military operation in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, as it continued for a second day. Eleven Palestinians have been killed since hundreds of Israeli troops backed by drones entered the camp on Monday. The agencies say infrastructure is being damaged and medics […]

Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service on Monday warned of continued threats to Pakistan’s financial sustainability, despite the country receiving a much-needed $3 billion lifeline from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the weekend. Pakistan signed a short-duration (nine-month) worth $3 billion loan programme with the IMF last week, following the revival of the $7 […]

CAIRO, July – An Islamic grouping of 57 states said on Sunday collective measures are needed to prevent acts of desecration to the Koran and international law should be used to stop religious hatred after the holy book was burned in a protest in Sweden.The statement by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, most of whose […]

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday said collective measures were needed to prevent acts of desecration of the Holy Quran and international law should be used to stop religious hatred after the holy book was burned in a protest in Sweden.The statement was issued after an extraordinary meeting in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah called […]

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan’s security forces killed six people, whom the officials called ‘terrorists’, during a gun battle in North Waziristan and Tank City, ARY News reported on Saturday quoting Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR).As per the ISPR, in the gun battle in the Razmak area of the North Waziristan district three ‘terrorists’ were killed.In another gun […]