Category: International

India accords high importance to disaster risk reduction issues, said Dr P K Mishra, head of the Indian delegation during the plenary at UN General Assembly Hall on Thursday. “We have significantly increased funding earmarked for disaster risk reduction. We have brought about landmark changes in our financing architecture to support the entire spectrum of […]

PAK-IRAN BORDER: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the inauguration of Mand-Pishin border market and 100 megawatt power Gabd-Polan power transmission line added a new chapter to Pakistan-Iran relationship. The prime minister, who along with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated the Gabd-Polan transmission line, told the ceremony that the project would benefit the […]

The 9th of May 2023 became yet another infamous and tragic day in the life of the nation. Fanatic followers of the cult of Imran Khan launched a vicious attack on military installations and started the final battle between the powerful military establishment and the PTI. This is the turning point: the gloves are now […]

Myanmar’s military has imported at least $1 billion in arms and other material since it staged a coup in February 2021, a UN expert said on Wednesday in a new report that calls out Russia and China for aiding the junta’s deadly campaign to crush its opposition. Since the military seized power and jailed democratic […]

ISLAMABAD: The civil leadership and military top brass on Tuesday endorsed a decision made a day earlier during a meeting of corps commanders to invoke the Army Act and Official Secrets Act against people suspected of involvement in the May 9 riots which damaged the state and private properties across Pakistan. The National Security Committee […]

ISLAMABAD: The authorities on Wednesday pressed on with efforts to try civilians involved in recent anti-government protests before military courts despite appeals from a leading international rights group and a local watchdog. Amnesty International and the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) issued separate statements late Tuesday, saying they were alarmed by the government’s plan […]

An 8-year-old female student was killed while five other students sustained gun wounds when a police officer opened fire outside a private school on Tuesday. According to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Malakand Range, the gunfire was initiated by a police officer who was on duty at the time of the incident. The officer, […]

Geneva, May 16: India’s mission to United Nations slammed Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues over the comment on G20 meet in Srinagar and called it “baseless and unwanted.” Taking to Twitter, the Indian mission to the UN in Geneva said, “We @IndiaUNGeneva strongly reject the statement issued by SR on minority issues @fernanddev & the […]

Pakistan has a plethora of inherited problems, but the identity crisis did not count as a major one only up until lately as we had more important national concerns to deal with, or the media has played its part in a mass-projection of this question. In either case, this question stands tall. This crisis has […]

There could only be one place for Thailand’s youngest and most progressive party to celebrate its astonishing success in the election. Move Forward and its supporters held their victory rally next to the art deco edifice known as Democracy Monument. Situated right in the middle of the grandest boulevard running through Bangkok’s historic royal quarter, […]