Tag: Countries

Five countries - the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - have asked their citizens to exercise caution when travelling...

The Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Faheem has urged Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) member countries to join the Pakistan-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement to enhance...

Data protection agencies in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland have quizzed social network giant Facebook on its management of users’ private information, they said...

The number of people forced to flee from their homes to escape war or abuse has risen to its highest for 15 years, with...

KARACHI - According to the first-ever set of nationally reviewed stillbirth estimates undertaken with the World Health Organisation, just 10 countries represent two-thirds of all stillbirths and Pakistan is second on the list with a rate of 47 stillbirths per 1,000 births compared to Finland at two and a global rate of 19 per 1,000. The countries with the highest stillbirth rates are ranked in the following order: India, Pakistan, Nigeria, China, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the

KARACHI - South Asia is going through its worst sanitation crisis, which could only be resolved by fulfilling the promises made by the governments of South Asian countries at various forums, especially at the South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN), WaterAid Policy and Campaigns Director Margaret Batty told Pakistan Today in an exclusive interview. "Everyone talks about water scarcity and contamination, but no one discusses the poor sanitation and the lack of toilets around the

COLOMBO - The South Asian countries have expressed grave concern over worsening sanitation conditions in the region and demanded increase budgetary allocation to tackle the issue by slashing the defence expenditure.
In this connection, the ministers from the SAARC countries, including Pakistan, on Wednesday adopted Colombo Declaration which says that the governments in the region would make legislate to make the right to sanitation a part of the respective countries'

ISLAMABAD - Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Suhrab Hossain has said that SAARC countries should look to boost trade by eliminating barriers to eradicate poverty.
He said that Pakistan can achieve its export target of $24.86 billion for the next fiscal year by focusing on regional markets.
Talking to a delegation, led by FPCCI chairman, he said that enhanced interaction between officials and businessmen of the two countries will prove beneficial for both countries.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is one of the four countries in the world where polio still exists, and the numbers of polio cases are increasing every year as seen in 2010. In this context, the parliamentarians and health experts suggested on Wednesday to move the draft compulsory Immunisation Bill in the Parliament and the provincial assemblies counter the disease.
The experts stressed the need of a nationwide awareness campaign with effective participation of the parliamentarians and

PARIS - Countries around the globe stepped up evacuation of foreign tourists and workers from Egypt on Monday as anti-government protestors called for further pressure to make beleaguered President Hosni Mubarak quit. In Washington, Assistant Secretary of State Janice Jacobs said at least 2,400 Americans in Egypt have asked US officials for help in leaving as the first 42 landed in Cyprus.
"We want to make sure that anyone who needs our help is getting that, and so, yes, I do

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's administration has permitted US firms to do business worth billions of dollars with Iran and other countries that have been officially blacklisted, a report said Friday.
Some 10,000 deals have been allowed under a loophole that permits humanitarian aid despite the sanctions, allowing US companies - including food giants Kraft and Mars - to get around economic blacklists for countries designated as state sponsors of terrorism, the New York

You really have to be a geography freak to know about these countries from the list. It's irrelevant to us how recognized they are as countries but they surely look at themselves like that.
1. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
An independent republic located between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Nagorno Karabakh is one of the most heavily mined regions of the former Soviet Union because of the 1991-1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War. They are still not recognized by any state, including Armenia.