Tag: Middle East

Peace ‘inconceivable’ without settling Israeli-Palestinian dispute

Pakistan told the UN Security Council, the other day, that a just solution of Palestine-Israel dispute would not only usher in enduring peace in...

Global violence worsens, driven by Middle East conflicts: peace index

The world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more people displaced...

Identity, nationalism and the Middle East: LLF looks at the Contemporary...

“Today’s ‘great game’ is not played only by the states, but also, increasingly, by the non-state actors, who are the game’s biggest players.”

Hunger grips millions across Middle East as conflict fighters use food...

In a Middle East torn apart by war and conflict fighters are increasingly using food as a weapon of war. Millions of people across countries...

Iran calls on Saudi Arabia ‘to stop increasing tension’ in Middle...

Saudi Arabia must stop its actions which increase tension in the Middle East, Deputy Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said during a visit to...

Boosting Middle East economy is way to beat extremism: Iranian president

Generating economic growth in the Middle East is crucial to defeating extremism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, putting forward his country as...

Speakers call for learning modern information techniques

The speakers of international conference on information management and libraries at Punjab University have urged the professionals to learn new technologies to cater the...

Middle East would be more stable if Saddam, Gaddafi still in...

US Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday the Middle East would be more stable if Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein were still...

Iran says wants China’s help to resolve Middle East tensions

Iran wants China's help to resolve tensions and unrest in the Middle East and is ready to play host to more Chinese firms once...

OIC can help resolve Kashmir dispute: Lodhi

Pakistan’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations Dr Maliha Lodhi told the Security Council on Wednesday that the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) can...

Millions of Middle East children out of school, UN warns

Poverty, gender discrimination and violence are keeping more than 12 million children in the Middle East out of school, despite efforts to expand education,...

OIC should take immediate steps to save Middle East from war:...

Pakistan Muslim League (PML) President Chaudhry Shujat Hussain has said that it is every Muslim’s duty to protect Haramain Sharifain, adding that OIC should...

Conspiracy to discredit Islam in Middle East cause of concern: Lodhi

Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Dr Maleeha Lodhi said on Saturday the conspiracy to discredit Islam in the Middle East was...

23 religious seminaries receive foreign funding, Senate told

ISLAMABAD- Minister of State for Interior Baligur Rehman told Senate in its Friday’s session that 23 religious seminaries in three provinces are receiving funding from...

China’s top paper says West stoking extremism in Middle East

Western countries are stoking extremism in the Middle East with their support for anti-government opposition movements, China's top newspaper said on Thursday, repeating a...

Iran launches largest gas storage facility in Middle East

Iran launched the largest gas storage facility of the Middle East on Sunday in Sarakhs city of the country’s north-eastern Khorassan Razavi province. The Shourijeh...

Phones, shoes to face scrutiny as airport security tightened: U.S.

WASHINGTON- Airlines with direct flights to the United States have been told to tighten screening of mobile phones and shoes in response to intelligence reports...