Tag: Mission
Blast in French-controlled Afghan town kills five
An improvised bomb killed four police and a civilian on Monday in an Afghan town where hundreds of French troops have been deployed to...
UN awaits Syria green light for $180m relief plan
A $180 million draft plan for delivering humanitarian aid for Syria’s one million needy has been drawn up and is awaiting the green light...
NUST on a formula race car mission
Students of the NUST-PNEC have formed the team Formula NUST, which is in the process of building a race car for a student event...
Arabs meet on Syria mission, rebels ‘overrun town’
An Arab League meeting opened Sunday to decide the future of its heavily criticised observer mission to unrest-swept Syria, where activists said army defectors...
Arab observers face tough mission in Syria: China
China’s envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike on Thursday said Arab League observers were facing “difficulties” in Syria, urging the government and other...
Arab ministers mull Syria mission’s criticism
Arab ministers gathered on Sunday to review the record of a widely criticised observer mission to Syria, amid growing calls for the bloc to...
US forces mark end of Iraq mission
US forces formally marked the end of their mission in Iraq with a low-key ceremony near Baghdad on Thursday, after nearly nine years of...
NATO announces end of training mission in Iraq
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Monday announced that a mission to train Iraqi security forces will end at the turn of the...
Messi relishing world club mission
Barcelona star Lionel Messi has dismissed the notion that the Club World Cup in Japan is an unwanted distraction, at a time when the...
Mission impossible for progressives
A small but enthusiastic group of “progressive” Muslims arrives at a hotel conference room in Pakistan’s capital with the tools they hope will help...
Fall of Sirte does not mean NATO mission ends
The fall of Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte will mark an “iconic” moment in Libya but it will not spell the end of NATO’s air...
At least 15 dead as ICRC chief starts Syria mission
At least 15 people died in violence across Syria on Sunday, activists and state media said, as the visiting Red Cross chief sought access...
Islam a mission of peace
“But if the enemy inclines towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace.” (The Quran 8:61)
Surely there has come to you from Allah a...
CM had no time for HRCP’s fact-finding mission
Besides other factors responsible for the current wave of violence, the insensitivity of political authorities is also major cause of the administration collapse in...
HRCP to conduct fact-finding mission on Karachi violence
Deeply concerned at the intense violence in Karachi claiming over 200 lives and injuring many more, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on...
Shah – a cabbie on a peace mission
The foundation stone of a prosperous nation is embedded in peace and social justice. Unfortunately, both the virtues are no where to be seen...
Canada ends combat mission in Afghanistan
Canada ended its nine-year combat mission in Afghanistan on Thursday, closing the curtain after the deaths of 157 troops and signalling the start of...
