Tag: Nation

International Anti-Corruption Day today

The International Anti-Corruption Day will be observed on December 9 with the theme ‘Act Against Corruption Today’, to raise awareness regarding corruption and the...

UN climate talks go into overtime in Qatar

UN climate talks in Doha have been extended as delegates from rich and poor nations disagree on funding. Talks scheduled to end on Friday spilled...

UN alleges rapes in DR Congo unrest

The UN has accused government troops and M23 rebels of raping and killing civilians and looting towns during battles in eastern Democratic Republic of...

Morsi addresses nation after 7 killed, 700 injured

More than 30 hours after violence erupted between supporters of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and those opposing him, the Egyptian president today addressed the...

Shahbaz accuses Zardari of robbing billions

Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif on Monday accused President Asif Ali Zardari of robbing the nation of billions of rupees, adding that, the nation...

Sea levels rising 60 percent faster than UN forecast: scientists

Sea levels are rising 60 percent faster than the UN climate panel forecast in its most recent assessment, scientists said on Wednesday. At present,...

Anti-Israel group hacks UN nuclear agency server

The UN nuclear agency has acknowledged that one of its computer servers was hacked by an anti-Israeli group. The IAEA said a previously unknown...

UN Security Council holds emergency session on Israel raids

The UN Security Council met in a closed emergency meeting on Wednesday night to discuss. Israeli strikes against the Gaza Strip as Israel threatened...

A nation in crisis

I wanted John Kerry to win in 2004, but I also remember hoping, at one point, that whatever the outcome, the election would be...

Malala pride of nation: CM

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said Malala Yousafzai is the daughter and pride of the nation. In a statement on Malala Day on Saturday,...

A gift to the nation on Iqbal Day

Today the nation is celebrating the Birth Day of Sir. Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, the poet of the East, a great visionary thinker and...

US backs new UN arms treaty talks

New York Hours after U.S. President Barack Obama was re-elected, the United States backed a U.N. committee’s call on Wednesday to renew debate over...

South Sudan expels UN human rights official

South Sudan has expelled a UN official who was carrying out a probe on the human rights situation in the fledgling state, accusing her...

Nation has high hopes from judiciary: Munawar

Ameer Jamaat e Islami Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that the judiciary was the only institution that had stood against the government for...

Don’t ride the tiger if you can’t get off: Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday called for consensus and unity among the people in combating terrorism, saying the decision of launching a military...

Syrian jets bomb rebels despite UN ceasefire call

Warplanes unleashed a wave of raids in Syria’s north on Tuesday, bidding to dislodge rebels whose seizure of a key highway has prevented reinforcements...

UN envoy, German minister in Turkey for Syria talks

Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle were in Istanbul for talks with Turkish leaders on Saturday as tensions soared between...