MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the Syrian government had every right to chase militants out of the rebel-held enclave of Idlib and that talks on establishing humanitarian corridors…
VIENNA/ZURICH: Protesters took to the streets of Vienna on Saturday and called for members of Austria’s new right-wing government to be boycotted by the rest of Europe. Around 20,000 people according to…
Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) observed a nationwide ‘day of mourning’ Sunday over the martyrdom of more than 100 innocent people in Swat/Quetta bombings. In a statement, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain appealed to…
Qatar, the host of the 18th United Nations climate change conference, known as COP18, has defended its right to host the talks saying that other host countries produce coal. “Our CO2 comes…
Apropos to an article by renowned former ambassador Mr Zafar Hilaly ‘As the Tsunami Weakens’, the writer sheds light on the dynamics of this country that forcibly involved the military in the…
The French conservative UMP party has chosen Jean-Francois Cope as its next leader after a tight election marred by claims of fraud and ballot-stuffing. Mr Cope, an ally of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy,…
National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday unanimously passed “The Right to Free and Compulsory Education Bill‚ 2012” moved by Yasmeen Rehman. The bill provides for free and compulsory education to all children of…
Hinting at calling in army for sensitive polling stations, Additional Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Afzal Khan said that 3.7 million overseas Pakistanis now had right to vote. “General elections will…
The participants of a meeting have demanded the revision of the `Right to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2011′ to maximize the required prospects and safeguarding the future of the young generation…
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that people were justified to protest against loadshedding but appealed them not to damage the public and private properties. Talking to citizens at his China…
This is in apropos to news item captioned “Threat to Asma’s life condemned – HRCP” (June 04). Everyone in Pakistan was shocked by the claim of renowned human right activist Asma Jehangir…
Chairman Saraiki Party Barrister Taj Muhammad Langah said Saturday that Saraiki province is the due right of the people which should be given to them with out any delay. While addressing a…
Doing something would be the best response The resolution moved in the US House of Representatives underlining the atrocities in Balochistan and seeking the right of self determination for the people of…
Actress Lindsay Lohan is doing well in complying with the terms of her probation, a judge said Tuesday, in the second positive report in a row for the perennially-troubled starlet. The 25-year-old,…
As the government is set to grant Kashmiris residing in Pakistan the right to dual registration of vote — in the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) and in one electoral…
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) National Assembly Member (MNA) and former federal information minister Sherry Rehman finally succeeded in introducing the Right to Information Bill of 2011 in the National Assembly on Tuesday,…
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday expressed concerns over the violation of the right to life across Pakistan. The HRCP demanded that the impunity for killing people should be…
