Tag: Un
Govt’s social, economic priorities in line with global agenda of 2030:...
NEW YORK: Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi has said that the social and economic priorities of the incumbent government were...
UN child rights panel calls on Saudi Arabia to halt Yemen...
GENEVA: A United Nations human rights watchdog called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to halt its deadly air strikes against civilian targets in Yemen...
US Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns
UNITED NATIONS: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley resigned Tuesday directly to President Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with her...
India’s Rohingya refugees struggle with hatred, fear as first group is...
JAMMU: Hours after Indian TV channels flashed that the country was deporting seven Rohingya Muslims to Myanmar, Sahidullah said he received a call from...
Some ‘firsts’ at UN top-level proceedings
UNITED NATIONS: This year's gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York was marked by several "firsts," distinguishing it from some...
Qureshi asks UN to probe into Indian atrocities in IoK
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday urged the United Nations to form an inquiry committee to investigate the atrocities being committed by Indian...
PM joins UN chief’s Circle of Leadership on preventing sexual abuse
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan joined the United Nations Secretary-General’s “Circle of Leadership” on prevention and response to sexual exploitation and abuse in the...
UN court orders US to lift some Iran sanctions
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations’ highest court has ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products,...
Pakistan always kept Kashmir issue alive at UN: Maleeha Lodhi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s permanent representatives to United Nation Dr Maleeha Lodhi on Monday said Pakistan had always kept alive the issue of Kashmir at the...
UN rights expert urges Malaysia to end child marriage
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should ban child marriage immediately, a United Nations human rights expert said on Monday, stepping into a controversy that has raged...
UN chief to reach India today; plans visit to Golden Temple
Deputy spokesperson calls Antonio Guterres’ trip to Sikh pilgrimage site in Amritsar ‘essentially a personal one’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will travel to India...
UN report on HR violations has breathed new life in Kashmir...
UNITED NATIONS: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that the blistering report of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on Indian brutalities...
Pakistan, India engage in verbal duel over terrorism, Kashmir at UN
UNITED NATIONS: Rejecting Indian allegations linking Pakistan to terrorist acts, a Pakistani diplomat has said that the breeding grounds of terrorism in the region...
Libya seeks UN ‘security’ support
UNITED NATIONS: After a month of militia clashes that left more than 100 people dead, Libya's UN-backed foreign minister on Friday called for the...
Syrian FM tells UN country is ready for refugee return
UNITED NATIONS: Syria's foreign minister, Walid al-Moualem, told the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday that the country was ready for the voluntary return...
India blames Pakistan for talks failure
--Sushma Swaraj tells UN 'Pakistan’s commitment to terrorism as an instrument of official policy has not abated one bit'
NEW YORK: India’s Minister for External Affairs...
FM, Russian counterpart discuss bilateral relations
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday met his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly session...