Tag: United Nations

Kashmir worries UN chief

--Antonio Guterres urges Pakistan, India to exercise restraint ISLAMABAD: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the situation in occupied Kashmir...

UN says in contact with Pakistan, India after Kashmir move

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations (UN) is making contacts with Pakistan and India at “various levels” amid deteriorating situation between the two South Asian...

UN restores Pakistan’s status as family station for its international staff

NEW YORK: The International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) of the United Nations late Thursday night announced that it will be restoring Islamabad’s status as...

UN chief appeals to Pakistan, India to exercise ‘maximum restraint’

NEW YORK: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appealed to Pakistan and India to exercise maximum restraint in wake of Tuesday’s airspace violations...

Pakistan, India to fight Jadhav case as ICJ begins hearing today

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India are set to fight their legal battle in Kulbhushan Jadhav case as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins its four-day...

Pakistan meets UN peacekeeping female deployment goals

Pakistan has increased the number of female staff members at its United Nations peacekeeping missions to 15pc, meeting a benchmark set by the United Nations,...

Pakistan says aspirants for permanent UNSC seats main obstacle in reforms

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has criticised a bid by the aspirants of permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to scuttle the ongoing...

COAS, UNGA president discuss regional security

RAWALPINDI: United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the...

UN to host Malala biopic screening in New York

Amjad Khan’s dream project – a biopic on youngest Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai – will be screened in a special screening organised by the...

PM Khan calls UN secretary general to protest HR violations in...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to express protest human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir...

Munizae Jahangir receives UN Human Rights Prize on her mother’s behalf

Munizae Jahangir, daughter of the late lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir, has received the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize on the behalf...

Fawad hails UN efforts to make world better, peaceful place

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan highly values its engagements with the United Nations (UN) and acknowledges the contribution of the UN agencies to complement the country's development...

NCHR forms provincial body over enforced disappearances

KARACHI: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Justice (r) Ali Nawaz Chowhan on Wednesday announced to form a Sindh-level core advisory committee comprising representatives...

Pakistan informs UN about initiative against defamation of religions

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has highlighted at the United Nations Prime Minister Imran Khan's initiative for an international campaign against defamation of religions, aimed at...

Yemen’s Houthis halt missile attacks on Saudi coalition

DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Monday it was halting drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and their Yemeni...

Palestine solution imperative for regional peace: Maleeha Lodhi

NEW YORK: Permanent Representative of Pakistan at the United Nations (UN) Maleeha Lodhi has called for a resolution of the Palestinian dispute, describing it as...

EU MPs concerned about grave human rights violations in IoK

EU delegation acknowledges Pakistan's progress in economic and political spheres ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday received a delegation of the...