NEW YORK -UNS/APP : The UN General Assembly Friday adopted a Pakistani resolution, by a big majority, that calls for, among other elements, concerted action to fight ongoing violence against Muslims and requests the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy to combat Islamophobia. Prior to adopting the new resolution, […]
Month: March 2024
RAWALPINDI-UNS :Seven soldiers — including two officers — were martyred in a terrorist attack on a security forces’ post in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday. Six terrorists were also neutralised in the subsequent clearance operation. According to the military’s […]
UNS/ Reuters :Taiwan on Saturday warned off Chinese coast guard ships that entered its restricted waters near frontline islands close to China for a second day in a row, as tensions simmer across the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s coast guard said four Chinese coast guard boats on Saturday morning entered […]
WASHINGTON -UNS: State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller while briefing the media in Washington on Thursday said that allegations [leveled by former prime minister and PTI chief] against Assistant Secretary Donald Lu are false. He was replying to a question pertaining to US congressional committee hearing next week on the fairness […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The process of submitting nomination papers for the Senate election commenced on Friday. The candidates vying for the 48 Senate seats can submit their nomination papers by March 16. The Senate election is scheduled to be held on April 2. It will encompass 12 seats each for Punjab […]
UNS Report SARGODHA : Commissioner Sargodha Division Muhammad Ajmal Bhatti inaugurated the spring tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling in the park Main Water Supply Park on Friday. On this occasion, prayers were also offered for the prosperity and security of the nation and the country with the determination […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The Saudi Embassy has launched the “Programme of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud for Iftar” in Pakistan for the holy month of Ramadan by arranging the first Iftar program at Faisal Masjid. The program was launched at the King […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: The Pakistans’ ministry of finance and a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday kicked off the second and last review of Pakistan’s $3 billion standby arrangement with the body. The ministry had said a day ago the review would be a four-day affair and hoped […]
MOSCOW-Reuters /UNS: The Kremlin said on Thursday that comments on nuclear weapons that Russian President Vladimir Putin made in an interview with state media did not constitute a threat to use them and accused the US of deliberately taking the remarks out of context. Putin said in the interview published […]
UNS: The European Union’s top humanitarian aid official has said he has seen no evidence from Israel to back its accusations against staff from the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which should continue playing a “critical” role in Gaza, Reuters reports. Janez Lenarcic, the head of humanitarian aid and crisis […]
