By Saleem Bukhari ISLAMABAD : Band Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has termed the reports of targeting foreign nationals or diplomats in Pakistan as baseless. In a statement released by the banned organization, it is said that “due to the high alert issued by the government of Pakistan, the United States, England, […]
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LONDON-UNS/AFP: G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The Taliban also barred women from attending universities earlier this […]
NEW YORK-UNS: In response to continued anti-LGBTQIA+ actions targeted at Council members and Drag Story Hour events, including one on Thursday at the Queens Public Library in Jackson Heights, Queens, Speaker Adrienne Adams and Council Members Shekar Krishnan, Erik Bottcher, and Crystal Hudson released the following joint statement. “Drag Story […]
LAHORE -UNS: Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday the willingness of the “seat of power” was vital for ensuring early elections in the country. Speaking to a select group of journalists at his Zaman Park residence in Lahore, the PTI chief claimed that he was not in contact […]
By: Sajjad Hussain Shah Pakistan is in the grasp of a sizzling heat wave. Parts of the country have been swaddled by high temperatures since late April. Many areas of the country have been highly affected by this perilous heat wave. In the midst of the record breaking temperature in […]
ISLAMABAD : Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari spoke with His Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, today. Reaffirming the fraternal relations between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the two Foreign Ministers reiterated their mutual commitment to further enhance and deepen bilateral cooperation […]
By Dr Hassan Farooq Mashwani All over the world there are certain regions and states that are particularly famous for various natural, industrial, technological and educational peculiarities. These attributes render superior position against others for they earn greater fame, name, revenues, jobs and quality of life for a nation. Likewise, […]
JAMES M. DORSEY Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s far-right, Jewish nationalist, ultra-conservative coalition government threatens to put the Jewish state on a collision course with Diaspora Jewry and could weaken or undermine a pillar of Israeli national security: unquestioned US support. The looming crisis with two of Israel’s crucial constituencies, the […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Rural women working in agricultural fields are the largest contributors to the informal economy in Pakistan, but they are not acknowledged, counted and protected. These women have same rights as working women in cities but in remote areas there is no recognition of their contribution and rights. These […]
LAHORE-UNS- The Punjab Assembly will be dissolved in line with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s directives, moments after he assured a high court that he would not disband the legislative says Chief Minister Parvez Elahi said on Friday. Elahi said that the “imported government” is running from elections, but […]
