The ILO assured that it would continue supporting Pakistan in improving the skills of its workforce and creating better opportunities for Pakistani workers in the global labour market.
Pakistan Briefs UN Chief on Diplomatic Efforts to Facilitate US-Iran Dialogue
“The biggest mistake we made in our relations with the West was that we trusted you too much. Your mistake was that you perceived this trust as weakness and abused it.”
KARACHI-UNS: The Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) and Santex Products (Pvt.) Limited have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch a three-month breast cancer awareness campaign, with an ambition to reach one million women with the message of breast cancer awareness and early detection. The MoU was […]
Islamabad -UNS: The Sub-Committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting, convened by Senator Syed Waqar Mehdi, met on Tuesday at PTV Headquarters, Islamabad, to review the implementation status of recommendations made at the committee’s previous meeting on the distribution of plots and flats reserved for journalists and […]
NEW YORK -UNS: U.S. authorities have announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Faheem Akram, a resident of Khanewal, Punjab. Authorities have also warned the public not to attempt to apprehend him themselves, but instead to report any information about his whereabouts to law enforcement agencies. […]
PESHAWAR -UNS : The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education, Archives and Libraries Department has issued official notifications regarding the appointment of new vice chancellors at several public-sector universities across the province. The appointments have been approved by the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in his capacity as Chancellor. All the vice […]
By Qamar Bashir Press Secretary to the President (Rtd) Former Press Minister, Embassy of Pakistan to France Former Press Attaché to Malaysia Former MD, SRBC | Michigan, USA The confrontation between Pakistan and Afghanistan did not begin with the latest airstrike, border clash or accusation. Its roots stretch into a war that transformed the region nearly half a century ago. Russia’s October 5 Moscow consultations brought those historical contradictions together: Pakistan demanding protection from militants, the Afghan Taliban insisting on sovereignty, and Moscow seeking accommodation between neighbours whose geography leaves neither an escape. The meeting ended without a joint statement, demonstrating how far diplomatic engagement remains from resolving the underlying conflict. The starting point is the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Pakistan became the principal conduit for American and Saudi support to the Afghan mujahideen. Weapons, funding and recruitment networks helped resist Soviet occupation, but also entrenched armed movements whose relationships survived the war. The Taliban emerged in 1994, after Soviet withdrawal, drawing partly on former mujahideen and Pakistani seminaries. Pakistan subsequently supported their rise. The distinction matters: the anti Soviet resistance created the environment from which the Taliban emerged, rather than constituting […]
Guterres will also visit the headquarters of the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) and attend a briefing at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
News Desk RAWALPINDI: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Headquarters Rawalpindi, Maleeha Sehar, has filed a complaint against her husband, alleging physical and psychological abuse, harassment and illegal confinement. Following her complaint, the Women Police Station registered a formal First Information Report (FIR). According to the complaint, Maleeha Sehar, a mother of […]