United Nations: (Friday, August 03, 2012) Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the Security Council has decided to quit as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria after battling and failing to persuade President Bashar al-Asad to accept a peace plan, said the UN on Thursday. Announcing the decision, UN leader Ban Ki-moon said this with […]
Aug 3 2012 | Posted in
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ISLAMABAD – Hameed Akhtar as a writer, journalist and political worker strived his whole life for the progressive movement, social justice, unity, and prosperity of the ordinary people of Pakistan, said speakers at a remembrance seminar ‘A Farewell to Hameed Akhtar’ organized by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Monday. I.A. Rehman, renowned journalist, […]
Nov 29 2011 | Posted in
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United Nations and its failures – Part Two The wanton use of the veto has undermined the UN system and reduced its Secretary General to a mere puppet, though under the charter the Secretary General must uphold the values and moral authority of the UN, and speak and act for peace, even at the risk […]
Nov 25 2011 | Posted in
Opinion |
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