International support is building for a Palestinian bid for United Nations recognition Thursday, a historic vote that is likely to pass easily. A growing list of European countries – including France, Spain, Norway, Denmark and Switzerland, pledging to back Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s request to go from observer entity to non-member observer state. […]
Nov 29 2012 | Posted in
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Afghan authorities to refuse to give Taliban insurgents immunity from prosecution in return for peace talks. The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said President Hamid Karzai’s Western-backed administration had pledged amnesty for the Taliban if they join a Kabul-backed peace scheme. “Providing immunity from prosecution for genocide, […]
Nov 26 2012 | Posted in
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Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by Taliban, has been awarded by World Peace and Prosperity Foundation Chairman Prince Ali Khan for her bravery and commitment to education for girls in adverse conditions in Swat, Pakistan. She, who became the face of Pakistan’s struggle against the Taliban, is being treated at a […]
Nov 20 2012 | Posted in
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Condemning the Israeli attacks on Gaza, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif termed them barbaric and urged the Pakistani government to take up the matter. The former two-time premier while speaking to the media said, “I’m glad that not only Islamic countries but non-Islamic countries also spoke against the issue.” He also urged […]
Nov 19 2012 | Posted in
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United Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called for an immediate ceasefire as Israel’s pounding of Gaza enters its sixth day, killing 31 in the last 24 hours. Ban Ki-moon said he was going to Cairo to join talks about a possible truce as the recent raids on Gaza Strip had killed as many […]
Nov 19 2012 | Posted in
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Urging the nation to act urgently, President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the attackers of Malala Yousafzai were making efforts to destroy Pakistan, adding that the young peace activist represents the resilience of our girls and women. In his message on International Malala Day, the president said that that the young girl was […]
The United Nations (UN) is observing November 10 (Saturday) as Malala Day, honoring the courage of 15-year-old education activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by Taliban when she was in way home from school. In the meantime, over million people have signed global petitions calling for Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai […]
The United Nations (UN) Security Council has imposed sanctions against the Pakistan-based Haqqani Network which is accused of carrying out a number of deadly attacks in the region, particularly in Afghanistan. The UN committee that oversees sanctions against the Taliban imposed global sanctions on the fierce militant group considered a major threat to the […]
Nov 6 2012 | Posted in
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Despite many challenges on different fronts, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan strongly remains steadfast in its commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights. In her opening statement at the 14th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Foreign Minister […]
Polio stood more less reduced to the brinks of total elimination across the world a couple of years ago but some cases used to be occasionally reported in four countries, India, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the virus could not be completely eradicated. Still the number of polio patients never exceeded to the degree of […]
Oct 29 2012 | Posted in
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In light of the Supreme Court’s historic verdict in Asghar Khan’s case, Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has sought an apology from PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for allegedly receiving money from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to steal his party’s mandate in 1990 election. Speaking to a press conference, the federal minister said that the […]
Directing the federal government to block all blasphemous material available on Google and YouTube, the Lahore High Court (LHC) asked it to file a case in the International Court for Justice (ICJ) against anti-Islam movie that sparked outrage across the globe. The LHC issued ruling while hearing of a petition filed by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leaders […]