Angelina Jolie is no stranger to fighting the good fight and now, the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador has turned her attention to Malala Yousafzai, writing an opinion piece in defense of the 14-year-old Pakistani girl’s struggle for educational equality. Her write up appeared at Daily Beast, underscoring the plight young Pakistani peace activist, framed by […]
Imran Khan, the cricketer-turned-politician, has said that they will go to New York and stage a protest outside the United Nations against US drone strikes. While speaking to the media, he declared his peace-march an achievement and announced two more steps to pace up his campaign against US drone strikes – a rally in front […]
Oct 10 2012 | Posted in
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After passage of more than two weeks, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has adopted a resolution condemning the anti-Islam film and also the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published in a French magazine. According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, the foreign ministers attending the OIC strongly condemned the film ridiculing Islam […]
Reacting over the statement of Chief Election Commission (CEC), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman ha said on Friday that he has reservations over holding election under army’s supervision. While speaking to media, he said that the election should be held under the supervision of judiciary. He berated PML-N’s premature tantrums about consensus over caretaker […]
Sep 28 2012 | Posted in
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Bollywood actress and former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai, has been appointed as the UN Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS. The 38-year-old is pretty excited upon being selected and she has said that she will not be just a ‘poster girl’ for the organisation but will help break social barriers which are attached with disease. Aishwarya’s name […]
Sep 25 2012 | Posted in
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has claimed that the suspension of mobile-phone services on Yaum-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (Love of Prophet (PBUH) Day) had foiled the nefarious plans of terrorists. While speaking to the media he observed, “If mobile phone is the root cause of the problem, we would surely curb its misuse. Soon, we will come up […]
Sep 22 2012 | Posted in
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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday said that the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) will also participate in protest demonstrations against the anti-Islam film announced by different organizations and political parties. While speaking to the media, the minister said that the party has decided to join hands with the protesters against the blasphemous film. In […]
Expressing concerns over the arrival of United Nations’ mission to investigate the issue of enforced disappearances in the country, members of the parliament (MPAs) termed it the first step to disintegrate Pakistan. On Monday, UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances held meetings with Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal and officials from the Ministry of […]
Seeking list of the 22 agencies operating in Balochistan, the Supreme Court has warned the government that a delegation of the United Nations (UN) was on their way to the province to review the situation of missing persons. A three-member bench of the apex court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair resumed […]
Unidentified on Thursday killed session judge Zulfiqar Naqvi along with his driver in GOR Colony at Saryab Road when he was in way to his office. Senior police officer Wazir Khan while talking to the media said that the attackers were waiting for the judge at a railway crossing, the moment the car slowed down, […]
The U.S. Department of State is teaming up with the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) to send one student to the United Nations as the first-ever U.S. Youth Observer. The individual chosen as the U.S. Youth Observer will attend events during UN General Assembly week in New York City, as well as a […]
Aug 27 2012 | Posted in
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BB Qureshi, the first Pakistani women to earn a PhD, silently made her final journey on Wednesday, causing a bet of stir as she spent her last years in the Edhi Old Home. After holding a PhD Trinity College in Dublin in Agriculture and Economics, she had worked in leading institutions of the world and […]
Aug 16 2012 | Posted in
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