Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, UNICEF warns

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (APP):A senior official of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), after a visit to Afghanistan, said Sunday that the world “cannot abandon Afghan children now” when their needs are greater than ever before. George Laryea-Adjei, Regional Director for UNICEF South Asia, said […]

Pakistan rejects Indian defence minister’s baseless allegations

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (APP): Pakistan on Sunday categorically rejected Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s terrorism-related allegations against Pakistan as completely baseless. The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement said that Pakistan had shared incontrovertible evidence with the international community of India‘s state sponsorship of terrorism […]

Value addition crucial to boost exports: Sarwar

LAHORE, (APP): Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar has advised industrialists, academia and researchers to join hands for developing new value added products which were crucial to boost exports. In a virtual address to an international e-conference—Nascent Drifts in Industry (NDI-2021), he said the present government […]

Money laundering, fake accounts becomes PPP’s identity: Farrukh

ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (APP): State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Sunday said persistent lies, corruption, money laundering and fake accounts had become identity of the Paksitan Peoples Party (PPP). Reacting to the statement of PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Farrukh Habib said the […]

UN chief calls for action to end enforced disappearances

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged countries to fulfill their obligations to prevent and prosecute cases of enforced disappearance, a “cowardly practice” which the coronavirus pandemic has made even more difficult to combat. The UN chief made the appeal in his […]

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