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Afghanistan gets an opportunity of lasting peace after 40 years of conflict: PM talks to Qatari Emir

Posted on September 6, 2021 by News Desk

ISLAMABAD, Sep 05 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday underscored that a peaceful and stable Afghanistan was in vital interest of Pakistan and the region. He underlined that after 40 years of conflict and instability, there is an opportunity to establish lasting peace in Afghanistan. […]

UN chief urges parties in conflict to observe truce during upcoming Tokyo Olympics

Posted on July 16, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on all parties in conflict to observe the Olympic Truce for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which begin in Tokyo later this month. In a video message released on Thursday, the UN chief said, “In a few […]

US, Pakistan want peaceful settlement of conflict in Afghanistan: Ambassador Asad Khan

Posted on July 8, 2021 by News Desk

WASHINGTON, With the United States having nearly completed the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, an inclusive political settlement in the war-torn country would best serve Pakistan and the U.S.’ shared security interests in the region, Pakistani Ambassador in Washington Asad Majeed Khan has said. […]

UN report calls grave violations against children in conflict ‘alarmingly high’

Posted on June 22, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, More than 19,300 boys and girls affected by war last year were victims of grave violations such as recruitment or rape, and the coronavirus pandemic made it difficult for experts to reach them, the UN said in its annual report on Children and […]

Bring crimes of sexual violence in conflict out of ‘the shadows’, punish perpetrators: UN chief

Posted on June 20, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said in his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Already a “cruel tactic of war, torture, terror […]

Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region depriving children of their rights: UNICEF

Posted on April 21, 2021 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, Tuesday warned that the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is depriving tens of thousands of children of their rights, plunging them into a protection crisis that is causing them unimaginable long-lasting harm. “There is no clear end […]

Pakistan calls for ‘just resolution’ of Israeli-Palestinian conflict for Mideast peace

Posted on December 4, 2020 by News Desk

UNITED NATIONS, :Reaffirming its full support to the Palestinians’ struggle for self-determination and against foreign occupation, Pakistan has urged the international community to help them establish an independent State of their own with Al-Quds al-Sharif as its capital. “The tragedy of Palestine is the collective […]

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