NA speaker decides to maintain negotiation committee

ISLAMABAD, FEB 01 (ONLINE): Speaker National Assembly (NA) Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq has decided to maintain negotiation committee. According to speaker office PTI and government have dissolved negotiation committees. NA secretariat has not formally de-notified negotiation committees so far. NA speaker Ayyaz Sadiq is in favor […]

Israel has no right to shutter Palestinians aid agency, UNRWA: Pakistan

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 :With only two days before Israel bans operations of UNRWA, the U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Pakistan has warned that the move would cripple humanitarian work in war-shattered Gaza and undermine the ceasefire in the enclave. “For over seven decades, […]

US has rejected Dar Aafia Siddiqui mercy appear: IHC informed

ISLAMABAD, JAN 24 (ONLINE): Islamabad High Court (IHC) has been informed US has rejected mercy appeal of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan said in his remarks US is showing us our worth to us. Former president forgave sentence of his son but […]

ICC seeks arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over gender-based persecution

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 : The International Criminal Court (ICC) has moved decisively towards addressing the “unacceptable” systemic repression of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban, according to the Hague-based Court’s press release. On Thursday, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan applied for arrest warrants for […]

UN regrets US exit from World Health Organization & climate change agreement

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 : United Nations’ agencies responded Tuesday to President Donald Trumps executive orders ending US membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its adherence to the Paris Climate Agreement, highlighting the massive potential negative impact on public health and efforts to […]