‘Chilling effect’ Odhikar has “documented enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings and cooperated with UN human rights mechanisms in this context,” the three experts said. “Such reprisals also have a chilling effect and may deter others from reporting on human rights issues and cooperating with the UN, its representatives, and mechanisms”. The Special Rapporteurs said that…
Addressing the Human Rights Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk noted that the tome was the “core of faith” for well over one billion Muslims. Those who had burned the Quran most likely did so “to express contempt and inflame anger”, Mr. Türk said, as he warned that these acts also aimed…
According to the updated global Multidimensional Poverty Index, revealed on Tuesday by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Poverty and Human Development Initiative at the University of Oxford, progress was seen in India, where 415 million people exited poverty in just 15 years, as well as in China (69 million) and Indonesia (8 million). “As we reach the mid-point…
The World Under-21 Snooker Championship will start tomorrow in Saudi Arabia in which two Pakistani players Ahsan Ramzan and Hamza Ilyas will participate. This event, which will be held in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, will continue until July 16. Under-21 Asian champion Ahsan Ramadan will play the first match tomorrow against Iran’s Terdad…
An Indonesian coast guard boat conducts an inspection near the Iranian ship MT Arman. Indonesian coast guards seized an Iranian oil-laden ship. The oil tanker named ‘MT Armaan 114’ contained 272 thousand 569 metric tons of crude oil worth 304 million dollars. Indonesia’s Maritime Security Agency says the oil tanker was transferring oil to another…
Collage Photo: Social Media Netherlands cricket team coach Ryan Cook has started looking for sponsors for his team for the Cricket World Cup in India. PNP Deskpnp.com.pk
Collage Photo: File The Lahore High Court has reserved judgment on the petition against the dismissal of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Election Commissioner Ahmed Shahzad Farooq. Justice Muhammad Raza Qureshi heard the petition of Ahmad Shahzad Farooq. During the hearing, the Additional Attorney General told the court that the term of the Chief Election…
Photo courtesy of Ten Sports/Twitter Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has been named the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Player of the Month. Vanundu Hasaranga managed to get the award based on June’s performance. Hasaranga was up against Australia’s Travis Head and Zimbabwe’s Shaun Williams. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’);…
Photo: File During the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) regime, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) dealt with the matter of giving 3 billion dollars interest-free loans to 628 people. Sources say that a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee was held under the chairmanship of Chairman Noor Alam Khan in which this matter was dealt with. Sources…
File photo Fayyaz Chauhan, the leader of the Stabilization of Pakistan Party, has said that Saudi Arabia’s deposit of 2 billion dollars in the Central Bank of Pakistan is welcome. Fayyaz Chauhan has said that for the last one and a half years, a party and its chairman had a strong desire that Pakistan should…
