Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan convener Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui has said that the Supreme Court is giving a decision against each other, one decision against another decision was pronounced in five minutes. While talking to the media in Hyderabad, he said that such situations have never existed in Pakistan, institutions have been pitted against each…
The Pakistan cricket team for the T20 and ODI series against New Zealand has been announced. Shaheen Shah Afridi will be seen in an international match for the first time after T20 World Cup. Captain Babar Azam and other senior players have also returned to the team. Babar Azam will lead the national team in…
The leader of the ruling party Muslim League (N) and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said that this decision is not a one-man show, there is no understanding of double standards. During a news conference in London, Nawaz Sharif said that this decision is a charge sheet against these judges, a reference should be…
The head of Puldat has said that if the President has any objection to the law, he can send the matter back to the Parliament. It is the authority of the Election Commission to issue the election schedule. Chief Pldat further says that the Supreme Court has also given the schedule along with the date…
“We extend our heartfelt support and solidarity to the hundreds of thousands affected by Freddy, the longest-lasting tropical cyclone ever recorded in the southern hemisphere,” the UN-appointed human rights experts said in a statement. “The cyclone has had a devastating toll on people across 14 districts – nearly half the country – causing loss of lives,…
The funding will support some 3.1 million people, as the West African country continues to face the worst humanitarian crisis in its history. Armed group activity, and military operations, have led to widespread displacement, with nearly two million citizens uprooted. Human rights abuses and violations, and political instability – including two coup d’états last year…
“Our colleagues on the ground at the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members of the UN from working,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told reporters at UN Headquarters during the regular daily briefing. “We are still looking into…
“Tunisia must immediately stop hate speech and violence against migrants from south of the Sahara,” the independent UN-appointed experts said in a statement issued under the Committee’s early warning and urgent action procedure. The mechanism aims at considering situations that may escalate into conflicts with a view to taking preventive actions to avoid full-scale violations…
An independent expert mandate on Haiti had been created by the Council in 1995 but then discontinued in 2017. The current resolution, calling for “coordinated and targeted international action”, was sponsored by Haiti itself. Country-specific abuses As a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, the Council examines human rights violations in specific countries as…
The appeal comes in the latest report by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, which visited the country in November. The report examines five “waves of disappearance” in Iraq, including enforced disappearance. It covers the period starting with the Ba’ath era from 1968-2003 – characterized by the authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussein – through to…
