More than 7,000 delegates from 182 countries are scheduled to take part in the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) which runs through Friday. Delegates are convening in the Kenyan capital as climate change intensifies, a million species face the risk of extinction, and pollution remains among the world’s leading causes of…
Its new session beginning on Monday is the longest ever, running until April, and promises a packed agenda, with ongoing wars in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, the situation of human rights defenders worldwide and more than 50 national human rights records under scrutiny. But, what does the Human Rights Council do and why does its work…
Islamabad: The High Court ordered that V Lager Asad not to be harassed and directed to conduct an investigation involving the FIA inquiry. Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court Aamir Farooq heard the petition filed by V Lager Asad against the FIA notice on the charge of running a propaganda campaign against the Chief Justice…
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva at the start of its first high-level session of the year, the UN chief insisted that any further extension of Israel’s ground operation in the south of Gaza “would not only be terrifying for more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there; it would put the final nail…
Karachi: Sessions Judge Larlana resigned from his post citing threats of dire consequences and allegations of pressure. According to sources, the Sindh High Court has received the resignation of Sessions Judge Larkana Syed Sharafuddin Shah. It has been alleged in the resignation that Munshi had threatened dire consequences for not giving a job to the…
Islamabad: During the hearing of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hanging case, the Chief Justice has remarked that the client cannot be punished for the lawyer’s conduct. The hearing on the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference in the Supreme Court was conducted by a 9-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, in…
Karachi: Addressing the Second International Palestine Solidarity Conference at the University of Karachi, the speakers demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and said that the problem of Palestine is not the problem of Arabs or Muslims, but the problem of humanity. have failed. The conference was organized by Palestine Academic Forum Palestine Foundation of Pakistan….
Karachi: Sources of MQM Pakistan say that the decision of whether the party will join the government or the opposition will be taken after the final negotiations with the PML-N. Regarding the ongoing negotiations with the Pakistan Muslim League-N, MQM sources said that the PML-N has agreed to our demands in principle. The talks for…
Peshawar: ANP announced a protest in front of Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on February 28. Awami National Party has announced a protest in front of the Provincial Assembly on February 28 in connection with the protest movement. ANP leader Amil Wali Khan has said that the Awami National Party’s protest movement is for ending the role of…
(Photo: Screen grab) Rawalpindi: A drunken passenger punched a crew member on a flight from Dubai to Islamabad. According to the sources, a drunken passenger caused a disturbance in a private airline flight from Dubai to the federal capital Islamabad and punched a crew member during the flight. Later, the airline staff controlled the passenger…
