Pakistani High Commissioner and other officials are cutting the cake on the occasion of Pakistan Day. A grand flag-hoisting ceremony was held on Pakistan Day at the Pakistan High Commission in London. The High Commission officials read out the messages of the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan. Speaking at the ceremony, High Commissioner Moazzam…
On the eve of World Tuberculosis Day, WHO announced that it will expand the scope of a five-year-old initiative in efforts to eradicate one of the world’s top infectious killers by 2030. TB mainly affects the lungs, but it is preventable, treatable and curable. Although deaths have dropped by nearly 40 per cent globally since…
—File photo On the occasion of Pakistan Day, a prestigious flag hoisting ceremony was organized at the Pakistani Embassy in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistani Ambassador Faisal Niaz Tirmizi hoisted the green crescent flag at the Pakistani Embassy in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan Day was also celebrated at the Pakistan Consulate in Dubai and Consul General…
A grand flag-hoisting ceremony was organized on the occasion of Pakistan Day at the Pakistani Embassy in Tokyo, in which Pakistan’s ambassador Raza Bashir Tarar hoisted the Pakistani flag along with the national anthem. A large number of community members including the officials of the Embassy of Pakistan were also present on this occasion. After…
The annual ceremony to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is held to remember the 21 March 1960 Sharpeville Massacre in apartheid South Africa. This year’s commemoration also coincides with the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). General Assembly President Csaba Kőrösi addresses the…
File photo The day for the elimination of racial discrimination is being celebrated all over the world today. On this day in 1960, police opened fire on a peaceful protest against apartheid laws in Sharpwell, South Africa, killing 69 people and injuring 180. Proclaiming this day in 1966, the United Nations General Assembly called upon…
The announcement was made in a Note to Correspondents, released by the UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson’s office on Saturday, which emphasized that the Initiative allows for the “facilitation of the safe navigation for the exports of grain and related foodstuffs and fertilizers, including ammonia, from designated Ukrainian seaports.” Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces…
File photo Queen Consort Camilla and Princes of Wales Catherine Middleton saved themselves from an unfortunate incident during the Commonwealth Day service. Kate Middleton and Camilla Parker were seen clutching their iconic hats to avoid embarrassment as they entered Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day. Both Camilla and Kate were all smiles as they both kept…
File photo British King Charles III paid special tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth in his Commonwealth Day address. In his address on Commonwealth Day, Shah remembered his mother Queen Elizabeth and said, “Commonwealth Day has always been a very proud occasion for my beloved mother, the late Queen Elizabeth. This day is very special…
—File photo On the same day, 3 different flights of Emirates Airlines faced emergency situations in UK and Italy. One of the flights landed back in Milan 5 hours after take-off, while the other 2 landed at different airports in the UK, all three happening yesterday (March 13). According to aviation sources, Emirates Air Flight…
