Desecration of Quran, UN imposes economic sanctions on Sweden, Sirajul Haq

Desecration of Quran, UN imposes economic sanctions on Sweden, Sirajul Haq

File photo. Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Siraj-ul-Haq has said that the entire Islamic world is united against the desecration of the Quran. The United Nations imposed economic sanctions on Sweden. Addressing a public meeting in Jhang, Sirajul Haque said that Sweden has challenged 58 Islamic countries. European factories cannot operate without the cooperation of the Islamic world….

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SCO countries must speed up economic recovery: Chinese President

SCO countries must speed up economic recovery: Chinese President

Chinese President Xi Jinping—file photo Chinese President Xi Jinping says that member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should speed up economic recovery. The annual virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is underway in India. Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing the SCO virtual meeting, said that the SCO should focus on practical cooperation….

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Ukraine: Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres

Ukraine: Dam destruction ‘monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe’: Guterres

Water from the reservoir of the Kakhovka dam is also used to cool the nearby Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP), Europe’s largest, which has been under constant threat since being occupied by Russian forces early in the conflict.  The UN Office in Ukraine tweeted that “thousands of people in Ukraine are in peril” following the major…

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International Economic Forum meeting, ban on journalists from western countries for coverage

International Economic Forum meeting, ban on journalists from western countries for coverage

Russia refused to grant coverage permits to journalists from Western countries at the International Economic Forum meeting. A statement issued by the Kremlin ahead of the annual meeting of the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, said that Western journalists will not be allowed to cover the Economic Forum meeting. The Kremlin says journalists…

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UN predicts restrictions on women’s rights will worsen economic catastrophe

UN predicts restrictions on women’s rights will worsen economic catastrophe

The Afghanistan Socio-Economic Outlook 2023, released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), provides an overview of the fallout resulting from the takeover of Afghanistan by its present-day de facto rulers, the Taliban, in August 2021. Immediately after the Taliban assumed power, the Afghan economy collapsed, accelerating Afghanistan’s decade-long slide into poverty; with a population estimated…

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