People around the world should be able to play a more significant role in decision and policy-making processes that impact them and their communities in order to uphold democracy; that’s according to participants in a discussion at the UN focusing on strengthening democratic governance. In recent years, the UN has increasingly been looking at ways to…
Photo: File In connection with the preparation of the Test series in Sri Lanka, the training camp of the Pakistan senior and Shaheens teams for the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Men’s Emerging Asia Cup to be held in Sri Lanka is starting from tomorrow. The senior team will practice at the National Stadium in Karachi,…
“Since my arrival in Madagascar as the UN Resident Coordinator at the end of 2020, the country has been hit by unprecedented cyclones and experienced the most severe drought in 40 years. Coupled with other extreme weather events, the drought caused widespread hunger and pushed thousands into near famine-like conditions. In the south of the…
Death toll from heat wave in Mexico exceeds 110: Photo: File The death toll from the heat wave in the US state of Texas has risen to 13, with most of the deaths occurring near the border with Mexico. According to the American news agency, the heat is at its peak in the two major…
File photo Former Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has resigned from the post of General Secretary of Muslim League-N Sindh. Miftah Ismail wrote a letter to Secretary General PML-N Ahsan Iqbal and informed about his resignation. According to the sources, Miftah Ismail also announced his resignation from all the party committees of the PML-N. In…
File photo US President Joe Biden was asked to raise the plight of minorities with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The head of the US Commission for Religious Freedom, David Curry, has said that the US should condemn the Indian government’s anti-minority measures. The US Commission on Religious Freedom says that the Modi government is…
“Equal land rights both protect land and advance gender equality,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, in a video message, urging all governments to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land, and to involve them in policy making. “We depend on land for our survival, yet we treat it like dirt,” the UN chief added, emphasizing…
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif – file photo Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif will reach Lahore tonight after completing a 2-day visit to Turkey. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will return home from Turkey today, but before returning home he will give interviews to Turkish media. In Turkey, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held meetings with the Turkish President,…
Ethnic riots break out in Manipur; Photo: File New Delhi: Ethnic conflicts intensified in the Indian state of Manipur and a large number of people demanded secession from India. India’s Prime Minister Modi has proved that human lives are of no value to him. Despite the deployment of 10,000 soldiers in the state of Manipur,…
California: 50 years ago today, the first call on a mobile phone was made between two companies that developed this technology, at that time no one could have imagined that the same mobile phone would play an important role in saving people’s lives. With the passage of time, there have been amazing modifications in this…
