Islamabad (PNP)Labour Day is being observed today across Pakistan and the globe as a symbol of solidarity with the working class. While it is officially a public holiday meant to honor the contributions and rights of labourers, many daily wage workers in Pakistan continue to roam the streets in search of work, driven by the…
Ambassadors held an open meeting on the human rights situation in the country, commonly known as North Korea, convened by Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. China and Russia opposed the meeting and called for a procedural vote by the 15 members, which was defeated. Alone and claustrophobic Briefing…
Karachi: Due to the negligence of the teachers of government colleges in Karachi, the first batch of the newly launched associate degree program has not yet been able to graduate (pass out). It has been three years since this program started, but there are dozens of teachers of government colleges who have not checked and…
“Without universal and meaningful connectivity for all, the right to information is an empty promise for billions of people around the world,” Irene Khan said in her message to mark the International Day for Universal Access to Information, observed annually on 28 September. The focus this year is on the importance of the online space. She said the Internet is…
—Photo: Express News Lahore: Even today, the bloody sport of bear and dog fighting is held in various areas of South Punjab, and huge bets are placed on this game. Under the Punjab Wild Act, it is a crime to use wild animals in sports spectacles and make them fight dangerously, but despite this, bear…
“We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians,” Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and military rival, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been locked in vicious clashes since mid-April. Hundreds have been killed and some 1.2 million have been displaced. UN…
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, and its mandate has become a powerful vehicle for change, progress, dignity, and justice, yet “this is far from enough to meet today’s challenges”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in his keynote address at the +30 Symposium, Vienna World Conference: 30 Years On: Our Rights…
File photo The search operation at the house of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan is still delayed. The Punjab government has ordered the arrest of women involved in attacks on military property. Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi stopped male police officers from detaining women. Mohsin Naqvi has directed to ensure the arrest of…
In total, 2.5 million children in Türkiye, and another 3.7 million in neighbouring Syria, need continued humanitarian assistance, the UN agency said, appealing for greater support for affected families. The earthquakes which struck on 6 February, followed by thousands of aftershocks, have pushed families to the brink and left children homeless and without access to…
UN Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission, Caroline Ziadeh, told ambassadors that the most recent Secretary-General’s report on developments in Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 but is not recognized by Serbia, “included serious challenges as well as an important collective effort to bring Belgrade-Pristina relations nearer to stability and normalisation.”…
