UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underlined the need for protecting the earth from climate change. In a video clip on X on Earth Day, the UN secretary-general said the planet was threatened by climate change, pollution and the biodiversity loss. “On #EarthDay, we must stand for our planet. A planet that needs to be rescued. So we More
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi landed in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day official visit for talks with senior Pakistani leaders. Raisi is the first head of state after the February 8 general elections in Pakistan, where he is due to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other officials. On arrival at More
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has cautioned against the deportation and harassment of the Afghan refugees living legally in Pakistan. In an interview, a spokesman for the provincial government warned the expulsion of Afghans with residency documents could affect relations between the neighbours. Speaking to a private TV channel, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif claimed all undocumented More
Pakistan’s federal minister for states and frontier regions (SAFRON) has called for the dignified return of Afghan nationals to their homeland. Eng. Amir Muqam issued the call days after Pakistan launched the second phase of repatriating Afghan refugees — an exercise that has fuelled grave concerns. Human rights groups and Taliban have repeatedly urged Islamabad More
Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has said the issue of girls’ education belongs to the Afghans and they themselves would address it. Haqqani, who met a delegation of Afghan scholars and culturists living in in European Countries, said the government of the Islamic Emirate (IEA) did not like to listen to dictation from others about More
At least 58 people have been killed after an overloaded riverboat capsized in the Central Africa Republic’s capital, a media report said on Sunday. Reuters quoted civil protection department head Thomas Djimasse as saying: “We were alerted 40 minutes after the incident and rescuers were able to extract around 50 lifeless bodies.” He said a More
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its deep regret at the failure of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to carry out its responsibility towards granting the State of Palestine full membership in the UN. A statement from the OIC said the United States continued to prevent the enablement of the Palestinian people More
The United States has announced slapping sanctions on three Chinese and one Belarus-based companies for supplying items to Pakistan’s Ballistic missile program. The State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on China-based companies Xi’an Longde Technology Development Company Limited, Tianjin Creative Source International Trade Co. Ltd, Granpect Company Limited and the Belarus-based Minsk Wheel Tractor More
A powerful blast has rocked a military base in south of Baghdad city, capital of Iraq, a media reports said on Saturday. Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) base in south of Baghdad was hit by a huge explosion late on Friday, and two security sources said it resulted from an airstrike. “The blast has caused More
The Iranian government has executed four Afghan refugees, including two brothers, over drug trafficking charge in the Vakilabad prison of Mashhad, says a human rights group. Halvsh identified the individuals as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri , Ghulam Qadir Samani and Ibrahim Noorzai. Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers. The refugees, arrested in 2019, had More
