NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has extended his “warmest” greetings to the members of the UN community as well as Pakistani-Americans on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr”, with a call for supporting the people suffering under foreign occupation like those in Kashmir and Palestine. In a …
Read More »Pakistanis praise China’s worker-friendly policies
BEIJING: Pakistanis living across China on Sunday lauded its worker-friendly policies on International Labor Day, also known as International Worker’s Day or May Day, which is observed every year globally on 1st May to promote and remember the worker’s sacrifices. Dr. Babar Ijaz, Overseas Business Manager, Shandong Rainbow Agricultural Technology …
Read More »OGRA reduces LPG price by Rs180.28 per 11.8-kg cylinder
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Saturday issued a price-revision notification of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) for the month of May, decreasing the commodity price by Rs180.28 per 11.8-kilogram cylinder. According to the notification, the authority reduced the locally produced LPG price by Rs 15.27 per kilogram. After the …
Read More »PM, Abu Dhabi crown prince discuss advancing Pak-UAE cooperation in diverse fields
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces have discussed advancing the longstanding relations between the two nations, and the prospects of propelling cooperation on various fronts. The two sides reviewed a number …
Read More »Pakistan urges UN not to forget rights violations in Kashmir, Palestine, amid focus on Ukraine
Amid the world’s focus on the crisis in Ukraine, a senior Pakistani diplomat has urged the U.N. to promote universal accountability for grave human rights violations, especially in situation of foreign occupation — Kashmir and Palestine — as he stressed that there should be no disparity between such violations in …
Read More »So-called Afghan letter to UNSC president about alleged Pakistani airstrikes ‘ignored’: Ambassador Akram
A letter sent by the so-called Chargé d’affaires (CDA) of the Afghan Mission to the United Nations to the UN Security Council President for the month of April about the alleged cross-border Pakistani airstrikes has been “ignored”, as he doesn’t speak for Afghanistan, Pakistan’s Ambassador Munir Akram said Saturday. “Yes, …
Read More »President upholds major penalty against a woman harasser
President Dr Arif Alvi has rejected a petition of Dr Humayun Iqbal for setting aside the orders of conducting a denovo inquiry against him and upheld the major penalty of termination of service imposed upon the accused by the Anti-Harassment Committee and Syndicate of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical …
Read More »Role of working class is crucial in national development, prosperity, says CM KP
The role of the working class is crucial in national development and prosperity and the dream of development and prosperity cannot be realized without protecting working class rights. This is stated by the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in a message on the occasion of International Labor Day here …
Read More »Zero load-shedding in country since 5 am: Spokesperson
As per the promise of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, power load-shedding in the country has been reduced to zero from 5 am on May 1. The Energy Ministry has worked hard to add more than 2500 MW of additional power to the system, tweeted spokesperson of Energy Ministry. “The ministry …
Read More »Masjid-e-Nabvi’s sanctity violated on purpose: Ashrafi
Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sunday said the sanctity of Masjid-e-Nabvi was violated on purpose in a bid to achieve political mileage. Addressing a press conference, he said he was eye-witness of the entire scenario as some agitators were deputed …
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