Pakistan re-elected to UN rights body
China, Russia win seats as Saudis lose
Islamabad: Pakistan has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council despite opposition from various activist groups. Meanwhile, China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the premiere human rights body however Saudi Arabia lost the contest. Among the five candidates from the Asia-Pacific region vying for four seats in the UN’s premiere human rights […]
Faridabad student wins 5th Korea Quiz in Delhi NCR
New Delhi: Korean Cultural Center India organized 5th Korea-India Friendship Quiz Contest’ – one of the biggest quiz contest on international theme of Delhi NCR with the participation of more than 31000 students from 60 Schools. Top 4 winners will go to Korea for six days and five night’s trip. 20 other students will receive […]
Pakistani dissidents blame military for country’s multiple crises
Washington: Terming Prime Minister Imran Khan as a “military puppet,” prominent Pakistani dissidents, including former and current members of parliament, have blamed the powerful army for the country’s fragility, insecurity and inability to get along with its neighbours. “Pakistan is under unannounced martial law,” Pashtun leader and former Senator Afrasiab Khattak told the fifth annual […]
Corruption allegations: Imran Khan’s top aide steps down
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Special Assistant on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd.) Asim Saleem Bajwa resigned on Monday, amid allegations that he used his offices to help family set up several off-shore businesses. “I requested the honourable prime minister to relinquish me from the additional portfolio of SAPM on Info & broadcasting. […]
Terror financing: FATF’s regional group keeps Pak on ‘Enhanced Follow-up’
Islamabad: Noting that Pakistan’s measures against money laundering and terror financing “is not yet sufficient to justify a re-rating”, a regional affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force on Monday retained the country on its ‘Enhanced Follow-up’ list, according to a media report. The development came only a few weeks ahead of the meeting of […]
Azerbaijan, Armenia report shelling of cities despite truce
Baku (Azerbaijan): Azerbaijan has accused Armenia of attacking large cities overnight in violation of the cease-fire deal brokered by Russia that seeks to end the worst outbreak of hostilities in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Azerbaijani authorities said Sunday that nine civilians have been killed and over 30 wounded after Armenian forces fired missiles overnight […]
Trump accuses Biden of ‘shipping jobs to China’
Washington: US President Donald Trump has alleged that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in his previous capacities as Senator and vice president was busy shipping jobs to China, prompting the latter to hit back. Biden said Trump will be the first president in modern American history to “leave office with fewer jobs than when it […]
Any peace deal with Taliban will not be detrimental to national security of India: Abdullah Abdullah
New Delhi: Any peace deal with the Taliban “will not and should not be detrimental” to the national security of any country including India, and it is for New Delhi to decide whether to engage with the militant outfit, top Afghan peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah said on Saturday. In an interview to PTI, Abdullah, the […]
Pak to declare Nawaz Sharif as proclaimed offender after Nov 24
Islamabad: A Pakistani court through newspaper advertisements asked Nawaz Sharif to appear before it by November 24 to avoid being declared a “proclaimed offender” after the former three-time prime minister reportedly refused to receive non-bailable arrest warrants at his residence in London. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday noted that it was left with […]
Alarm: 29 million girls, women victims of modern slavery
United Nations: A new report estimates that 29 million women and girls are victims of modern slavery, exploited by practices including forced labour, forced marriage, debt-bondage and domestic servitude. Grace Forrest, co-founder of the Walk Free anti-slavery organisation, said Friday that means one in every 130 women and girls is living in modern slavery today, […]