UN rights chief calls for empowering Afghan women to contribute towards their country’s progress
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11 (TNS):The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Michelle Bachelet, has underscored the need to empower Afghan women, saying they should...
UN: 2000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels died fighting
United Nations: Jan 31, 2022 (TNS): United Nations says nearly 2,000 children recruited by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have died in fighting in 2020.
In a...
UNHCR hails Pakistan plan to grant refugees citizenship
United Nations, Sep 19 (TNS): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has hailed the Prime Minister of Pakistan's pledge to grant citizenship...
Twelve Russian UN diplomats ordered expelled from US: Russia Envoy
UNITED NATIONS: Mar 01, 2022 (TNS): The United States has ordered 12 members of Russia’s Mission to the United Nations in New York to...
Pakistan urges UN to prevent bigger crisis stemming from India’s illegal actions in IOJ&K
United Nations, Sep 09 (TNS): Pakistan has urged the United Nations to prevent a bigger crisis stemming from India's illegal annexation of occupied Kashmir....
Pakistani people, security forces turned back terrorist tide with exemplary courage: Maleeha
UN, March 12 (TNS): Pakistan's Permanent representative to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi has said that the Pakistani people and security forces...
UN chief urges Pakistan, India to hold talks to de-escalate tension
UN, March 02 (TNS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on India and Pakistan to keep up the “positive momentum” generated by...
Pakistan urges UN for political settlement of Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (TNS): Peace in war-torn Afghanistan can only be achieved through negotiations and reconciliation, not by the continuing resort to military...
UN chief hopes Pak, India to be engaged in meaningful dialogue
United Nations, Jan. 19 (TNS): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed the hope that Pakistan and India would be able...
Afghanistan opium production jumps 87 per cent to record level: UN survey
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 16 (TNS):An alarming trend in the cultivation and production of opium in Afghanistan reveals an 87 per cent production increase compared...
