Category: International News

UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (APP):Militant attacks on schools in Afghanistan increased almost threefold last year, making it increasingly difficult to ensure education for children in many parts of the country, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). According to a report released Tuesday, there were 192 attacks on schools in 2018, up from 68… Continue reading ‘Education is under fire in Afghanistan’: UNICEF

BEIJING, May 28 (APP):China Tuesday said its position on the question of Palestine was clear and consistent and asked the international community to keep up efforts to promote peace and ensure that voice and proposition of parties concerned, especially Palestine, were heeded. “The Chinese government’s position on the question of Palestine is clear and consistent,”… Continue reading Chinese position on Palestine clear, consistent: Spokesperson

BEIJING, May 28 (APP):Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume its Beijing-Tokyo flights to facilitate Pakistanis living in Japan as well as Chinese and Japanese passengers on this route. The national flag carrier will operate its flight PK852/853 by Boeing 777 aircraft every Monday and Friday from Beijing to Tokyo, according to a senior official here… Continue reading PIA to restart Beijing-Tokyo flights from Friday

BEIJING, May 28 (APP):China-Pakistan cooperation in the next phase will focus more on benefiting people through local projects that improve livelihood along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Chinese expert said as Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan was visiting Pakistan and the two countries boosted their cooperation on multiple projects. Lin Minwang, a professor at Fudan… Continue reading China-Pakistan cooperation in next phase to focus on benefiting people through local development projects: Expert

NEW YORK, May 28 (APP):A large number of people on Monday offered funeral prayers for Muhammad Yusuf Buch, a former Pakistani cabinet minister and diplomat, who passed away in New York on Friday after life-long efforts towards building support for the Kashmiri people’s struggle to win freedom from Indian occupation. Senior Pakistani diplomats, UN officials… Continue reading Ex-Pakistan minister & diplomat Yusuf Buch eulogized at his funeral in New York

UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (APP):The UN health agency has for the first time recognized “burn-out” in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is widely used as a benchmark for diagnosis and health insurers. The decision, reached during the World Health Organization’s Assembly in Geneva, which ends on Tuesday, could help put to rest decades… Continue reading WHO recognizes ‘burn-out’ as medical condition

BEIJING, May 27 (APP):China has not yet announced to send its envoy to attend Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oath taking ceremony for the second term to be held in New Delhi on May 30. “As to whether China will send an envoy to the ceremony, I have no information to offer at the moment,… Continue reading China not yet decides to send envoy in Modi’s oath taking ceremony

ISLAMABAD, May 27 (APP):Pakistan’s total foreign debt is about US$ 106 billion and Chinese loan accounts for a mere 10 to 11 percent of the total foreign debt, whereas the remaining 89-90 percent is from other sources IMF, Paris Club, and other western organizations, Noor Ahmed, secretary of the Economic Affairs Division said. China has… Continue reading Chinese loan accounts for 10 to 11 percent of total foreign debt: Secretary Economic Affairs Division

NEW YORK, May 27 (APP):A promising Pakistani-American female student was killed Saturday night in a head-on car crash in Old Bridge, a township in the US state of New Jersey, when a suspected drunk driver drove into her vehicle after crossing over into the opposite lane. Aliza Akhtar, 19, a recipient of a fully-funded scholarship… Continue reading Pakistani-American student killed in car crash in US

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (APP):The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) Sunday expressed “grave concern” over “credible accounts” of Taliban militants mistreating prisoners, which in some cases “may amount to torture”. The mission based its preliminary findings on face-to-face interviews with 13 detainees who were freed from a Taliban detention facility by Special Forces troops… Continue reading Afghan captives held by Taliban subjected to ill-treatment: UN

BEIJING, May 26 (APP):Secretary General, Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Vladimir Norov has said that although the SCO had already developed into a united and well-established organization with global influence, there was still great potential for expansion, especially on the economic front. He made these remarks while speaking at the opening ceremony of the SCO Qingdao… Continue reading SCO has great potential for expansion on economic front: Vladimir Norov

UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (APP):Children in Afghanistan suffering from the most serious form of malnutrition may die, unless $7 million in funding is found within weeks, UNICEF said Friday. Speaking in Geneva, UN Children’s Fund spokesperson Christophe Boulierac, likened the humanitarian situation in the war-torn country to “one of the worst disasters on earth”. And… Continue reading About 600,000 Afghan children face death through malnutrition: UNICEF

BEIJING, May 24 (APP):China on Friday welcomed the interaction between Prime Minister Imran Khan and his counterpart Narendra Modi saying both Pakistan and India were South Asia’s important countries and harmony between them served their common interests as well as of international community. “China has noted the interaction between the two leaders and we welcome… Continue reading China welcomes Pak-India PMs interaction

LONDON May 24 (APP):British Minister for Asia and the Pacific, Mark Field on Friday said that the launch of direct flights between Pakistan and United Kingdom (UK) would help promote business and trade besides increasing links between the two countries. “The launch of direct flights between our two capitals is excellent news for both our… Continue reading British Airways service resumption to promote Pak-UK links :Mark Filed

NEW YORK, May 24 (APP):American print and electronic media gave extensive coverage to Indian Prim Minister Narendra Modi’s massive electoral victory but so far there were no editorial comments, apart from an article in The New York Times that called him “dangerously incompetent.” In a news detailed dispatch on the election result from New Delhi,… Continue reading Despite big election victory, Indian author slams Modi’s rule

ISLAMABAD, May 24 (APP):Vice President of China Wang Qishan will arrive here on May 26 (Sunday) on a three-day official visit, the Foreign Office said on Friday. Vice President Wang Qishan is the member of 13thNational People’s Congress of China and Central Foreign Affairs Commission – a key Foreign Affairs body of the Communist Party… Continue reading Chinese vice president to arrive in Islamabad on May 26

UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (APP):Pakistan on Thursday brought into sharp focus of the world community the atrocities being committed by Indian occupation forces in Jammu and Kashmir, and urged the UN Security Council to resolve long-standing conflicts on its agenda. “Inaction by the Security Council in cases of foreign aggression and occupation comes at a… Continue reading At UN, Pakistan chastises India for rights abuse in Kashmir