Category: International News

NEW YORK, May 11 (APP):The mass-circulation Time magazine has featured Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India’s “divider-in-chief” on the cover of its international editions, as the country enters the final phase of the general election. But Time’s cover of its U.S. edition is devoted to US Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the women candidates… Continue reading Time magazine calls Modi ‘India’s divider-in-chief’

UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (APP):Top executives from across the United Nations system have called for more action on part of member states to mitigate the existential threat posed by climate change, saying doing so was a “moral, ethical and economic imperative”. In a formal, joint appeal issued by the leaders of more than 30 UN… Continue reading UN leaders call for more action on climate change

UNITED NATIONS, May 10 (APP):The United States is crafting a surrender document, not a peace plan, and the Palestinians will not accept it regardless of how much money is offered, Palestine’s Foreign Minister Riyad al Maliki has said. Maliki was addressing an Arria-formula meeting of the UN Security Council at which the United States’ Middle… Continue reading U.S. crafting surrender plan, not peace deal: Palestinian FM

LONDON May 10 (APP):Veteran Labour Party MP, Tony Lloyd, Shadow Secretary for Northern Ireland, accompanied by prominent figures of Pakistani diaspora met Pakistan’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Mohammad Nafees Zakaria at the High Commission and took stock of bilateral relations. A statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission (PHC) here on Friday, said during… Continue reading British Shadow Secretary for Northern Ireland Tony Lloyd MP meets Pak High Commissioner

LONDON May 09 (APP):Member of European Parliament (MEP) John Howarth, Labour Party Shadow Treasurer, MP Anneliese Dodds, and MP Matt Rodda, Shadow Education Minister, accompanied by prominent members of Pakistani Community met Pakistan’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom Mohammad Nafees Zakaria here at the high commission on Thursday. According to a statement issued here, the… Continue reading British Parliamentarians, MEP meet High Commissioner

UNITED NATIONS, May 07 (APP):The release of two prize-winning Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after reporting on the massacre of Rohingya Muslims has been welcomed by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, which warns, however, that press freedom there remains “dire”. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a statement given to the British news agency, said… Continue reading UN welcomes release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar

UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (APP):A UN rights expert has voiced deep concern at the unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Venezuela, saying the use of economic coercive measures for political purposes violates human rights and international law. “Such actions may precipitate man-made humanitarian catastrophes of unprecedented proportions,” Idriss Jazairy, the UN special rapporteur, said… Continue reading US sanctions against Iran, Cuba, Venezuela violate human rights: UN expert

UNITED NATIONS, May 05 (APP):The United Nations and Egypt are working together to prevent the situation in Gaza from escalating as more than 200 rockets were fired at Israel and some 120 targets in Gaza struck by Israeli war planes on Saturday, according to UN special envoy for Middle East peace, Nickolay Mladenov. In a… Continue reading UN envoy says working with Egypt in bid to end Gaza fighting

UNITED NATIONS, My 4 (APP):Pakistan has warned that attempts by the aspirants of permanent seats on the UN Security Council to bluster through the ongoing process to reach to an agreement on reforming the 15-member body would obstruct efforts to make it more democratic, representative, accountable, transparent and efficient. “Given fundamental divergences that are evident,… Continue reading Pakistan warns against ‘reckless measures’ to reform UNSC, suggests step-by-step approach

LONDON, May 04 (APP):Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Mohammad Nafees Zakaria has urged Pakistani Diaspora to pay due attention to promotion of Urdu language and literature and keep the coming generation intact with their roots through the dynamics of Urdu literature especially poetry. He stated this while addressing the closing ceremony of a… Continue reading Pakistan High Commission in UK holds Urdu literary evening

LONDON, May 04 (APP):Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Mohammad Nafees Zakaria was warmly received during his recent visit to Birmingham, where he met a number of delegations and discussed with them matters pertaining to Pakistani community in the UK. According to a statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission London, during the… Continue reading Pakistan High Commissioner receives warm welcome in Birmingham

UNITED NATIONS, May 02 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has, in a message for World Press Freedom Day, underscored the need for free press disseminating reliable information to maintain peace and justice, especially during elections as “facts, not falsehoods” should guide the people while choosing their representatives. Noting that civic space has been shrinking worldwide at… Continue reading Facts, not falsehoods, should guide people during elections: UN Chief on press freedom

LONDON, May 02 (APP):Pakistan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, called on Rt. Hon. Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First Minister of Scotland, at her official residence, Bute House. A statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission London on Thursday said that appreciating the Scottish Government’s Pakistan Engagement Plan, Zakaria apprised her on… Continue reading Pak high commissioner visits Scotland, calls on the First Minister; meets trade, investment officials