Category: International News

BEIJING, Oct 15 (APP):The students from Pakistan and other countries were welcomed at a ceremony organized in Xi’an Jiaotong University, in Shaanxi province in Northwest China. A total of 662 new enrolling foreign students from 88 countries and regions including Pakistan, the United States, Italy, Russia and Kazakhstan were welcomed at the ceremony, according to… Continue reading Pakistani, other international students welcomed at Xi’an Jiaotong University

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 14 (APP):”Condemning an attack on passenger buses in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah governorate, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the Arab country has called on warring parties “to do everything possible’ to protect civilians. “This is a horrific incident,” Lise Grande, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, said in a statement on Sunday.… Continue reading UN official urges warring Yemeni parties to protect civilians after attack on passenger buses

NEW YORK, Oct 14 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan’s drive for planting 10 billion trees cross the country is “taking root”, a leading American newspaper said Sunday, noting that the plan is one of dozens proposed by him in his wide-ranging agenda to fashion a new Pakistan. “(The idea of a green awakening seems to be… Continue reading PM Imran Khan’s ambitious effort to plant 10 billion trees takes root: Washington Post

  SHANGHAI, Oct 14 (APP):Director, School of Politics and International Relation, Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Prof. Dr Nazir Hussain on Sunday presented an idea of alternate academic discourse to cater for transformational global order. In his address on ‘the Role of Academics in the Transformational Global Order’ at the International Conference on the Belt and Road… Continue reading Dr Nazir represents Pakistan at Conference on BRI, Global Governance at Fudan University

  BEIJING, Oct 14 (APP):The joint statement issued by the participating countries after the 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Heads of Government Council concluded in the Tajik capital Dushanbe is another determined and unanimous pledge from the SCO to protect multilateralism and free trade. In the statement, the member countries agreed to… Continue reading Opinion: SCO free trade area could be a tool in fight against protectionism

  NEW YORK, Oct 14 (APP):Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and special advisor, appears to have paid no federal income taxes for several years, according to confidential financial documents, The New York Times reported Sunday. The documents reviewed by The Times describe his business dealings, earnings, expenses and borrowing from 2009 to 2016,… Continue reading Trump’s son-in-law Kushner ‘paid no income tax for years’: NYT

  BEIJING, Oct 14 (APP):The Chinese and foreign filmmakers from various countries along the Silk Road including Pakistan gathered at the closing ceremony for the 5th Silk Road International Film Festival held at the Shaanxi Opera House in Xi’an, China. Director General, Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA), Syed Jamal Shah represented Pakistan at the… Continue reading PNCA DG attends Silk Road International Film Festival’s closing ceremony

Riyadh, Oct 13 (AFP/APP):Saudi Arabia’s interior minister rejected Saturday claims there were orders to kill missing Riyadh critic and journalist Jamal Khashoggi, describing them as “baseless allegations and lies”. Prince Abdel Aziz bin Saud bin Nayef added that his country was “in compliance with international laws and conventions,” the official Saudi Press Agency reported him saying.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (APP):Top US diplomat for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad held direct talks with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar to discuss ways to end the war, a New York Times report said on Saturday, with militants saying the meeting also discussed “end of occupation”. It was the second ever meeting between Taliban and top American… Continue reading US, Taliban hold direct meeting to discuss Afghanistan peace: NYT

  UNITED NATIONS, Oct 13 (APP):Pakistan has called on the international community to focus attention on the suffering of children living in Indian occupied Kashmir and other areas of conflict and occupation, saying their wounds long outlive the wars themselves. “From Syria to Palestine and Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, children continue to be caught… Continue reading At UN, Pakistan calls for spotlighting plight of children in occupied Kashmir & Palestine

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12 (APP):The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, Friday asked Australia to end its offshore processing policy on the Pacific islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea amid reports of widespread, acute mental distress and attempted suicide by children and young adults. “In one of the various cases brought to our attention during September,… Continue reading UNHCR urges Australia to evacuate offshore detainees amid widespread, acute mental distress

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 12 (APP)::A UN Human Rights Committee has urged Saudi Arabia to put an end to the air strikes against Yemen, amid reports that they have resulted in the deaths of at least 1,248 children since March 2015. The recommendation was addressed to Saudi Arabia on Thursday by the Geneva-based UN Committee on… Continue reading UN panel urges Saudi Arabia to halt air strikes in Yemen

BEIJING, Oct 11 (APP):A spokesperson of Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that the Maldives would continue to implement all the deals and cooperation projects it had agreed to with the Chinese side. “President-elect Ibrahim Solih told Chinese Ambassador to Maldives Zhang Lizhong explicitly that they very much appreciate China’s help and will continue to… Continue reading Maldives to continue implementing existing cooperation projects with China: FM