Category: International News

NEW YORK, Feb 5 (APP:):Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has warned that little progress towards ending the long-running conflict in Afghanistan would be made until all sides entered into peace talks, saying there was no military solution. The prime minister, in an interview with Bloomberg, a new York-based international news agency, voiced skepticism over US… Continue reading No military solution to Afghan war: PM Abbasi

  UNITED NATIONS, Feb 5 (APP):Senior United Nations officials, including the head of its education agency and the UN youth envoy, have called for cooperation to strengthen quality education and learning programmes for young people and children in all corners of the world. “No single country or agency can tackle the challenges of demographics, persisting… Continue reading Partnership key to ensuring education for all children: Senior UN officials

BEIJING, Feb 4 (APP):Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said Sunday that the US document presumptuously speculates the intentions behind China’s development and plays up the threat of the nation’s nuclear strength. In a statement issued here, he said that the Chinese side firmly opposes the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review. Ren reaffirmed that China will… Continue reading China firmly opposes US nuclear posture review

NEW YORK, Feb 4 (APP):Egypt has permitted Israel to conduct over a hundred airstrikes on the ISIL/Da’esh-affiliated terrorists in the Sinai, the restive desert peninsula that shares a border with Israel, the New York Times claimed Sunday. The report details what it calls a “covert war” in Sinai in which “unmarked Israeli drones, helicopters and… Continue reading Israel launching airstrikes at terrorists in Sinai with Egypt’s blessing: NYT

BEIJING, Feb 4 (APP):Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Mariyyum Aurangzeb arrived here on Sunday on a four-day official visit on the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Culture. The minister was received by Chinese Minister for Culture, Luo Sugang, Pakistan Ambassador to China, Khalid Masood and senior Chinese and Pakistan officials at the… Continue reading Mariyyum Aurangzeb arrives on four-day visit to China

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4 (APP):Young people must be involved at all levels of policy-making and in all processes that affect them, including in the design of national plans, according to a summary statement issued at the end of a United Nations forum on youth. The statement, issued by the President of the UN Economic and… Continue reading Young people must be meaningful participants in policy-making: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 4 (APP):Pakistan has criticized the aspirants for permanent seats in an expanded U.N. Security Council — India, Brazil, Germany and Japan — for opposing reform of the 15-member body based on the principles of democracy, and vowed to resist any move that serves the interests of a “few” countries to the detriment… Continue reading Pakistan says UN Security Council reform must reflect democratic principles

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 3 (APP):Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Saturday called on the Maldivian government to respect a Supreme Court ruling ordering the release of convicted opposition leaders, saying the UN was ready to help ease the political impasse in the country. The Secretary-General takes note of the important ruling by the Supreme Court and calls on… Continue reading UN calls on Maldives government to respect Supreme Court decision

LONDON, Feb 03 (APP):A French mountaineer rescued from Pakistan’s “Killer Mountain” has described how she was forced to abandon her weak climbing partner, descend alone in darkness and wait more than 24 hours for help while suffering altitude-induced hallucinations that made her take a shoe off in freezing conditions, daily Guardian reported. Elisabeth Revol, 37,… Continue reading French climber tells of her ordeal on Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain’

WASHINGTON, Feb.3 (APP):Pakistan and the United States should find common ground to work and it would be a mistake to squander a relationship that benefitted both for seven decades, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry said in an interview to an American national radio. “We would like to have good relations with… Continue reading Pakistan, US must find common ground to work, disengagement will hurt both: Ambassador

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 3 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it was critical that international stakeholders take advantage of a thaw in relations between North and South Korea to pursue peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. “Our objective remains the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula,” Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.… Continue reading U.N. chief urges ‘serious’ nuclear talks to build on thaw between North and South Korea

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 3 (APP):Global food prices have remained largely unchanged since December 2017, with January prices stable for cereals and vegetable oils; weaker for dairy and sugar values; and steady for meat, the United Nations agricultural agency said Friday. In January 2018, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index, which tracks the… Continue reading Cereal prices remain stable, dairy and sugar values dip: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (APP)::The United Nations has expressed intense sorrow over the recent sexual assaults on a seven-year-old girl in Pakistan and an eight-month-old baby girl in neighbouring India, saying the scourge of violence against females affected all countries. Responding to a question at the regular noon briefing at United Nations’ Headquarters in New… Continue reading UN calls rapes of Zainab in Pakistan, baby girl in India, heartbreaking

LONDON, Feb 02 (APP):Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Friday said that Brexit has increased Commonwealth’s importance and the forthcoming moot here would help strengthen cooperation among member states for the common good. He said Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held here from April 18-20 would further promote trade and… Continue reading Brexit increases Commonwealth’s futuristic role: Deputy HC

BEIJING, Feb 2 (APP): A meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries will be held this year. The SCO-member countries will also hold a Fanfare for Peace Military Tattoo in China and Peace Mission – 2018 Joint Counter terrorism Military Exercise in Russia. The decision in this regard was taken… Continue reading SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting to be held in China

NEW YORK, Feb 2 (APP):Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has expressed concern over a White House statement saying the U.S. military has been given authority to eliminate militant safe havens in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. In an interview with the Urdu service of Voice of America (VOA), the defence minister said he takes the statement… Continue reading Pakistan expresses concern over US authorizing its military to take action against safe havens

BEIJING, Feb 2 (APP):A young and excited Pakistani working as procurement manager at a mega project of China Communication Construction Company (CCCC) in Saudi Arabia has won “Excellent Foreign Youth Employee” award for his outstanding performance. Abrar Manzoor, selected among130,000 employees from four continents, received this award from Vice President of the Company Sun Ziyu… Continue reading Young Pakistani wins “Excellent Foreign Youth Employee” award in China

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (APP):US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said on Thursday that during his recent visit to Afghanistan, the two sides during their discussion focused on the need for continued bilateral discussion between Kabul and Islamabad. At a press briefing at the US State Department, Secretary Sullivan who just returned from a trip… Continue reading US, Afghanistan discuss need for bilateral ties with Pakistan: US top diplomat

NEW YORK, Feb 2 (APP):The recent deadly attacks in Kabul’s heavily protected zones have fueled fresh worries in the ability of Afghan government to provide security and combat the Taliban insurgency, according to American media reports. “More than 16 years into the American war in Afghanistan, Taliban fighters managed to penetrate one of Kabul’s most… Continue reading Kabul attacks raise doubts about Afghan government’s ability to fight Taliban: Report